Department of Counseling

The Department of Counseling is committed to providing you with cutting edge clinical and educational experiences. Faculty members are involved in all levels of leadership, and well represented locally, across the state, nation, and internationally. In 2008, our counseling programs were awarded an eight year accreditation from the Council for Accreditation for Counseling and Related Programs (CACREP).

It is our mission to prepare multiculturally competent professional counselors and counselor educators for south Texas and beyond, who demonstrate the necessary counseling knowledge, skills, identity and scholarship, and for those seeking advanced studies, supervision and teaching competencies to enrich the quality of all peoples' lives. The program emphasizes creativity and diversity, as well as developmental and relational processes.

Our programs emphasize and model creativity and diversity while fostering developmental and relational processes through its relationship with the community, other university programs, and its students. Further, we strive to prepare student knowledge and commitment to the ethics of the profession and demonstration of application with multicultural and diverse populations.

Graduates of the UTSA counseling program will have a basic knowledge foundation in the areas of legal, ethical, professional issues in counseling, social and cultural foundations, human growth and development, career development, helping relationships, group work, appraisal, and research and program evaluation. In accordance with UTSA counseling department’s mission and goals, graduates will also have a strong understanding of diversity issues and be able to address the needs of an increasingly diverse society.

We are excited about the 2009-2010 academic year, and encourage you to peruse our web site for pertinent programmatic information. In an attempt to facilitate communication with students and prospective students, we regularly update our web site to include information on policies, standards, important dates to remember, and other essential program agendas. Please consult this web site regularly to access the latest news and information on our program’s development and direction.

Also, we have included within this web site a number of handbooks that detail the specifics of each program. These handbooks are rich in information and context for students involved in School Counseling, Community Counseling, Ph.D. in Counselor Education, and Clinical (Practica and Internship) experiences. Please reference these handbooks for the most current information on our program’s policies and expectations.