Students progress through the two year program in a cohort model which provides an excellent learning experience in a supportive student community. Classes meet two evenings a week with a few courses being delivered online. During the final year of study, students are also placed in a clinical training setting where they work under the supervision of a licensed professional.

Our program emphasizes the development of clinical competence in working with diverse populations. The curriculum includes training in trauma and crisis intervention, community collaboration, specialized care models, evidence-based practices and theory and evidence based practice.

The program has formal affiliations with a wide variety of clinical settings and training sites including private and group practices, treatment programs for specific populations, to various types of community mental-health agencies. This gives MACP students the opportunity to get a breadth of clinical training experience during their degree program & makes them license-eligible upon completion of the program.

For the MACP final capstone project, students will complete scholarly research analysis and writing in relationship to case presentations within their clinical field of expertise.

Faculty are scholars and practitioners with expertise in the areas in which they teach. From award-winning researchers to specialists in areas such as couples therapy, at-risk youth, and addiction treatment, our faculty brings practical application of theories and research into the classroom.

A Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology degree prepares you to serve in a variety of settings:

• Private and group practice
• Teaching, speaking and mental-health content creation
• Mental health facilities
• Family and social service organizations
• Schools
• Treatment facilities and programs
• Community Mental Health
• Courts and court-sponsored programs
• Governmental and military-related agencies and programs
• Medical agencies
• Employee assistance programs
• Churches and faith-based organizations

The program meets the following Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) licensure requirements:

• California Business and Professions Code 4980.36 for Marriage and Family Therapy licensure in California
• California Business and Professions Code 4999.32 for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in California