The Master of Arts in Counseling (MAC) offers a curriculum which enables graduates to apply for licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) or both in the state of Texas. The MAC program provides excellence in teaching and learning in an environment that includes the classroom and a wide variety of field placements within the Austin region. In keeping with the mission of
St. Edward’s University, through their learning experiences, students are helped to understand themselves, to clarify their personal values and to provide service to the community.

Career opportunities
The MAC program offers an educational and training experience which prepares students to work as professional counselors in a variety of settings, including hospitals, residential treatment centers, non-profit agencies, government, for-profit organizations and private practice. As graduates of the program, students may choose to focus on working with children, adolescents, or adults. Students are assisted in their search for post-masters degree experience, where they must do the following for the LPC:

1) complete 3000 hours of supervised field experience with a temporary license and
2) pass the National LPC examination, in order to fulfill the Texas state board requirement to become Licensed Professional Counselors.


LPC and LMFT Web site:
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/plc/default.shtm

The purpose of The Master of Arts in Counseling (MAC) program at St. Edward’s
University is to provide a degree plan which affords students the opportunity to:

1. Advance their personal, intellectual and professional development and functioning;

2. Explore and recognize the effects of their personal beliefs, values, issues and
behaviors on their counseling practices;

3. Integrate and synthesize issues around ethical decision-making in counseling situations;

4. Develop the knowledge, skills and experience necessary supervised experience as a professional counseling intern.