Be shaped by Scripture and equipped to serve the hurting.
Through training in counseling theories and skills informed by a Christian worldview, Criswell will prepare you to serve individuals, couples, and families in a variety of settings. Small classes with experienced licensed counselors as your professors will provide you a collaborative, hands-on environment for learning how to help those in need.
If you wish to pursue a career as a Licensed Professional Counselor, you can choose the licensure track which meets the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors requirements for graduates to sit for the National Counselor Examination and the Texas Jurisprudence Exam.
If you wish to apply your counseling skills in a Christian-based ministry for whom licesure is not a necessary component, you can choose the non-licensure track which provides you with training to further develop your ability to meet the psychological and sociological needs of people.
PROGRAM COURSE INFORMATION – LICENSING TRACK
Core I
CSL 505 Counseling Theories
CSL 510 Social, Cultural, and Family Issues
CSL 515 Counseling Methods and Techniques
CSL 520 Human Growth and Development
CSL 530 Lifestyle and Career Development
CSL 535 Marriage and Family Counseling
Core II
CSL 525 Abnormal Human Behavior
CSL 526 Psychopathology
CSL 550 Addiction Counseling
CSL 601 Appraisal and Assessment Techniques
CSL 605 Research
CSL 615 Group
CSL 630 Practicum I
CSL 640 Practicum II
CSL 650 Professional Orientation
CSL 541 Ethics in Counseling
CSL 542 Crisis Counseling
Three of the following:
CSL 540 Conflict Management
CSL 545 Educational Psychology
CSL 610 Topics in Counseling
CSL 612 Psychopharmacology and Mental Illness
Non-credit
AMP 500 Applied Ministry Project
(Required each semester)
BIB 105 Hermeneutics
EMS 101 Personal Evangelism
PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology
THS 101 Spiritual Foundations
THS 102 Survey of Theology
PROGRAM COURSE INFORMATION – NON-LICENSING TRACK
CSL 505 Counseling Theories
CSL 510 Social, Cultural, and Family Issues
CSL 515 Counseling Methods and Techniques
CSL 535 Marriage and Family Counseling
CSL 540 Conflict Management
CSL 545 Educational Psychology
CSL 620 Pre-Practicum
AMP 500 Applied Ministry Project
(Required each semester for full-time student)
BIB 105 Hermeneutics
EMS 101 Personal Evangelism
PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology
THS 101 Spiritual Foundations
THS 102 Survey of Theology
I appreciate the dedication my professors had in supporting me and challenging me. If it wasn’t for them, I would have taken the safe route and stayed at my private practice and not pushed my limits. They have been a major influence in my life the past three years and I can honestly say that I am better because of it!
CAREERS
Graduates with a MA in Counseling (Licensure track) are prepared to step into the following roles:
- Mental health counselor
- School counselor
- Marriage counselor
- Career counselor
- Substance abuse counselor
- Social worker
- Pursue further studies to become a psychologist
Graduates with a MA in Counseling (Non-Licensure track) are prepared to step into the following roles:
- Pastoral counselor
- Academic counselor
- Church counselor
- Life coach
- Career counselor
- Case manager
PROGRAM STUDIES
Steve Hunter
Professor of Psychology & Counseling; Hope for the Heart Chair of Biblical Counseling; Director of B.A. in Psychology and M.A. in Counseling
