California University, founded in 1852 and accredited for over 50 years is part of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE).The Graduate Certificate in Sports Counseling is 100% fully delivered online and designed for practicing counselors, counselors in training, educators and/or other helping professionals’ needs for an advanced or specialty area of training and development with the athlete population. This program will provide counselor training competencies in three core areas of study:
- Foundations of Sports Counseling;
- Contextual Dimensions of Sports Counseling; and
- Knowledge and Skills for the Practice of Sports Counseling.
Sports Counseling Certificate Program meets the particular interests and
needs of a significant sub-sector of counselors, educators, and other helping professionals who work with the athlete population. This program provides preparation for educating counselors, educators, and other helping professionals for working with this specific population.
Graduate Certificate in Sports Counseling:- Sports counseling is a process that assists individuals in maximizing their personal, academic, and athletic potential. Sports counseling is accomplished through a proactive, growth-oriented, approach that incorporates the principles of counseling, career development, movement science, psychology, and lifespan human development. Counselors, educators, and other helping professionals should have specialized awareness, knowledge and skills beyond the basic counselor preparation as well as the ability to develop effective therapeutic relationships.
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE in SPORTS COUNSELING CURRICULUM:- Issues and Techniques in Counseling Athletes
- Sports Counseling Programming
- Advanced Issues and Techniques in Counseling Athletes
- Contemporary Topics in Counselor Education