Master's Program

Overview

The Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling (CRMHC) Program at the University of South Florida is a 60-credit-hour, CACREP-accredited graduate program that prepares students for professional counseling practice through a combination of didactic instruction, experiential learning, and clinical training. Students select one of two tracks: Clinical Mental Health Counseling or Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling.

faculty of CRMHC program

CRMHC faculty (L to R front) Vicky Buckles, PhD; Marilyn Stern, PhD; Tammy Smith, PhD; Rick Weinberg, PhD. (L to R back) Brian Paulson, PhD; Brandon Worthey, PhD; Leah Worthey, PhD; Amanda DePippo, PhD. (Not pictured) Tessa Hastings, PhD.

 

Mission Statement

The mission of the Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling Program is to promote quality behavioral health care for all, particularly people with disabilities, and to help the state and nation meet their human service and workforce needs in the area of rehabilitation and mental health counseling through teaching, research and service. The program prepares students with a solid grounding to become Certified Rehabilitation Counselors (CRC) and Licensed Mental Health Counselors (LMHC).

Program Objectives

  1. Recruit and admit a highly qualified and diverse student body.
  2. Provide high quality teaching and inspire learning in rehabilitation and mental health counseling.
  3. Increase the number of students who possess the requisite knowledge and earn credentials to become licensed mental health counselors and/or certified rehabilitation counselors working within the healthcare workforce.

National Ranking

The CRMHC Program is among the nation's top 50 in Best Health Schools, RehabilitationCounseling, according to recent rankings released by U.S. News & World Report, which ranks our program #27 in the nation and #1 in the state of Florida.