NLU’s counseling program provided from the Florida campus prepares students from all over the country to be professional counselors. The Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at NLU Florida provides coursework that meets the educational standards for licensure as an LMHC in Florida as well as many other states. It also meets the educational requirements for certification as a Board-eligible National Certified Counselor. The program prepares students to sit for the National Counselor Exam (NCE) and the National Clinical Mental Health Counseling Exam (NCMHCE), the two most popular state licensure exams.
For more information on state licensure and certification information please visit NLU’s Public Disclosures page.
Program Learning Outcomes
PLO1. Students will demonstrate the ability to apply code of ethics and legal standards in the profession.
PLO2. Students will demonstrate the ability to apply the multicultural competencies in diversity, multiculturalism, and advocacy.
PLO3. Students will demonstrate the ability to describe and apply theories of individual and family development across the lifespan.
PLO4. Students will demonstrate the ability to describe and apply theories and models of career development, counseling and decision-making.
PLO5. Students will demonstrate the ability to describe, compare, contrast and apply major counseling skills and approaches to practice.
PLO6. Students will demonstrate the ability to select and utilize assessments for diagnostic and intervention planning purposes.
PLO7. Students will demonstrate the ability to describe, compare, contrast and apply major counseling theories to practice.
PLO8. Students will demonstrate effective group leadership through the application of theoretical foundations and techniques of group counseling, process and development.
PLO9. Students will demonstrate awareness of personal characteristics and behaviors that influence the counseling process and engage in ongoing personal and professional self-evaluation and implications for practice.
PLO10. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the importance of evidence-based, ethical, and culturally relevant research in advancing the counseling profession.