Master of Arts in Counseling Ministries
Life is sacred. Human problems are complex. Transformation requires wisdom, love and hope. The MACM program seeks to equip persons with broad theological foundations, psychological and behavioral-sciences grounding, and counseling skills to help troubled persons, families and communities find meaning, healing and growth.
1. Graduates will have knowledge of major theories of counseling and psychotherapy, and psychosocial and life-cycle-development concepts.
2. Graduates will have the ability to integrate psychological and behavioral sciences with the wisdom from religion/spirituality in the therapeutic process.
3. Graduates will have the ability to utilize the DSM IV-TR and developmental theory to diagnostically relate to and therapeutically respond to a variety of clients.
4. Graduates will have awareness and sensitivity to multicultural dynamics and issues of difference (race, gender, age, economics etc.).
Track I, Pastoral Care and Counseling, is a general counseling degree for religious leaders and other helping professionals. Track I requires completion of 58 credit hours.
Track II, Addiction Counseling, has a specific focus on the counseling of persons who are chemically dependent. Track II requires completion of 59.5 credit hours. Students who receive the MACM – Track II degree will have fulfilled the 270 clock hours of chemical dependency specific education, which is part of the Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor requirements set by the Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals Board. Post-graduation eligibility for licensure requirements include: related work experience (a Master’s degree in a behavioral science may be substituted for 2,000 hours of work experience); and successful completion of the AODA written examination and the case presentation (CPM) examination.
Track III, Pastoral and Professional Counseling, constitutes a sequence of graduate courses that fall within specific areas of counselor training. Students who receive the MACM - Track III degree will have satisfied the educational requirements of the State of Ohio Counselor and Social Worker Board and may apply to take the Professional Counselor Examination.
SELECTED AREAS WHERE MACM GRADUATES HAVE SERVED
1. Alcohol & Substance Abuse Treatment Counselors
2. Chemical Dependency Supervisors
3. Chemical Dependency Counselors
4. College/University (Campus) Ministers
5. Retirement Community Chaplains
6. Hospital and Medical Center Chaplains
7. Children’s Home Chaplains
8. Spiritual Services Coordinators
9. Inpatient Treatment Center Directors and Counselors
10. Outpatient Treatment Center Directors and Counselors
11. Licensed Professional Counselors in Private and Group Practice
12. Art Therapists
13. Adjunct Professors and Instructors at the College and Graduate School Level
14. Social Service Case Workers
15. Youth Program Counselors
16. Bereavement Program Coordinators and Counselors
17. Youth Grief/Bereavement Specialists
18. Hospice/Spiritual Care Chaplains
19. Domestic Violence Coordinators
20. Prison (Rehabilitation & Corrections) Chaplains
21. Recovery Services (Rehabilitation & Corrections) Coordinators and Counselors
22. Licensed Social Workers
23. Licensed Clinical Psychologists
24. Psychology Assistants and Technicians
25. Substance Abuse Educators
26. Certified Prevention Specialists
27. Certified Prevention Consultants
28. Mental Health Outreach Services Coordinators
29. Pastoral Counseling Ministers
30. Congregational Pastors
31. Professional Story Tellers
32. Parish Nurse Trainers/Spiritual Outreach Educators
33. Manager, Hospital System, Community Outreach
34. Residential Teachers, Adult Developmental Services
35. Clinical Site Coordinators, Graduate Counselor Education Program
36. Instructors of Counseling, Technical College
*Prepared by Vergel L. Lattimore, Ph.D., IMFT, Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling in the L.A. Beeghly Chair and Director, M.A. in Counseling Ministries
Updated: March 2009
The MACM program is designed to:
• foster the personal and professional formation of sensitive and competent practitioners for diverse mental health and addiction
counseling ministries;
• enlarge theoretical foundations for the practice of pastoral counseling and psychotherapy;
• teach state-of-the-art diagnostic and assessment approaches;
• integrate human development, multicultural perspectives, research methods, and clinical supervision;
• heighten ethical leadership and social responsibility in the pastoral healing arts and clinical counseling.
