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Graduate Counseling Department
Our Vision
The vision of the Graduate Counseling Department involves a commitment to the two deepest roots of the Regis Mission, to educate counseling professionals who are grounded in the awareness and cultivation of their intrinsic values and the understanding of how to mobilize those values in the service of community.
Our Mission
The mission of the Graduate Counseling Department is to involve students in a search for truth, values and a just existence within the framework of the traditions of humanistic, depth and post-modern psychological traditions.
Cultivating truth, values and a just existence in the field of counseling requires a holistic and humanistic perspective that recognizes the lived interplay of thought, feeling and action, as well as the deeper influences of soul and spirit, in the creation and transformation of human meaning and the relationships in which this meaning is enacted.
At the heart of the therapeutic relationship and the art of counseling, disciplined thought encourages an openness to truth; an appreciation for the deep life of feeling fosters an understanding of the origins of one’s values and a sense of beauty; and a responsible, ethical willingness to act in the world and in one’s community opens one to a sense of a good and just existence. The healing and mysterious aspects of a therapeutic relationship are founded in its ability to reflect the greater whole which balances thinking, feeling and action as intimations of truth, beauty and goodness.
Service to community in the field of counseling necessitates a broad understanding of the social, political and cultural influences that shape our lives and frame the question of “how we ought to live?” Counseling students wrestle with how best to incorporate theories and techniques of change into the practice of creating therapeutic relationships which will foster hope and courage in those we serve who are striving to live more productive and just lives.
Coursework & Accreditation
The Counseling Department in the College for Professional Studies offers students coursework for a Master of Arts Degree in Counseling (Community Counseling specialization) and a Master of Arts Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. In addition, the Counseling Department offers three Post-Graduate Certificates in Counseling: Post-Graduate Certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy and the Post-Graduate Certificate in Counseling Children and Adolescents. Post-Graduate Certificate in Transformative Counseling
The Master of Arts in Counseling Degree
The Master of Arts in Counseling Degree (MAC) in the College for Professional Studies at Regis University offers training at the graduate level to prepare students to work in agency counseling settings (e.g., substance abuse centers, child and family counseling centers, mental health agencies, business and industrial settings, as well as other settings that provide mental health counseling services.
The MAC degree provides academic preparation for the Professional Counselor license (LPC) in Colorado and the Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC) credential.
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The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP), a specialized accrediting body recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), has conferred accreditation to the Master of Arts in Counseling (community counseling) program.
The Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy Degree
The Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy Degree (MAMFT) in the College for Professional Studies at Regis University offers training at the graduate level to prepare students to work as Marriage and Family Therapists. Marriage and Family Therapy is one of the core mental health disciplines and is based on research and the theory that mental illness and family problems are best treated in a family context. In Marriage and Family Therapy, the unit of intervention and treatment is not the individual person – even if only a single person is interviewed – it is systemic, focusing on the set of relationships in which the person is imbedded. Marriage and Family Therapists treat a wide range of serious clinical problems including: depression, marital problems, anxiety, individual psychological problems, and child-parent problems.
The MAMFT degree provides the academic preparation for the Marriage and Family Therapist license (LMFT) in Colorado.
The MAMFT degree is compliant with the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE) accreditation standards. The Counseling Program is in the process of applying for candidacy for the MAMFT degree through COAMFTE.