A Counselling MEd degree is for you, if:

You want to be a masters-level practitioner working as a school counsellor or counselling therapist in community agencies or private practice, or

You want a combined research and practice-based masters degree in the field, prior to pursuing your doctoral studies in counselling psychology.

Concerned. Empathetic. Prepared.

Counsellors work with individuals, groups and/or families to address a wide range of issues related to daily life and development, including career choice and adjustment, successfully making life transitions, functioning in interpersonal relationships, and emotional and behaviour problems.

Faculty in our department conduct research on issues such as career and vocational development, counselling processes, therapeutic relationships, growth psychology, and the professions of counselling and counselling psychology in Canada.

MEd Course Route - 10 courses Counselling Planning Sheet

MEd Thesis Route - Project Report Route (Effective May 1, 2011)

All requirements of the course route program, plus the thesis or report. Total 45 ch

Admission Considerations:

The following pre-requisite courses required for entry into the MEd Counselling program, over and above the general Faculty of Education requirements for entry into a masters degree. The list of courses from New Brunswick universities that have been approved as fulfilling these requirements can be found here. Equivalent courses from other universities can also be used to meet these requirements, but the syllabus (not just the calendar description) of each course must be attached to your application, for review of equivalency.

  1. Applicants must have completed at least one undergraduate level course (3 credits) in theories of counselling, theories of personality or theories of psychopathology.

  2. Applicants must have completed at least one undergraduate level course (3 credits) in counselling/guidance practices, counselling interviewing skills, alliance formation skills, or social work practice skills.

  3. Applicants must have completed at least one undergraduate level course (3 credits) in human development, child or adult development, or developmental psychology.

 In order to maintain fairness in the process of accepting students into the counselling program, applications to transfer into the program from other UNB Faculty of Education masters programs will be evaluated together with new applicants into the program. The following practices have been adopted to facilitate this:

 

1. There will be no automatic transfer of students into the counselling program, regardless of the number of counselling degree requirement courses students may have completed as part of another program at UNB.
2. Applications for transfer will be reviewed once per year, with the deadline to submit transfer applications being the same as the new applicant deadline.
3. Transfer applicants will be placed in the same pool as incoming applicants and evaluated according to the same criteria.

 

Students intending to pursue doctoral studies in counselling psychology are encouraged to complete both a thesis and an internship. It is important to fully understand the entrance requirements of the doctoral programs to which you are intending to apply prior to planning your program of studies, because doctoral programs vary in terms of the courses, internship hours, and types of internship experiences they require from applicants.

Links to doctoral programs accredited by the Canadian Psychological Association can be found at this website:

Students intending to pursue certification with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA) are encouraged to review the requirements to become a Canadian Certified Counsellor, and to plan their program of study accordingly.

CCPA’s certification requirements can be found at: http://www.ccacc.ca/en/memberbenefits/certification/

Note that, in both of these situations, students may need to complete courses beyond the minimum requirements of the MEd degree.

Completion of the counselling stream of the MEd degree does not guarantee admission for certification as a licensed psychologist. Students seeking this certification must contact each province in which they desire licensing to ensure they have fulfilled the requirements towards certification as a licensed psychologist.