

MASTER’S DEGREE
CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING
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MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE MENTAL WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE
Launch a career as a Clinical Mental Health Counselor with an M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling! You will be prepared to effectively prevent, diagnose and treat mental health issues to improve the mental well-being of people. Earn your degree fully online or on-campus with flexible courses designed for working adults.
AVAILABLE CONCENTRATIONS

General Public Health
You will learn how to effectively prevent, diagnose and treat mental health for the general public.

Forensic Mental Health
You will learn how to help the mental wellness of individuals who are in the criminal justice system.

Community Development
You will understand social justice as it applies to counseling individuals from diverse backgrounds.
PROGRAM DETAILS
Our mission is to prepare counselors to work in a broad range of practice settings, with an increasingly diverse clientele. The CMHC program curriculum follows the CACREP guidelines and prepares students to become a Licensed Professional Counselor.
By enrolling in our CMHC program, you can:
- Featuring 700 hours of supervised clinical training as well as two residencies, the online clinical mental health counseling master’s degree can be completed in just three years.
- Experience discovery-based learning.
- Get financial support with our extensive financial aid options.
- Learn from a well-rounded and diverse faculty.
- Take evening and hybrid classes if you have a full-time job.
- Now available fully online!

Taylor M. Bigelow, Ph.D.
Dr. Taylor M. Bigelow is the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Coordinator and an Assistant Professor of Counseling at the University of New Haven. Her research agenda stems from the intersection of biobehavioral influences on mental health. Dr. Bigelow’s areas of interest include the bi-directional mind-body relationship, epigenetics, substance use behavior, health promotion, wellness, and stress. She is passionate about interdisciplinary work with the aim of promoting counselor competence. Dr. Bigelow has experience providing individual and group counseling services to a range of clientele in numerous settings. Her breadth of experience working in community mental health agencies, college counseling centers, career services, the K-12 school system, and biobehavioral health settings informs her teaching and research.

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