<p>Does anyone know which of campuses of the California State University system have the best Masters in Counseling Psychology program? I want to prepare for the Marriage and Family Therapist license. Also, does anyone know anything about the same program at the University of San Francisico (especially, at the Sacramento Regional Campus)?</p>
<p>Hey!
When I was looking into getting my master’s, I found this great site, [Masters</a> in Counseling : Online Master of Counseling Programs](<a href=“http://www.mastersincounseling.org/]Masters”>http://www.mastersincounseling.org/), and it really helped me weigh my options and gave me a lot of information about the programs each school offers. It really helped me out, and I hope it will help you as well. Good Luck!</p>
<p>I wouldn’t recommend doing an online program - especially not at a for-profit school like Capella or Walden - unless you already have a job you like, don’t plan on leaving any time soon, and just want a salary increase or promotion that is contingent upon a degree.</p>
<p>When I looked at the CSU website, I found counseling psychology at CSU-Bakersfield, marriage and family therapy at Chico, clinical child/school psychology at East Bay, clinical at Fullerton, San Francisco, San Jose, and Northridge, counseling at Humboldt and Stanislaus, clinical/counseling at San Bernardino, and counseling/school at Northridge.</p>
<p>I don’t think any of them are particularly well-known or standouts, although clinical/counseling is not my field (social/health is my field). Chico obviously has a more dedicated marriage and family therapy program, so you may be interested in that. The school and child ones may be too focused on children if you want to do group family and marriage counseling, so I would either go for the MFT at Chico or one of the straight counseling, clinical, or clinical/counseling programs (Fullerton, SF, San Jose, Northridge, Humboldt or Stanislaus). Northridge has good psych department, I know, but perhaps you could look up job placements and where graduates do internships.</p>
<p>There are also two MSW programs with concentrations in mental health - Fullerton (community mental health) and Monterey Bay (behavioral health/mental health). You could also do an MSW and get licensed as a clinical social worker, and that would enable you to counsel families and married couples - as well as probably giving you more options than an MS in counseling psychology strictly.</p>