The Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology program is designed to provide students with a foundation in theories and methods of counseling psychology with hands-on, practical, supervised training in counseling psychology techniques with an emphasis on socially responsible practice. This broad-based program usually takes students twenty-four months to complete. Graduates of this program are prepared to sit for Professional Counselor licensure in Illinois (LPC and LCPC) and are well prepared for a wide variety of community mental health positions in human services agencies and organizations in the public and private sector.