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Your Career in Counseling Starts Here

Turn your passion for helping others into a meaningful career. CIIS Counseling Psychology master’s programs offer hands-on training, expert faculty, and a clear path to LMFT or LPCC licensure. Choose the approach—expressive arts, drama therapy, integral psychology, somatic psychology, or community mental health—that inspires you most, and start making a difference.

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Focus on healing through social justice and structural change

Community Mental Health

  • Hybrid
  • 2.5-3 Years
  • Residency Requirements: California, Nevada, Oregon, or Washington
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Utilize drama and theatre to promote psychological health

Drama Therapy

  • On-Campus
  • 2-3 Years
  • Residency Requirements: California, Nevada, or Oregon
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Integrate creative expression with clinical and community practice

Expressive Arts Therapy

  • Online
  • 3-5 Years
  • Residency Requirements: California 
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Incorporate the mind, body, and spirit into therapeutic practice

Integral Counseling Psychology

  • 3 format options: On-Campus Weekday, On-Campus Weekend, Hybrid (NEW, mostly online)
  • 2.5-3 Years
  • Residency Requirements: California, Nevada, Oregon, or Washington
Somatic Pyschology
Bring an embodied approach to whole-person healing

Somatic Psychology

  • On-Campus
  • 3 Years
  • Residency Requirements: California, Nevada, or Oregon
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About CIIS

California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) is an accredited university that strives to embody spirit, intellect, and wisdom in service to individuals, communities, and the earth. CIIS expands the boundaries of traditional degree programs with transdisciplinary, cross-cultural, and applied studies utilizing face-to-face, hybrid, and online pedagogical approaches. Offering a personal learning environment and supportive community, CIIS provides an excellent multifaceted education for people committed to transforming themselves, others, and the world.