Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology in Chinese

Introduced April 1, 2025
PROGRAM INTRODUCTION  

The new Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology in Chinese (MCPC) program at Sofia University creates an opportunity for students in China to learn the art and science of becoming effective mental health providers. This two-year Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology degree integrates Western clinical theory and current approaches to individual, couples, and family therapy. In addition, given Sofia University's illustrious history as a leading transpersonal institution, this holistic clinical program uniquely considers the whole person and explores the capacity for growth and transformation. After completing the MCPC degree, students will display confidence in identifying and assessing for the full spectrum of clinical considerations, including ethics, diagnosis, and treatment while serving clients and ultimately supporting their local community. 

索菲亚大学全新的 MCPC 课程为中国学生提供了学习如何成为高效心理健康从业者的机会。本课程为期两年，授予心理咨询硕士（Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology）学位，融合西方临床理论与当代个体、伴侣及家庭治疗方法。作为全球领先的跨个人心理学学府，索菲亚大学的这一临床课程独具特色，不仅关注人的整体发展，还深度探索成长与转化的潜能。完成 MCPC 学位后，学生将具备专业自信，能够全面评估并应对伦理、诊断及治疗等临床核心要素，在服务来访者的同时，为当地社区提供有力支持。 

MISSION STATEMENT

The Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology in Chinese provides the opportunity for students in China to complete an MA in Counseling Psychology, integrating Western clinical systems theory and current approaches with a transpersonal lens that considers the whole person and explores the capacity for growth and transformation. Students will be able to define, recognize, understand, and apply assessment, diagnosis, ethics, and treatment planning to client cases while maintaining therapeutic presence. 
项目宗旨：  

咨询心理学硕士（MCPC）学位项目为家庭系统治疗与专业临床咨询提供了全面的培训。项目不仅涵盖了咨询心理学的广泛理论与严谨实践，还结合了通用理念的理论与治疗方法。正念、身体运动和表达性艺术等元素贯穿于整个课程，应用于临床医生的自我关怀和治疗干预中。 

MCPC项目为中国的学生提供了获得咨询心理学硕士学位的机会，将西方临床理论与超个人视角相结合，关注个人整体发展及其内在的成长和转化潜力。学生将在个人、社交与职业发展的背景下探索自我与身份，并学习如何在咨询中定义、识别、理解并应用实际的和超个人的技能与工具。该项目不仅为现有从业者提供了更深入的系统治疗与临床咨询智慧，也为那些希望提升他人心理健康的人提供了相关基础知识。 

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: 项目亮点 

Forge a professional pathway as an informed, holistic mental health provider.  

We are enthusiastic to support your interest in serving others as a mental health professional through our transformative clinical education. As an academic institution that has always valued a whole-person approach to learning, the Master’s in Counseling Psychology in China (MCPC) at Sofia University engages students through intellectual, emotional, and creative work to ensure an educational experience that is as personally meaningful as it is professionally rigorous. Students will commit to a journey of psychological exploration, assimilating clinical theory and skills to support clients while equally practicing critical self-reflection to support greater self-awareness and personal growth. 

打造专业成长之路，成为兼具深度与广度的心理健康服务者。 

我们致力于帮助您实现投身心理健康领域的理想，并通过变革性的临床教育支持您的成长。作为倡导全人教育的学术机构，索菲亚大学中国心理咨询硕士项目（MCPC）融合理性思维、情感体验与创造力培养，确保学习过程既富有个人意义，又严格符合专业标准。 

在这里，学生将踏上一场深度心理探索之旅，不仅系统掌握临床理论与实践技能，为来访者提供专业支持，同时通过批判性自我反思，深化自我觉察，促进个人成长。 

 Highlights:  

1. Foundational clinical education reflecting multiple domains of competency, including practical skills, ethics, diversity, and evidence-based practice.  

2. Engagement with a diverse range of clinical and transpersonal theories, principles, and practices.  

3. Exploratory, experiential activities meant to support a strengths-based, whole-person approach to counseling, including personal reflections and contemplative practices and applications.  

4. Development of one’s professional identity as a practicing mental health provider through personal reflection and interpersonal exchange during classroom discussions in both synchronous and asynchronous formats.  

