Degree Requirements: Master's degree
Completion Time: 4 years
Earned Credits: 54
Graduates of Saybrook’s Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision program will be prepared to hold full-time faculty positions within counseling programs. As counselor educators they will hold advanced knowledge and skills in teaching, clinical supervision, research, advocacy and leadership. Graduates of the Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision will be prepared to assume professional roles such as:
- Teaching as a full-time or adjunct faculty in counselor education programs
- Supervising clinical mental health counselors
- Advocating to improve the lives of marginalized individuals and families
- Leading meaningful change within their communities and the counseling profession
- Conducting research through a humanistic lens
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At Saybrook, we believe that counseling faculty should be committed to preparing competent mental health professionals who inspire transformational change in individuals, families, and communities toward a just, humane, and sustainable world.
Students in the Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision program will enhance their knowledge of how to support the development of masters-level counseling practitioners. Graduates of Saybrook’s Online Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision program will learn and actively practice supporting counselors-in-training as they learn counseling skills, integrate their “self” as a therapist, develop their professional identity as counselors, sharpen their ethical decision making and understand how to serve diverse clients and the community.
Additionally, the program will examine the role of privilege, marginalization, and how aspects of power impact individual, familial, group, and community experiences.
Saybrook’s online Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision program is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). This accreditation assures that the content and quality of our program have been evaluated and meet standards set by the profession. Graduates of CACREP-accredited online counseling programs are prepared with the skills and knowledge to work competently in the field of counselor education and supervision.
Saybrook University is accredited by the Senior Commission of Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), a regional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and by the State of California. More program information can be found in our academic catalog.
Primary Faculty Members
- Jennifer Preston, Ph.D., NCC, LPC, Counseling Department Chair
- Hridaya Sivalingam, Ph.D., NCC, LCMHC, Practicum and Internship Coordinator
- Dominque Avery, Ph.D., NCC, LPC, LMHC, M.A. Counseling Program Coordinator
- Aparna Ramaswamy, EdD, Ph.D., LCPC, ACS, Program Faculty
- Alfonso Ferguson, Ph.D., LPC, LMHC, ACS, NCC, Program Faculty
- Aja Burks, Ph. D., LMSW, Program Faculty
- Amanuel Asfaw, Ph.D., NCC, Program Faculty
- Kimberly M. Jayne, Ph.D., LPC (OR), NCC, RPT-S, Program Faculty
Counseling faculty at Saybrook University are committed to preparing competent mental health professionals and counselor educators who inspire transformational change in individuals, families, and communities toward a just, humane, and sustainable world.
The Counseling Department has adopted a set of professional and personal qualities to be demonstrated by all students and faculty. These qualities are directly linked to the mission and core values of Saybrook University and inform the related program objectives. The program learning outcomes were born directly out of the department core values. All members of the counseling community are expected to embody these qualities inside and outside of courses to the greatest extent possible.
Upon completion of the doctoral program, students will demonstrate the associated learning outcomes.
Learn more about our Ph.D. in Counselor Education & Supervision CACREP-accredited program and learning outcomes by reviewing our Ph.D. Student Handbook or Annual Assessment Reports:
Application to Saybrook University is open to students with a master’s counseling degree from a regionally-accredited institution.
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Annual Program Related Student Outcomes
The Counseling Department anticipate being able to share the following student outcomes, to both meet ongoing CACREP requirements, and to share the success of our graduates.
Number of Graduates: We anticipate our first group of graduates in Spring, 2024
Completion Rate: Completion rate can be provided starting in Fall, 2024
Credentialing Examinations Pass Rates (reported by NBCC): N/A for PhD CES students
Job Placement Rates: This data will be collected and provided starting after our first set of graduates complete the program.
CES 7035 – Introduction to Counselor Education
This seminar-style course is designed to facilitate the student’s awareness and knowledge of current issues in the field of Counselor Education. Students will discuss and present current issues in the field, providing a format for debate and discussion. The course will increase the student’s awareness of the areas of social and educational change. This course will have a synchronous meeting component.
CES 7020 – Leadership, Advocacy, and Ethics in Counselor Education
This leadership-focused course will focus on current issues in counseling to include the role of ethical and legal consideration in counselor education and supervision. The focus will be on theories, skills, and models of leadership as well as strategies for responding to the community, national, and international crises and disasters. Students will explore current topical and political issues in counseling and how those issues affect the daily work of counselors and the counseling profession. Students must demonstrate the ability to provide leadership or contribute to leadership efforts of professional organizations and/or counseling programs and the ability to advocate for the profession and its clientele.
CES7025 – Instructional Theory & Practice
The instructional theory course prepares students to teach in counselor education programs. Topics covered include learning theories, retention of material, motivation, classroom instructional strategies and techniques, and assessment of learning. This course will provide an overview of the history and development of counselor education with an examination of the theoretical orientation and practice skills necessary to function effectively as a counselor educator. Students will examine their personal philosophy of teaching and learning while demonstrating the ability to design, deliver, and evaluate methods appropriate to course objectives. This course will provide students with an opportunity to co-teach a course, under the supervision of the course faculty member.
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