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Be ready to work in diverse settings with classical, contemporary, and cutting-edge counseling methods.

Prepare to pass the LMFT or LPCC licensure exam through relevant curriculum and free post-graduation workshops.

See real clients in a recorded environment at our on-site practicum clinic while earning supervised credits. Then deepen your experience with internship placements.

Better people’s lives, including your own.

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What is the MACC program & what can it do for you?

Practice

You will gain on-campus clinical experience from year one. Our state-of-the-art trainee practicum clinic offers students a unique opportunity to practice, review, and hone their counseling skills as they see real clients in a recorded environment, with supervised credits earned.

Guided, accessible internship placements are readily available through our established practicum sites throughout San Diego — tailor-made for your career goals.

Professionalism

You will receive relevant, multicultural training for a professionally diverse career through multiple clinic clients and PLNU’s comprehensive training in systems of psychology and classical, contemporary, and cutting-edge counseling methods.  

Moreover, ongoing self-assessments measure your progress in skills development and self-awareness and train you to understand your inner experiences — to help you identify your passions, strengths, and possible career specializations, and engage that wisdom with future clients.

Preparation

At PLNU, you are mentored for success. Seasoned professors serve as academic and professional coaches in class, to help you fully grasp course content, and outside of class and after graduation, guiding you as you consider new career possibilities and growth strategies.  

Most importantly, intentional, expert licensure exam preparation is an integral part of the coursework. Virtually every course prepares you to take the licensure exam — and free exam prep workshops after graduation will keep the material fresh in your mind.  

PLNU’s experienced, working faculty-professionals integrate biblical principles, ethics, skills, and science, considering moral questions while linking hands-on training to cutting-edge research in holistic mind-body approaches.

Should you study to become an LMFT or LPCC therapist? Although many course requirements overlap for both degrees, the LPCC emphasizes the individual in therapeutic practices rather than relational or systems-oriented practices. With the MFT license, you can help families, marriages, and couples, while the PCC license broadens your practice to counsel individuals with issues involving relationships; personal growth, mental, and emotional issues; adjustment to disability; crisis intervention; and problems with stress.
 
When you graduate from our program, you will have met the requirements for either the LPCC or LMFT. You choose which license you would like to gain hours to complete.

LMFT OR LPCC?

Graduating from the PLNU MACC program, students will leave having met the requirements for both LMFT and LPCC licensure.

Private Practice Therapy

Marriage Counseling

Spiritual Life

Life Coaching

Church Counseling

Community Mental Health

Addiction Recovery

And many more

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PROGRAM START DATE:

Fall 2024 -  September 2, 2024 


Train now to become a private therapist, agency director, marriage expert, life coach, spiritual director, addiction recovery counselor, or family mediator — to help others, and yourself, experience lasting transformation.  

PLNU’s Master of Arts in Clinical Counseling (MACC) program applies faith-based principles to 21st-century cultures and needs. We integrate rigorous courses, personal mentoring, onsite supervised clinical training, and a culturally aware approach to today’s best practices and theories to equip you to serve diverse populations through a flexible career path. Most importantly, our program prepares you to take the LMFT or LPCC licensure exam through curricula designed with the tests in mind and free post-graduation workshops.  

This program has offered me an experience of multi-layered supervision that I don't think I would have gotten anywhere else. Without it, I don't think I would have been able to take such a critical look at myself and fix things that will make me better with my clients in the future.

Shawn Brewer, M.A Clinical Counseling



The MACC program at PLNU has the feel of being hand-picked and carefully designed, where everyone involved is passionate about the success of the students. The professors genuinely want every single student to excel and grow intellectually, challenging our beliefs on subjects like ethics and appropriate methods of diagnosis and treatment. 

Amanda Stransky, M.A Clinical Counseling



This is an experiential, clinically-focused program that gives you all the counseling skills you’ll need to be an independent practitioner.

Dr. Ben Coleman, Director of Clinical Training for PLNU's M.A Clinical Counseling

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Students will be equipped to step into a variety of growing career fields:

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Tailored to Your Talents.

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MASTER OF ARTS IN 

CLINICAL COUNSELING


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PLNU’s Master of Arts in Clinical Counseling.

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