![](https://amberton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/image-land.webp)
![](https://amberton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/image-land.webp)
Choosing a master’s program is one of the most important steps you’ll take in your educational journey. Aside from simply offering the right program, you have to make sure the school has the appropriate accreditations, the professors are experienced and respected in the career field, and, above all, the program needs to adequately prepare you for the career ahead. Finding the right fit for a career in counseling is even more imperative - there are other people counting on your education and abilities.
“There is an art and a science to counseling. You learn academically, you learn the science of counseling. Then you bring your own artistic nature into the counseling setting. If you care about people, if you’re interested in helping people, if you’re able to separate your own life from their life, then you’re a good candidate for the counseling program,” said Amberton Counseling Professor Dr. Lee Paul.
Working as a counselor requires a softened heart for others, and maintaining a professional and personal separation. Every counselor has special traits, empathies, attributes and interests that would make better counselors in certain areas. Becoming a counselor can be incredibly rewarding, but it will be vastly more rewarding if you use your gifts to bolster your education and to truly develop into the best counselor you can be.
Master's Programs in Counseling:
“All of our faculty, whether they are full-time or adjunct faculty, are clinicians first. I am really excited and glad to be a part of this team because everyone here brings something unique from a clinical perspective and not necessarily just from a research standpoint,” Amberton Associate Faculty member Dr. Levi Armstrong said.
Amberton offers three master’s programs focused in counseling—a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (formerly Professional Counseling), a Master of Arts in School Counseling, and a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy. For professor insight about Amberton’s counseling programs, click here. To speak with advisors about Amberton being the right fit for you, call 972.694.4830 x180 or email advisor@amberton.edu.
Undoubtedly, technology has revolutionized the face of college education and how students access various opportunities.
Working adult students have more options to further their education than ever before. Now is a prime time to take advantage of these opportunities and change your “someday” into “today."
So why should you choose to enroll in online courses? Easy.
You can learn at your own pace. Schedule your time to log in for your courses and to complete your assignments. Additionally, you can review your lessons as often as you need.
Who doesn’t love the freedom of learning and working at home? Or outside or at the local coffee shop? But that’s not the kind of comfort we’re talking about here. For some, large classroom settings can be intimidating.
In online classes, the playing field is leveled. Students can freely comment on posts, videos, and student work or participate in class in a comfortable environment.
Even though you’re not face-to-face with the other students, online courses offer various outlets to share thoughts and ideas.
Learning at your own pace and being unbound from commuting to campus for lectures -- it’s golden.
To achieve your goals, you don’t have to put everything in your life on hold. You can log in and complete all your work in one go or in small pieces as time allows.
No need to worry about missing bedtime for the little ones or taking time off work to attend a lecture.
You’re a working adult, and you’re used to project deadlines. There’s something to be said for working through complex ideas and new thought processes with a due date looming.
Independent learning places more accountability on you. You’re in charge and can take as much or as little time as you need to master the skills and material in your class.
Online education is more practical because you can relate what you learn to the job you do every day and improve your job performance.
Honing your skills and increasing your repertoire boosts your earning potential. The fact is that college graduates earn more money throughout their careers. It allows you to get that job you’ve always wanted and not settle for second best.
If you’re interested in pursuing your education with the flexibility online classes can give you, click to connect with our advising staff today!
We’d appreciate the opportunity to work with you to get you started on this journey. Contact an advisor today!