Doctor of Philosophy in Counselor Education and Supervision

Successive steps towards the development of a well-rounded professional identity.

These activities are assessed and measured by their engagement through any and/or all of the following: professional memberships, presentations, publications, leadership roles, service, advocacy, counseling, supervision, teaching and or other professionally related counseling activities.

Knowledge of counselor and counselor trainee supervision that involves a working knowledge of legal, ethical and multicultural skills that foster the development of a personal style of supervision.

This supervision style will be measured by: the creation of a supervision agreement to include style of supervision, the development of a philosophical supervision paper, the supervision of a minimum of one entry-level masters student and evaluations through video recording, supervisee’s experience and faculty review.

Knowledge and skills of Counselor Education, instruction, and the understanding of challenges in higher education through the development of the students teaching portfolio, which contains the following: personal philosophy of teaching, philosophy of assessing students, teaching evaluations from both faculty and students, and student-developed instructional materials.

Knowledge of both quantitative and qualitative research design along with the ability of when to and how to implement the appropriate designs, statistical analyses and interpretation through the following: development of research projects, successful submission of IRB proposals, completion of data collection and analyses and a final manuscript written in APA style. All students are encouraged to submit their research results for publication and presentation upon the completion of their research sequence.

Clinical expertise through the advanced mastery of their theoretical approach to counseling and engage with others who have diverse theoretical approaches through the following: completion of Advanced Counseling Theories, Advanced Multicultural Assessment, Advanced Clinical Practicum, and Supervision Internship, as well as student’s collaborative exchanges with peers, supervisees and faculty members.

A culturally-competent, growth-fostering working knowledge base of leadership and advocacy skills that is applicable to their respective professional counseling affiliations, client base, local community, the broader sociopolitical context which, for international students, are applicable to their home country.

Students are encouraged to join national and state professional counseling associations, such as the American Counseling Association, the Texas Counseling Association, and divisions of these organizations.

They are also encouraged to take initial steps towards providing professional service in such a way that will allow them opportunities to advocate for counseling and the clients they serve.