Program Director: Dr. Bob Rubenstein brubenstein@marshall.edu 304.746.1953 Counseling Program website

Program Overview:
The Graduate Certificate in Violence, Loss, and Trauma requires 15 hours of course credit. The certificate program is currently the state’s only post-baccalaureate initiative providing a sequential, specialized professional development opportunity for mental health professionals and paraprofessionals who contribute to the identification of, and interventions in family/partner abuse situations.

1. First, the student may apply and be accepted into the Clinical Mental Health Area of Emphasis of the Counseling program and take the certificate courses in conjunction with the required degree courses and graduate with a Master of Arts degree in Counseling in addition to a graduate certificate denoting the Violence, Loss, and Trauma area of specialty.

2. Second, the certificate coursework may be taken as a stand-alone program to be completed in one year. The program is currently the state’s only post-baccalaureate initiative providing a sequential, specialized professional development opportunity for mental health professionals and paraprofessionals who contribute to the identification of, and interventions in family/partner abuse situations.

• Under the Code of Federal Regulations 668.6B, the following information is provided to prospective students seeking only the certificate (not simultaneously with a degree) to help them make informed decisions about this program, which does not lead to a degree. NOTE: Standard Occupational Classification ("SOC") codes are issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. The SOC is linked to the occupational profile on O*NET, the nation's primary source of occupational information.

Standard Time to Completion: 2-3 semesters.