5. Supportive classroom environments facilitated by dedicated teachers with an extensive range of clinical experience.  

6. Instruction in essential clinical content areas, including assessment and diagnosis, clinical documentation, trauma and crisis, addiction, career development, and suicidality.  

7. Myriad opportunities for deep self-reflection and self-expression through written, spoken, somatic, and nonverbal activities. 

项目亮点： 

1. 系统全面的临床基础教育 —— 培养核心专业能力，涵盖实践技能、伦理准则、多元文化视角及循证实践方法。 

2. 多元理论与实务融合 —— 深入学习临床心理学与超个人心理学的核心理念、科学原则及应用策略。 

3. 探索式与体验式学习 —— 结合个人反思、沉思练习及实际应用，构建基于优势的全人咨询方法。 

4. 专业身份塑造与成长 —— 通过课堂讨论（直播与录播），在个人反思与人际互动中建立心理健康服务者的专业认同。 

5. 支持性学习环境 —— 由经验丰富的临床导师引导，营造富有启发性、互动性和包容性的课堂氛围。 

6. 核心临床技能培训 —— 系统掌握评估与诊断、临床文档记录、创伤与危机干预、成瘾治疗、职业发展及自杀预防等关键领域。 

7. 深度自我探索与表达 —— 通过书面、口头、身体体验及非语言交流等多种方式，促进自我觉察与内在成长。 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
The MCPC curriculum is a two-year, full-time online educational experience with in-person learning opportunities that instills clinical competence in the counseling profession while supporting students’ personal growth, professional development, and potential for transformation. The first quarter introduces students to systemic therapy, a foundational approach to serving any client in the context of their upbringing and community, as well as providing a rich introduction to the transpersonal stance honoring an expansive, multidimensional range of human experience. Following this foundation, students will engage with psychological theories of human development from birth through elderhood, as well as the implications of self-development throughout one’s lifetime. Moving into clinical applications, students next begin to learn and practice individual and group counseling skills, account for ethical considerations, and explore assessment of client experience based on diagnostic criteria of mental distress and disorder. In the second year, students expand upon their cultural awareness and enhance their ability to integrate contemplative practices into therapeutic work. The etiology and presentation of trauma is then addressed, deepening students’ ability to manage a range of client issues and assess for underlying, unprocessed wounding of varying degrees. Students will learn how to engage in research and connect with current mental health trends, and they will sharpen their scholarly writing while practicing clinical documentation. The implementation of psychological assessment and testing through formal instruments will be addressed, and students will enhance their counseling skills with children, in work with couples and partnerships, and with clients in need of support for career development. To complete the program, synthesizing their personal growth, professional development, and areas of transformation, students will engage in a final capstone project involving either a formal thesis or a documented fieldwork experience in their community. 

MCPC课程是为期两年的全日制教育项目，旨在培养学生在心理咨询领域的临床能力，同时促进他们的个人成长、职业发展和转变潜力。在第一学期，学生将学习系统性治疗方法，这一方法关注客户的成长背景和社区环境，为任何客户提供服务的基础。同时，学生将接触到超个人视角，尊重人类经历的广泛性和多维性。随后，学生将深入学习人类从出生到老年期的发展心理学理论，并探讨个人发展对个体一生的影响。进入临床应用阶段后，学生将学习并实践个人和团体咨询技巧，关注伦理问题，并根据精神困扰和障碍的诊断标准评估客户的体验。第二年，学生将进一步提升文化意识，并加强将冥想实践与治疗工作相结合的能力。课程将深入探讨创伤的病因和表现，增强学生识别并处理客户未被处理的创伤问题的能力。同时，学生将学习如何进行研究并与当前心理健康趋势保持联系，提升学术写作能力并实践临床文档工作。课程还将涵盖心理评估和测试的实施，学生将提升与儿童、夫妻、合作伙伴以及需要职业发展支持的客户的咨询技能。为完成学业，学生将综合个人成长、职业发展和转变经历，参与最终的顶点项目，完成一篇正式论文或在社区中进行的实地工作经验的记录。