Evangel University Counseling Program

and groups across the lifespan.

1. Christian Integration: Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to integrate Christian principles as the foundation for reflective, caring, and ethical counseling practice.
2. Professional Identity and Ethics: Demonstrate an understanding of professional counseling through knowledge and practice of ethical, legal, and responsible counseling services.
3. Counseling Theory: Demonstrate knowledge and application of major counseling theories and to individual and group counseling services.
4. Helping Relationships: Demonstrate knowledge and application of effective counseling techniques in order to assist individuals and groups achieve treatment goals.
5. Social and Cultural Diversity: Demonstrate an awareness of social and cultural influences on the human experience and the skills needed for culturally sensitive interventions and policies.
6. Human Growth and Development: Demonstrate knowledge of basic human development and its impact on the human experience and counseling process.
7. Career Counseling: Demonstrate knowledge of career development theories and career assessment skills for the purpose of counseling individuals and groups.
8. Group Counseling: Demonstrate knowledge of group theory and process through didactic and experiential learning as well as the application of group counseling skills.
9. Research and Program Evaluation: Demonstrate the ability to read, critique, and evaluate professional research to inform appropriate counseling practice.
11. Psychodiagnostics: Demonstrate a working knowledge of psychopathology and the skills required to ethically formulate a psychodiagnosis and appropriate counseling interventions.