Office of International Programs

College of Education

International Counseling

International Counseling

The Master's of Education in International Counseling at Lehigh University prepares students to function in professional roles that include three key target areas of the international setting: the school, the community, and the family. The specific goals of this program are to:

  • Create counselors who can conceptualize and intervene in preventative, developmental, and culturally therapeutic ways.
  • Appreciate the diversity of family life and schooling in international communities and understand how the third culture experience abroad impinges differently on the daily lives of transition faced by children and families.
  • Appreciate and embrace the scientific and empirical underpinnings of the counseling field and to work to apply them in culturally appropriate ways.

Although the program emphasizes counseling, students will be expected to be familiar with all three targets areas of intervention. A successful graduate may be employed as a counselor in a variety of settings including: elementary, middle, and secondary schools, community mental health agencies, and hospitals.

Course Work for Master's (30 Credit Hours)
Listed in the order to be completed for Masters Internship I & II eligibility:

CPsy 452 Facilitating Healthy Adjustment (3 credit hours)
CPsy 453 Building Healthy Communities (3 credit hours)
CPsy 430 Professional Seminar (3 credit hours)
CPsy 436 Culture-Centered Career Intervention (3 credit hours)
CPsy 442 Counseling and Therapeutic Approaches (3 credit hours)
CPsy 471 Diversity and Multicultural Perspectives (3 credit hours)
CPsy 440 Introduction to Family Counseling (3 credit hours)

Practicum
Students must complete all required course work prior to Masters Internship I & II.

CPsy 480 Masters Internship I
 (3 credit hours)
CPsy 483 Masters Internship II
 (3 credit hours)

Specialty

Elective: (3 credit hours)(e.g., Applied Learning Theory)

Click here for detailed M.Ed. course descriptions in International Counseling

Courses are subject to change.

Academic Program Timeline

Students are usually capable of completing their academic program in two consecutive calendar years using Lehigh’s hybrid model of online technology-based course work and face-to-face summer sessions.

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Prospective Students

We encourage prospective students to begin their program by taking courses at our International Counseling Summer Institutes

The International Counseling Summer Institutes are intended for Master's, Certificate, and Professional Development students in the International Counseling program.