| (a) An applicant who holds a graduate degree in counseling
from an accredited school is presumed to have satisfied the academic
course content requirements described in this section.
(b) An applicant who holds a graduate degree in a counseling-related
field must complete at least one course in each of the following areas:
(1) normal human growth and development - the process
and stages of human intellectual, physical, social, and emotional
development from prenatal origins through adulthood;
(2) abnormal human behavior - the principles of understanding
dysfunction in human behavior or social disorganization;
(3) appraisal or assessment techniques - the principles,
concepts, and procedures of systematic appraisal or assessment of
an individual's attitudes, aptitudes, achievements, interests, and
personal characteristics, which may include the use of both non-testing
approaches and test instruments;
(4) counseling theories - the major theories of professional
counseling;
(5) counseling methods or techniques - the methods
or techniques used to provide counseling treatment intervention including:
(A) counseling individuals; and
(B) the theory and types of groups, including dynamics
and the methods of practice with groups;
(6) research - the methods of research which may include
the study of statistics or a thesis project;
(7) life style and career development - the theories
of vocational choice, career choice and life style, sources of occupational
and educational information, and career decision-making processes;
(8) social, cultural, and family issues - the studies
of change, ethnic groups, gender studies, family systems, urban and
rural societies, population patterns, cultural patterns, and differing
life styles;
(9) professional orientation - the objectives of professional
organizations, codes of ethics, legal aspects of practice, standards
of preparation, and the role identity of persons providing direct
counseling treatment intervention; and
(10) practicum (internship) - supervised practicum
experience primarily counseling in nature which includes:
(A) At least 300 clock-hours, of which at least 100
hours must be direct client counseling.
(B) Academic credit or other acknowledgment of the
practicum/internship must appear on the applicant's official graduate
transcript.
(c) The remaining courses needed to meet the 48/60
graduate semester hour requirement must be counseling-related course
work in areas directly supporting the development of an applicant's
professional counseling skills and must be courses related primarily
to professional counseling.
(d) As of August 1, 2017, the following courses must
be taken in addition to those outlined in subsection (b) of this section,
to meet the 60 semester hour requirement:
(1) addictions counseling; to include, but not limited
to, gambling, sexual, eating, alcohol, or drug;
(2) an additional course in counselor ethics; to include
records management, an overview of business/family law and professional
practice, and the study of current Council rules;
(3) couples, marriage, or family counseling; and
(4) a course in psychopathology to include such content
as criteria of psychiatric diagnosis, use of the current Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and the theories of psychopathology.
The course should also include the basic knowledge of types of psychopharmacological
medications.
(e) Passing the National Counselor Exam or National
Clinical Mental Health Counselor Exam does not guarantee that Texas
state licensure requirements have been satisfied.
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