With a degree that's focused on counseling, you'll gain the confidence, credentials, and knowledge you need to achieve more for yourself and your clients. Walden University's distance-learning format connects you to the insights of your peers and allows you to master new skills while continuing to advance in your organization.
The Counseling specialization focuses on healthy life adjustment, biopsychosocial stress, human diversity, and a synthesis of social, behavioral and developmental approaches to human growth. Graduates utilize a learning philosophy that emphasizes developmental theories and the broad application of these theories to promote positive, health-oriented growth with emphasis on helping others achieve greater psychological, social, academic, vocational, and ethical development.