Mission Statement

Longwood University's Counselor Education Program strives to foster a collaborative environment where students take an active role in their development as competent and effective practitioners who demonstrate self-awareness, knowledge, and skills grounded in a sensitivity and responsiveness to multiculturalism and social justice.  The program promotes the acquisition of those competencies that enable our students to function in professional roles in settings that assist individuals, families, schools and communities while emphasizing the importance of advocacy and leadership in the profession of counseling. The faculty strives to develop counselors who can formulate, implement, and evaluate preventative and therapeutic approaches to assist a broad cultural cross-section of individuals and groups to improve their adjustment and daily functioning across the lifespan. Graduates of our program are prepared to deliver direct, educational and consultative services and programming in a variety of settings such as mental health agencies, K-12 schools, and colleges/universities. (2015)

The Master’s program in Counselor Education will

• prepare students to be effective practitioners in a variety of counseling settings
• provide students with the required coursework and field experience to pursue professional licensure and/or certification as professional counselors (clinical, school, college)
• will expose students to a variety of experiences to facilitate their personal and professional growth consistent with a multicultural world, leading to cross-cultural competence
• produce graduates with strong professional identities as counselors, with well-developed senses of ethical practice
• facilitate the development of counselors consistent with Longwood University’s Mission to develop citizen leaders who are prepared to make positive contributions to the common good of society