2024-2025 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog
Department of Counseling and Behavioral Health
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The Department of Counseling and Behavioral Health is home to programs that deliver personalized educational experiences for future professional counselors. We prepare our students to address the complex challenges faced by clients of diverse backgrounds, including individuals across cultures, across the lifespan, and living with disabilities and behavioral health challenges. We emphasize experiential training in evidence-based practices while advancing the field through clinical research. We are committed to community engagement, advocacy, and promoting diversity, inclusion, and cultural humility.
Our award-winning educational programs, research projects, and other learning opportunities prepare students to excel in the counseling profession. Pitt graduates are highly successful as they enter this rewarding profession. We take a holistic, hands-on approach to training that provides a strong foundation of knowledge while offering ample opportunity to practice your skills and options for personalizing your education. Our world class faculty include renowned scholars, highly skilled clinicians, and passionate educators.
Department Contact:
Eric Meyer, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Counseling and Behavioral Health
Director, Trauma, Resilience, and Recovery Lab
Pronouns: he/him/his
(412) 383-6589 (office)
ecm77@pitt.edu
Clinical Mental Health Counseling (MS)
Our counseling curriculum covers a wide range of themes including:
- Advanced counseling skills techniques- individual, group, family, substance abuse and crisis counseling
- Case conceptualization and treatment planning
- Assessment and diagnosis
- Evidence-based practice
Students complete 60 credits required for a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in five terms. The degree requires a 100-hour practicum and 600-hour internship in a professional clinical rehabilitation or mental health counseling setting.
Program Contact:
Michelle L. Schein, PhD, LPC, CRC
Associate Professor | Program Director
Clinical Mental Health Counseling
412-383-6879 | michelle.schein@pitt.edu
Pronouns: she/her/hers
ProgramsMaster’s
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