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The counseling psychology program has received two awards. The doctoral program has been selected as this year’s recipient of the American Psychological Association Richard M. Suinn Minority Achievement Award. This award is presented in recognition of demonstrated excellence in the recruitment, retention and graduation of ethnic minority students. The Suinn Award was presented at the 2008 Annual APA Convention in Boston, Massachusetts on August 14.
Pictured with the award are Dr. Joseph Morris and counseling psychology doctoral student Kenlana Burton. Dr. Joseph Morris, former chair and former counseling psychology doctoral program training director received the award at the APA Convention on behalf of the program and department.
The counseling psychology program has also been recognized by the Committee of the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students with the 2008 APAGS Department of the Year Award. This APAGS honor is given annually to a graduate department that has exemplified outstanding commitment toward graduate students and graduate student life, recognizing superior assistance and attention to student needs, as well as excellent faculty student relations. The APAGS award is accompanied by a $1,500 stipend to be used at the department’s discretion to further benefit students. Dr. Mary Z. Anderson is the coordinator of the master’s degree program in counseling psychology and Dr. Lonnie Duncan and Dr. Eric Sauer serve as co-training directors of the counseling psychology doctoral program.
We are pleased to announce that the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs has accredited our Counselor Education Programs through 2014.
CACREP Accreditation was granted through October 31, 2014 for the following programs: College Counseling (M.A. degree), Community Counseling (M.A. degree), School Counseling (M.A. degree), and Counselor Education and Supervision (Ph.D. degree).
CACREP began accrediting programs in 1981. The Counselor Education program at Western Michigan University was first accredited in 1983, a distinction making it the first accredited Counselor Education program in the state of Michigan and among the first programs accredited in the United States of America.
Mission: Consistent with a student centered research university and a College of Education that promotes partnerships in the development and delivery of programs, the mission of the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology is to develop competent, ethical, and culturally sensitive professionals for counseling and related human resources development roles through graduate education and scholarship. To accomplish this mission, the department offers doctoral training in counseling psychology and counselor education, and master’s level training in counseling psychology, counselor education (college counseling, community counseling, and school counseling), rehabilitation counseling/blindness, marriage and family therapy, and human resources development. We strive to recruit and retain students of diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds from local, state, national, and international locations.
Ray Sheets, Jr., counseling psychology doctoral student, will be presenting "Coming out Twice: Sexual Orientation Disclosure in Bisexual Young Adults," with his former advisor Jonathan Mohr, Ph.D, in a symposium at the upcoming 2008 APA convention.