Counseling and Life Transitions (Graduate Certificate) at George Washington University

The graduate certificate in counseling and life transitions equips students with a range of skills that can be used to assist individuals coping with transitions that might occur during their lifetime. Students in the program can choose to focus in one of three concentrations: Counseling culturally and linguistically diverse persons; grief, loss and life transition; and career and workforce development.

Faculty: Graduate School of Education and Human Development  |  Department: Counseling and Human Development  |  Location: Washington, DC, United States

What you will study

Three elective courses selected in consultation with the advisor to be taken in one of the following specializations:

Career pathways

The grief, loss and life transition concentration prepares counselors with the knowledge to effectively and compassionately counsel the chronically ill and dying and their caregivers and bereaved loved ones, or to work with others facing difficult life transitions such as unemployment. The career and workforce development concentration prepares career practitioners to assist students, workers, emp

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