Clinical Mental Health Counseling (MS)

Students in the Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling program participate in two clinical experiences:

• a 100-hour practicum, and
• a 600-hour internship.

This professional practice provides for the application of theory and the development of counseling skills under supervision. These experiences provide opportunities for students to counsel clients who represent the ethnic and demographic diversity of the community.

The Pitt Counseling program offers a wide range of practicum and internship sites where students are regularly placed. These settings include, but are not limited to:

• Addiction recovery centers
• K-12 schools
• Colleges and universities (counseling centers)
• Mental health clinics (outpatient, partial hospitalization programs, and intensive outpatient programs)
• Corrections facilities
• Hospitals and medical centers
• Insurance companies
• Private practices
• Psychiatric rehabilitation facilities (residential treatment and social rehabilitation centers)
• Veterans’ Administration agencies

The Counseling program continuously develop new site partnerships based on student interests and needs.

Current Partners

• Bradley Center
• Carnegie Mellon University CaPS
• Center for Resilience Strategies
• Compassionate Counseling and Brookline Teen Outreach
• Elliot Counseling
• Emerge Therapy
• Familylinks
• Forward Wellness
• Gateway Rehab
• Glade Run
• Hiram G. Andrews Center (HGAC)
• Makin Wellness
• Mon Yough Community Services
• Open Space Counseling, Consulting, & Wellness
• Penn Avenue Place Clubhouse
• People’s Oakland
• Pittsburgh Action Against Rape
• Pittsburgh Mercy – Adult Diversion & Acute Stabilization Program
• Pittsburgh Mercy - Child and Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program
• Pittsburgh Public Schools
• Pressley Ridge
• Primary Care Health Services, Inc.
• Resolve Crisis Network
• ReMed
• Renewal, Inc.
• Sally and Howard Levin Clubhouse
• SHRS Wellness Pavilion
• Tadiso, Inc.
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
• University of Pittsburgh Counseling Center
• Untethered Therapy
• UPMC Center for Adolescent and Young Adult Health
• UPMC Services for Teens at Risk (STAR Center)
• UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital Bellefield Intensive Outpatient Programs
• UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital Center for Autism and Developmental Disorders (CADD)
• UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital Center for Disordered Eating
• UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital Services for the Treatment of Early Psychoses (STEP)
• Wesley Family Services