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The Ph.D. in Counseling program prepares students to work as advanced practitioners, clinical supervisors and counselor educators in clinical and academic settings. The goal of the program emphasizes student contribution to the counseling profession through research while understanding and addressing the societal changes of today's communities. OSU's program is CACREP accredited and aims to prepare graduates to be leaders and advocates for change.
This doctorate program is offered by Oregon State University's College of Education and Ecampus.
The hybrid online Counseling PhD degree prepares students to work as advanced practitioners, counselor educators, and supervisors in clinical and academic settings. OSU's Counseling PhD degree is a CACREP accredited hybrid online program. The Counseling PhD degree prepares graduates to be leaders and advocates for change in the professional counseling field. The Counseling PhD degree emphasizes student contributions to counselor education and supervision through research while understanding and addressing the needs of today's communities.
The Counseling PhD degree is a hybrid online program offered by Oregon State University's College of Education and Ecampus. Students can work full-time during the program and can continue to provide meaningful professional counseling services to the communities in which they live and work all while completing their doctorate. Face-to-face classes occur only twice each quarter on a Friday through Saturday block held in the OSU Portland Center. Approximately 12 students are admitted each year into a cohort.
As a Counseling PhD student, you become a member of a supportive and active cohort of peers. Counseling PhD students complete all courses in a cohort and develop significant peer relationships through frequent class meetings together in Portland, OR. Past students tend to be working in the professional counseling field and attend the program from states across the nation. Interested students must have a commitment to solving critical human problems in our increasingly diverse world. Each student is guided by a department professor and Head Advisor throughout this three- to five-year (post-master's) doctoral degree program.
The Counseling PhD degree operates as a "hybrid" program involving both face-to-face and online instruction for each course. Face-to-face classes occur only twice each quarter on a Friday through Saturday block held in the OSU Portland Center. Because the face-to-face course location is in downtown Portland, it is easily accessible from the Portland International Airport and surrounding regions, making it possible for out-of-state students to participate. OSU’s counseling program in Corvallis has a long history of delivering remote education, having offered graduate courses via Extended Campus since 1944 and full graduate degrees via Extended Campus since 1976.
The Counseling PhD program is part-time, and financial support such as loans and grants are more limited than for full-time programs. There are no teaching or research assistantships since these require full-time enrollment. We assume that our students are fully employed in professional counseling positions, though this is not required.
The PhD with a Major in Counseling program at Oregon State University is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). The accreditation runs through 3/31/2024.
The Counseling PhD program at Oregon State University is a one-of-a-kind doctoral program in counselor education and supervision that provides high quality research, clinical, teaching, supervisory, and leadership training in a flexible part-time hybrid format. Students can work full-time during the program and can continue to provide meaningful professional counseling services to the communities in which they live and work all while completing their doctoral education. Unlike other online programs, students also meet regularly in-person and develop significant peer relationships. Counseling PhD students complete all courses in a cohort and develop significant peer relationships through frequent class meetings together in Portland, OR.
The Oregon State University counseling programs are the second oldest in the world, with counseling classes first offered in 1917. The Counseling PhD program at Oregon State University has been in operation since the 1940s and was one of the very first CACREP-accredited PhD counselor education and supervision programs. OSU’s counseling program in Corvallis has a long history of delivering remote education, having offered graduate courses via Extended Campus since 1944 and full graduate degrees via Extended Campus since 1976. The program is a leader in providing high quality doctoral education in a flexible hybrid format to professional counselors.
The Counseling PhD program has a focus on preparing students to be change agents committed to solving critical human problems in our increasingly diverse world. We are committed to engage in anti-racism work to better serve the needs of Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) in our community. Most recently, OSU Counseling was honored to receive the 2022 Counseling Program award from the Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities. The award is presented to a program that has demonstrated a commitment to the promotion of LGBTGEQIAP+ awareness and affirmation.
The Counseling PhD faculty are nationally recognized scholars and leaders in the professional counseling field. Graduates of the program have attained high profile positions within counselor education and supervision as tenure-track faculty, Associate Deans, executive directors, leaders of state agencies, and directors of school counseling programs.
Misty De Lei, counseling head advisor at [email protected]
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OSU Counseling recognized for promotion of LGBTGEQIAP+ awareness and affirmation
Holly Thompson, counselor of Rowe Middle School in North Clackamas School District, was named the 2015 School Counselor of the Year during the Fall Oregon School Counselors Conference.
