University of Central Florida  

The Doctorate of Philosophy in Education (Ph.D.), Counselor Education Track, is designed to educate and prepare individuals interested in working as counselor educators at the university level or as supervisors in schools or agencies. Nationally accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP), the program offers advanced curricular experiences in counseling, as well as courses designed to examine the fundamental issues and theory of teaching adults in higher education, research, supervision, consultation and to provide supervised experiences in each area. As part of the program’s pragmatic approach to preparing counselors and counselor educators, in addition to classroom studies, all students complete clinical and supervisory experiences in the UCF Community Counseling Clinic. The UCF Community Counseling Clinic serves as a hub for training and research in the program, with doctoral students providing clinical services to clients and supervisory experiences to master’s students.