Master of Arts in Clinical Counseling
Presentation
The Master’s degree in Clinical Counseling aims to offer an academic program in social work, focusing on training skills to help vulnerable populations in the light of spiritual care, which can be used in different practical contexts.
Title awarded to the graduate:
Master of Arts in Clinical Counseling
Core areas:
- CA 1: Counseling and Family Therapy
- CA 2: Psychological Intervention at School
- CA 3: Human and Vulnerable Persons’ Rights
- CA 4: Christian Spiritual Counseling and Care
Estimated duration of 24 months. Being:
- Stage 1- courses / components;
- Stage 2- for the preparation of the senior paper (dissertation or thesis) under direct guidance of an advisor;
The examination board will take place after the above-mentioned steps have been completed. If the student does not complete the thesis, they must enter into a contractual addendum and continue paying the course fees; - The student must make at least 03 (three) academic publications during the study period, these must be published in magazines with relevance index.
- The student must complete an additional workload in participating in academic events and lifelong education and extension courses to form the academic-scientific curriculum.
Responsible Persons:
Dra. Marcela Tarciana Cunha Silva Martins
Dean of Academic Relations at VCCU
Dr. Vivianne de Souza
Principal Professor at the School of Arts, Theology and Ministry
Dr. Gabriela Marcolino Alves Machado
Head Professor at the School of Public Health
Coursework Plan
Stage 1 - Course Components
- MACCI1 – Counseling Theory and Practice
- MACCI2 – Federal counseling and social service laws
- MACCI3 – Health and Christendom
- MACCI4 – Systematic Theology I
- MACCI5 – Fundamentals of Spiritual Care and development of helping skills
- MACCS1 – Trauma and Resilience
- MACCS2 – Counseling in the context of the community
- MACCS3 – Ethics, social problems, and standardization
- MACCS4 – Deviant behaviors
- MACCS5 – Technology and Online Counseling
- MACCS6 – Psychological assessment and testing programs
- MACCR1 – Research Methods in Counseling
- MACCR2 – Counseling and Family Therapy
- MACCR3 – School Counseling
- MACCR4 – Development of Vulnerable People or Populations and Spiritual Care
- MACCP1 – Practicum I: Anamnesis, individual assessment, and documentation
- MACCP1 – Practicum II: internship in a counseling clinic
Hours
45
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45
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30
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45
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45
45
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60
60
Credits
3
2
3
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2
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3
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3
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2
2
4
Stage 2 - Orientation
- Senior Thesis Research and Development
- Senior Thesis Qualification
- Presentation of the Thesis
- Foreign Language Proficiency
Hours
465
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Credits
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1
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