哥伦比亚大学Counseling Psychology 开设在哥伦比亚大学教育学院（Teachers College）下，该项目没有设置专门的分支，但是学生在进入学校进行选课的时候可以有三个方向供选择，分别是：Mental Health Counseling，Mental Health Counseling with Bilingual Concentration or School Counseling，其中，School Counseling的培养方向是小中高学校中的Counselor；此外，哥大咨询心理学硕士项目主要致力于培养以下方面的专业人才:

（1）使个人、团体和组织的最佳发展得以实现

（2）学习预防、干预和补救策略

（3）在整个生命周期中的文化与心理相关内容。

项目时长通常为两年，需要完成60学分

• Human growth and development: HUDK 4022, Developmental psychology: Childhood (3); HUDK 4023, Developmental psychology: Adolescence (3); HUDK 4024, Developmental psychology: Adulthood and the lifespan (3); or HUDK 5029, Personality development and socialization across the lifespan (3)
• Social cultural foundations of counseling: CCPJ 4873, The Winter Roundtable on Cultural Psychology and Education (1) and two of the following: CCPJ 5165, Racial-Cultural Counseling Laboratory (4); CCPJ 5020, Racism and Racial Identity in Psychology and Education (3) CCPJ 5164, Multicultural Counseling and Psychology (3) (4) CCPJ 4050 Microaggressions in Instituitional Climates (3) or CCPJ 4180 LGBT (Q) Issues in Psychology (3). Please note: one of the two courses must be CCPJ 5020, CCPJ 5164, or CCPJ 5165
• Counseling theory and practice: CCPJ 4064, Theories of counseling (3) and CCPJ 5371,Foundations of counseling (3)
• Psychopathology: CCPJ 4000, Multicultural psychopathology (3); CCPX 5032, Adult psychopathology (3); or CCPX 5034, Child psychopathology (3)
• Group counseling: CCPJ 5025, Group counseling (3)
• Lifestyle and career development: CCPJ 5062, Career counseling and development (3)
• Assessment and appraisal: CCPJ 5060, Assessment in counseling psychology (3), and one of the following: HUDM 5059, Psychological measurement (3); HUDM 4050, Introduction to measurement (3); or CCPJ 4066, Foundations of testing and accountability (3)
• Research and program evaluation: ORLJ 4009, Understanding behavioral research (3) and ORL 5522, Evaluation methods I (3)
• or CCPJ 5070 Evaluation methods in counseling psychology (3)
• Professional orientation and ethics: CCPJ 4560, Professional and ethical issues in psychological counseling (3)
• Foundations of mental health counseling and consultation: CCPJ 5371, Foundations of counseling (3) (also listed under Counseling Theory and Practice) and CCPJ 4165, Consultation in community agencies and resources (3)
• Clinical instruction: CCPJ 5360, Practicum in career and personal counseling (4)
• One year of supervised fieldwork: CCPJ 5260, Fieldwork in psychological counseling and rehabilitation (6 points total spread over two or three semesters); CCPJ 5263, Supervised fieldwork in elementary school counseling (6 points total spread over two or three semesters); or CCPJ 5265, Supervised fieldwork in secondary school counseling (6 points total spread over two or three semesters).

School counselors (COUS) also are required to take the following:

Elementary

• HUDK 4022, Developmental psychology: Childhood
• CCPJ 5263, Supervised fieldwork in elementary school counseling
• CCPJ 4160, School counseling for children or adolescents, or
• Child abuse and maltreatment identification, reporting and intervention
• Violence prevention and intervention  

High School

• HUDK 4023, Developmental psychology: Adolescence
• CCPJ 5265, Supervised fieldwork in secondary school counseling
• CCPJ 4160, School counseling for children and adolescents, or
• Child abuse and maltreatment identification, reporting and intervention
• Violence prevention and intervention

在线申请表

个人陈述（2-3页，双倍行距）

个人简历

两封推荐信

本科成绩单（需要做成绩认证）

语言成绩：IELTS 7.0 OR TOEFL 100

GRE

其他奖项，活动，科研，工作经历等

Application Deadlines

Spring: N/A

Summer/Fall (Priority): January 15

Summer/Fall (Final): April 15

学校有自己的就业指导中心，不仅给学生提供实践培训，为周边地区提供心理咨询服务，而且与纽约市很多community-based的学校，医院，心理健康中心保持很好的联系，为学生就业提供了途径。硕士毕业的学生有一部分会选择继续攻读博士学位，另一部分会从事相关的职业，比如研究实验室，非盈利机构，本科院校，人力资源部门等领域，岗位有心理咨询师，咨询顾问等。