Master's in Counseling Program

Letter of Welcome

Dear Prospective Student,

I would like to introduce our master's program in Counseling at Oklahoma State University. Our master's program is currently the only counseling program in the state of Oklahoma that is accredited by CACREP (Counseling and Counseling Related Educational Programs). We offer two options in our program: School Counseling and Community Counseling.

Our Community counseling option is a 60-graduate-credit-hour program designed to meet the Oklahoma State licensure requirements for licensure as a professional counselor. It is important to note that counseling licensure for half of the states in the nation is now 60 credits. The length of our program along with CACREP accreditation make a degree from OSU very portable across state lines. The School Counseling option is a 57-graduate-credit-hour program designed to meet Oklahoma state certification for school counselors and is also CACREP accredited. While most of our students are from Oklahoma, we do welcome students from other states as well as international students.

Our program offers a variety of counseling training opportunities and experiences. We believe that you will find that our program provides excellent training for becoming a counselor in a variety of settings (e.g., college and university counseling centers, community mental health centers, hospitals, and schools). We strongly believe in matching training experiences to the interests and skills of our students. We offer a number of different practica and internship settings for students to gain counseling experiences with diverse clients. At Oklahoma State University, we work hard to ensure that students' learning experiences combine both the support and challenge that they need to grow and learn.

The majority of our students admitted to the counseling master's program finish in about 2 years, assuming they take approximately 9-12 hours per semester of graduate coursework. However, students do have the option of taking courses on a part-time basis. We offer courses in both OSU Stillwater and Tulsa campuses.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any inquiries about our program.

Sincerely,


Hugh C. Crethar, PhD
Associate Professor
Counseling Program Coordinator
Counseling & Counseling Psychology
School of Applied Health & Educational Psychology
College of Education
Oklahoma State University
422 Willard Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078
Office: (405) 744-9442
Fax: (405) 744-6756
crethar@okstate.edu

M.S. in Counseling Degree Information

School Counseling Portfolio

Visit the School Counseling Portfolio website

Counseling Faculty

Donald L. Boswell, Ph.D., Associate Professor. Counseling Psychology,
Indiana State University. Research Interests: Adult personality assessment, adult ADHD,
prescription privileges for psychologists, clinical supervision. (405) 744-9454

Al F. Carlozzi, Ed.D., Professor. Counseling, University of Houston
OSU-Tulsa Counseling Center Director. Research Interests: Empathy,
universal-diverse orientation and clinical supervision. (918) 594-8063

Barbara L. Carlozzi, Ph.D., Associate Professor. Educational Psychology,
Oklahoma State University. Research Interests: emotionally expressive writing,
resilience, human development. (405) 744-9457

Hugh C. Crethar, Ph.D.,Associate Professor, Counseling Program Coordinaor.
Counseling Psychology, University of Oklahoma. Research Interests: Multicultural
counseling, advocacy competence, counselor training, community & school counseling,
gender, sex, and sexual/affectional orientation. (405) 744-9442

Julie Dorton Clark, Ph.D., Assistant Professor. Counseling Psychology, Oklahoma State University.
Research Interests: Multicultural issues, eating disorders, body image, women's issues,
trauma/PTSD, acculturation/ethnic identity, military and men's issues. (405) 744-2899

Julie Koch, Ph.D., Assistant Professor. Counseling Psychology, University of Minnesota -
Twin Cities. Research Interests: School counseling, ethics in counseling,
immigrant/refugee mental health, and counselor development,
training and supervision. (405) 744-3155

Sue C. Jacobs, Ph.D., Associate Professor. Counseling Psychology, University of Southern Mississippi
Research Interests: Health psychology, geropsychology, multicultural counseling,
older women, anger, prevention, professional issues,
and underserved populations. (405) 744-9895

Valerie McGaha, Ph.D., Assistant Professor. Educational Psychology, Texas Tech University.
Tulsa Campus. Research Interests: Substance abuse, multicultural issues. (918) 594-8516

John S.C. Romans, Ph.D., Associate Professor. School Head. Counseling Psychology,
University of Kansas. Research Interests: Stalking, clinical supervision
and expressive writing. (405) 744-9433

Carrie L. Winterowd, Ph.D., Associate Professor. Counseling Psychology, University of Kansas.
Director of Training, Counseling Psychology Doctoral Program Coordinator.
Research Interests: Anger, attachment, core beliefs, multicultural issues including
American Indian/Native American issues, resilience and group counseling. (405) 744-9446

Affiliated Faculty and Supervisors

Relevant Links

• Membership Application for “Animal-Human Interaction:  Research and Education Section-in-Formation”, Division 17, Society for Counseling Psychology
• Current CPSY Doctoral Students - Counseling Psychology
• Gear-Up
• Oklahoma State University Main Page
• OSU Graduate College
• School of Applied Health and Educational Psychology Main Page
• American Indians into Psychology at OSU
• American Psychological Association
• American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS)
• Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs
• Association of Woman in Psychology
• Stillwater Chamber of Commerce
• American Counseling Association
• National Board for Certified Counselors
• American Mental Health Counselors Association
• American School Counselor Association
• Chi Sigma Iota (A Counseling Honorary Society)
• Division 17 APA