The School of Professional Counseling partners with community colleges and mental health agencies in Appalachia and across five states to provide the undergraduate degree in Human Services & Counseling and the graduate degree in Counseling & Human Development with a specialization in Mental Health Counseling.
School of Professional Counseling Mission Statement
The mission of the Lindsey Wilson College School of Professional Counseling
is to provide a practitioner-based, community-centered, student-focused mental-health preparation program hallmarked by academic integrity, professional
competence, and sound ethical principles.
In spring 1994, the college started a graduate program that offered a master
of education degree in counseling and human development. In less than five
years, the graduate program received national accreditation from the Council
for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP).
The graduate program is one of only 60 mental health counseling programs in
the country accredited by CACREP.
Thanks to strong leadership and exceptional faculty, Lindsey Wilson has
provided a great deal of direction for the mental health counseling movement
in Kentucky. Some examples of the school's involvement on the state level
include:
.Three Lindsey Wilson faculty have been elected president of Kentucky mental
health associations. Two Lindsey Wilson faculty have been presidents of more
than one mental health association.
.Lindsey Wilson faculty played a key role in getting several pieces of state
legislation -- including the Kentucky Licensure Law that governs the mental
health profession -- passed by the Kentucky General Assembly.
.The headquarters of the Kentucky Mental Health Counselors Association --
Kentucky's only professional association dedicated to professional mental
health counseling -- is located on Lindsey Wilson's A.P. White Campus in
Columbia.
.Perhaps most impressive is the overwhelming success of the School of
Professional Counseling. In addition to the A.P. White Campus in Columbia,
the School of Professional Counseling now offers programs at 24 locations in
KY, VA, WV, OH and TN. This is made possible through an innovative
partnership between Lindsey Wilson College and the Community and Technical
College Systems in the host states.
.The School of Professional Counseling has an enrollment of more than 850
students. In 2009-2010, the SPC awarded more than 300 undergraduate and
graduate degrees.
If you'd like more information about the School of Professional Counseling please contact Dawn Cleary at 270.534.3434 or clearyd@lindsey.edu.
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