Why the Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling?
LIVE UP TO YOUR PROMISE AT JUDSON UNIVERSITY
You can complete your Judson master鈥檚 degree in under three years while you learn from expert professionals with real clinical experience in counseling, human services, and psychology. Upon completion of your degree, you will have learned to:
- Apply advanced elements of counseling in any therapy setting
- Assess, diagnose, and treat mental illness in a clinical setting
- Treat clients suffering from mental health issues like depression, anxiety, and substance abuse
Grow Your Career
Be close to home or work
In this program, you鈥檒l choose where you learn best. Our Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling is offered at two campuses. You can excel in this degree at the following locations:
- Elgin, IL
- Experience the tight-knit community at our longtime home in Elgin. Our home campus is conveniently located just off I-90, allowing you to maintain a comfortable work/life balance.
- Rockford, IL
- Located in the Swedish American Riverfront YMCA in downtown Rockford, you鈥檒l benefit from a Judson education.
- We also offer our program online! Students from Illinois, California, Montana, Ohio and Texas are eligible to apply.
- The online program is a combination of fully asynchronous courses and fully synchronous courses.
Progress at a comfortable pace
Judson鈥檚 Clinical Mental Health Counseling master鈥檚 program is designed for working adults with busy schedules. Through our flexible model, you can take classes just one night a week鈥攕tudying on your own schedule and at your own pace. Plan to spend about 15 hours a week on coursework. Following this schedule, you can expect to graduate in under three years.
Each learner in our Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling will receive personal attention through helpful people and resources, including:聽
- Enrollment Specialist who guides you through the application and enrollment process.
- Academic advisor to develop an academic plan to ensure success.
- 24/7 tech helpdesk聽so you can keep current on your courses from anywhere
Learn Hands-On Skills from Experienced Faculty
Judson鈥檚 counseling faculty aren鈥檛 just experts on theory鈥攖hey鈥檙e practitioners with current professional experience in the real world. Their background influences their class discussions and assignments to give you a more well-rounded and practical education.
Additional Information
Learn about the MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program, application process, tuition and fees, and answers to frequently asked questions.
According to the , career employment for mental health counselors is expected to grow much faster than average as more people turn to professionals to help them cope with mental problems. Individuals with a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling are employed in many different settings, including:
- In-patient and outpatient substance abuse counseling agencies
- In-patient and outpatient mental health treatment facilities
- Community mental health organizations
- Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault agencies
- Private Practices
- K-12 schools
- College counselors
- Career counseling organization
The Master鈥檚 in Clinical Mental Health Counseling program requires 60 credit hours of core courses.
- MHC501 Foundations of Mental Health Counseling (3 credits)
- MHC510 Human Growth and Lifespan Development (3聽credits)
- MHC515 Counseling Theory (3聽credits)
- MHC516 Counseling Techniques (3聽credits)
- MHC517 Professional, Legal and Ethical Issues in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (3聽credits)
- MHC527 Maladaptive Behaviors and Psychiatric Illness (3聽credits)
- MHC528 Maladaptive Behaviors and Psychiatric Illness – Special Populations (3 credits)
- MHC529 Multicultural Counseling (3聽credits)
- MHC532 Research and Evaluation Methods (3聽credits)
- MHC535 Family Dynamics (3聽credits)
- MHC542 Group Counseling (3聽credits)
- MHC545 Substance Use Disorder Treatment (3聽credits)
- MHC607 Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment (3聽credits)
- MHC610 Advanced Individual and Group Counseling (4 credits)
- MHC620 Career Counseling (3聽credits)
- MHC525 Advanced Individual and Group Counseling (2 credits)
- MHC625 Counseling Internship A-D (3聽credits each)
Students who are interested in seeing any of the program syllabi, please contact the program chair [email protected]
Our Program
Learn about our program and meet Director Dr. Kim Schellin-Rog.
Kimberly Schellin-Rog, Assistant Professor of Division of Professional Studies and Chair of Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, received her Bachelor鈥檚 in Psychology from Carthage College and her Master鈥檚 degree in Professional Counseling from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology. She earned a Doctorate in Education with a concentration in counselor education and supervision from Argosy University. She has been an adjunct professor at Elgin Community College since 2005 in the psychology department, and an adjunct professor at 好色先生TV in the undergraduate human services program in the graduate Clinical Counseling program since 2017.
She has been working in the field of domestic violence for 18 years. She has worked with both male and female perpetrators of domestic violence, male and female victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, and children who have witnessed domestic violence or experienced sexual assault. Before coming to Judson, she was the coordinator of the domestic violence program at the Community
Total Number of Graduates for 2024-2025: 16
Degree Completion Rate: 97%
Licensure Pass Rate for 2024-2025: 100% for students who have taken the exam.
Employment Rate: 95% of graduates are working in the counseling field.
See the
See the MACC program 2022-2023 Annual Report.
See the MACC program 2021-22 Annual Report.
See the MACC program 2020-21 Annual Report.
See the MACC program 2019 Annual Report.
CACREP ACCREDITED
Judson’s Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling is CACREP accredited. CACREP Accreditation provides recognition that the content and quality of the program has been evaluated and meets standards set by the profession. The student, as a consumer, can be assured that appropriate knowledge and skill areas are included and that the program is stable, professionally and financially.
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