Counselor Education

Do you have a desire to work in a helping relationship? Are you interested in helping others improve the quality of their lives as they learn to effectively deal with a variety of issues through a collaborative relationship?

East Carolina University's counselor education program allows students to work closely with faculty as they learn and grow as professional counselors. The counselor education program places strong emphasis on students’ development of professional identity as counselors, providing academic learning opportunities in core curriculum including theory, techniques and assessment, and specialty training in three professional specialization areas: professional school counseling, student affairs and college counseling, and clinical mental health counseling. The program offers graduate students who come from varied undergraduate backgrounds an opportunity to explore and develop their own personal styles and approaches to professional counseling.

Students will attend courses completely online. Students will engage in a variety of learning experiences as they seek to apply content to practice through a variety of courses, assignments and experiential learning opportunities. In addition, students will gain leadership, collaboration and helping skills as they become immersed in the field. In addition to coursework experiences, students are encouraged to become active members in the profession through professional association involvement (i.e, presentations, publications, etc.) and leadership positions.

ECU Advantage

East Carolina University's counselor education program offers students the opportunity to be trained by faculty who are active and engaged nationally in the profession. All full-time faculty hold doctorates in counselor education or counseling psychology. Faculty encourage students to develop counseling styles that best suit them while also best meeting the needs of clients. Students in the counselor education program can select and focus on one professional specialization while also learning about the other various settings in which counselors work. In addition, students enjoy the flexibility to design elective studies to best suit their career interests.

Our alumni have gone on to enjoy successful careers in a variety of counseling settings, and many of them have received state and national awards for their service and expertise.