Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Online, MAEd

The degree earned upon completion of the program is a Master of Arts in Education with a specialty in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, also listed as an MAEd in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.

Degree Requirements

Discover an online counseling degree set up for your success:

• The first two years of the program are offered in a format in which courses are online and asynchronous (no Zoom classes but weekly structure and deadlines.)
• There is a summer residency requirement that takes place over four days at the end of July at the Seattle University campus after the first and second years in the program.
• The 3rd year of the program is a hybrid experience in which students complete an in-person practicum and internship at an approved site wherever you live in the United States while taking an online synchronous group supervision course that meets once a week.

This is the only program in the nation where graduates are eligible to pursue Washington State substance use disorder certification upon graduation. This distinction positions our clinical mental health counseling graduates to provide integrated care.

1. Integrate critical knowledge essential for professional counselors in a diverse society.  
2. Demonstrate foundational skills with self-awareness in practice settings.  
3. Prepare strategies for social justice within and beyond practice settings.  
4. Engage in relationships which demonstrate our professional dispositions.