The Counselor Education Department at Cal U of PA is offering a
12 credit certificate in Sports Counseling & Student Athlete Mental Wellness for Summer 2020!!!
Sports Counseling & Student Athlete Mental Wellness Certificate (12 credits)
Sports counseling is a process that assists individuals in maximizing their personal, academic, and athletic potential. Sports counseling is accomplished through a proactive, growth-oriented, approach that incorporates the principles of counseling, career development, movement science, psychology, and lifespan human development. Counselors, educators, and other helping professionals should have specialized awareness, knowledge and skills beyond the basic counselor preparation as well as the ability to develop effective therapeutic relationships.
Classes Required:
CED 780 Issues and Techniques in Counseling Athletes
CED 781 Sports Counseling Programming
CED 783 Counseling and Advising Athletes with Death, Loss and Grief
CED 784 Student Athlete Mental Wellness
https://www.calu.edu/academics/graduate/certificates/sports-counseling/index.aspx