MS in Counseling Psychology

Dominican University of California's MS in Counseling Psychology prepares students to provide professional counseling, consultation, case management, education and training to a wide variety of clients. 

Our leading-edge program is dedicated to providing students with the most current and emerging trends in mental health delivery, theoretical approaches to clinical practice, innovative and alternative modes of counseling, consultation and case management.

Our students are prized and in demand by community field placements in the Bay Area.

MS in Counseling Psychology brochure (PDF)

Program Highlights

• Convenient location in San Rafael, California, 12 miles north of San Francisco
• Highly trained and supportive clinical faculty
• Small, individualized classes and seminars
• Collaborative learning environment
• Interactive instruction in traditional, innovative and alternative counseling
• Excellent training in diagnosis and treatment, which is adapted to a wide range of mental health disorders, including co-occurring disorders
• Well-established fieldwork placement programs. Recent opportunities include Berkeley Creative Living Center, Catholic Charities of Can Francisco and Marin, Family Service Agency of Marin, San Francisco Suicide Prevention and Santa Rosa Institute of Mental Health.
• High post-graduation employment rate: 70 percent of the current Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists will be retiring in the next 5 years.

Program Objectives

• Develop excellent diagnostic and therapeutic skills that benefit clients ranging from children to seniors
• Become fluent in behavioral, cognitive, behavioral, brief and strategic, client-centered, crisis intervention, and psychodynamic theoretical models
• Become well-schooled in consultation and case management techniques, emphasizing client-centered advocacy
• Learn to be sensitive to issues of diversity and gain experience working with clients from wide variety of cultures and socioeconomic backgrounds
• Effectively make assessments of and offer treatment for domestic violence, child abuse, alcohol and substance abuse, and behavioral addiction
• Consistently score above statewide average on the Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) written examination