Counselor education

Counselor Education is an academic discipline that has its roots in profesional education, counseling, and other human services occupations. The primary focus of Counselor Education is to train multiculturally competent and ethical counselors, counseling psychologists, counselor educators to a standard where the can be professionally licensed

Counselor Education and counselors are accredited by The Counsel for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Programs

Counselors and those who teach them - Counselor Educators - practice several different forms of counseling, that are similar, but different from other disciplines. These counseling forms are:


 * career counseling,
 * college counseling,
 * community counseling,
 * gerontological counseling,
 * [marital, couple, and family counseling/therapy,] http://www.iamfc.com/
 * [mental health counseling,] http://www.amhca.org/
 * [school counseling,] http://www.schoolcounselor.org/
 * student affairs,
 * doctoral degree programs,
 * counselor education and supervision