Our Purpose
Our purpose is to educate and support students from all over the world and contribute
solutions to the growing global need of mental health and school services for everyone.
Our Mission
Grounded in counseling ethics and trauma-informed evidence-based practices, our Counselor
Education program cultivates compassionate, respectful professionals who understand
the complexities of the human spirit with openness and belonging. By emphasizing best
practices, self-reflection, and a variety of counseling theories and techniques, we
inspire students to become lifelong learners and competent professionals, ready to
serve and make meaningful connections in distinctive and evolving communities.
Our Goal
The Counseling faculty prepare skilled practitioners with a Professional Counseling
identity consistent with the CACREP standards through a program of planned, sequenced,
and educational experiences that address the following objectives.
Program Objectives / CACREP Key Performance Indicators
The Counseling faculty created the following program objectives / key performance
indicators for students in the Counseling Program and demonstrate how they relate
to the 2024 CACREP Core Standards.
- Students will apply the social identities competencies in the practice of counseling
related to their concentration that will be measured at two points in time with a
success rate at or above 70%.
- CACREP Core 3.B. Social Identities and Experiences
- Students will learn assessment content and skills in the practice of counseling related
to their concentration that will be measured at two points in time with a success
rate at or above 70%.
- CACREP Core 3.G. Assessment and Diagnostic Processes
- Students will learn diagnostic content and skills in the practice of counseling related
to their concentration that will be measured at two points in time with a success
rate at or above 70%.
- CACREP Core 3.G. Assessment and Diagnostic Processes
- Students will learn counseling theoretical approaches related to their concentration
that will be measured at two points in time with a success rate at or above 70%.
- CACREP Core 3.E. Counseling Practice and Relationships
- Students will learn counseling developmental approaches related to their concentration
that will be measured at two points in time with a success rate at or above 70%.
- CACREP Core 3.C. Lifespan Development
- Students will learn career counseling theories and approaches related to their concentration
that will be measured at two points in time with a success rate at or above 70%.
- CACREP Core 3.D. Career Development
- Students will learn research skills and strategies related to their concentration
that will be measured at two points in time with a success rate at or above 70%.
- CACREP Core 3.H. Research and Program Evaluation
- Students will learn individual clinical skills and strategies in the practice of counseling
related to their concentration that will be measured at two points in time with a
success rate at or above 80%.
- CACREP Core 3.E. Counseling Practice and Relationships
- Students will learn group skills and strategies in the practice of counseling related
to their concentration that will be measured at two points in time with a success
rate at or above 80%.
- CACREP Core 3.F. Group Counseling and Group Work
- Students will demonstrate skills in the practice of counseling related to their concentration that will be measured
at six points in time using the Counselors Competency Scale - Revised with a success
rate at or above 80%.
- CACREP Core 3.E. Counseling Practice and Relationships
- Students will demonstrate professional dispositions in the practice of counseling related to their concentration that will be measured
at six points in time using the Counselors Competency Scale - Revised with a success
rate at or above 80%.
- CACREP Core 2.C.2.a.b.c. Individual Student Assessment
Clinical Mental Health Counseling Concentration
- Students will demonstrate content knowledge related to the Clinical Mental Health Counseling concentration that will
be measured at two points in time with a success rateof 70% or higher.
- CACREP Section 5.C. Clinical Mental Health Counseling
- Students will demonstrate skills in the practice of counseling related to the Clinical Mental Health Counseling concentration
that will be measured at six points in time using the Counselors Competency Scale
- Revised with a success rate at or above 80%.
- CACREP Section 5.C. Clinical Mental Health Counseling
- Students will demonstrate professional dispositions in the practice of counseling related to the Clinical Mental Health Counseling concentration
that will be measured at six points in time using the Counselors Competency Scale
- Revised with a success rate at or above 80%.
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- CACREP Section 5.C. Clinical Mental Health Counseling
School Counseling Concentration
- Students will demonstrate content knowledge related to the School Counseling concentration that will be measured at
two points in time with a success rateof 70% or higher.
- CACREP Section 5.H. School Counseling
- Students will demonstrate skills in the practice of counseling related to the School Counseling concentration that
will be measured at six points in time using the Counselors Competency Scale - Revised
with a success rate at or above 80%.
- CACREP Section 5.H. School Counseling
- Students will demonstrate professional dispositions in the practice of counseling related to the School Counseling concentration that
will be measured at six points in time using the Counselors Competency Scale - Revised
with a success rate at or above 80%.
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- CACREP Section 5.H. School Counseling
Program Review
Every year program faculty members, current students, alumni, and the Counseling Advisory
Committee assess and evaluate the mission, purpose, goal, and objectives for the Counseling
Program at ULM. These above statements guide the curriculum.
Acquired information is considered along with accreditation standards by regional
and professional accrediting bodies, public policy changes that occur in the state
of Louisiana or at the federal level that impact the profession, shifts in the field
of practice as we know it, and new research findings pertinent to the profession.
Information thus acquired is integrated into the curricula as appropriate.
The Purpose, Mission, and Goal were updated October, 2025 by the Program faculty,
current students, and the Counseling Advisory Committee.
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