COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY NAMED OUTSTANDING PROGRAM IN SOUTH

From: Media Relations

Program Director Lennie Echterling
October 20, 2005

The Counseling Psychology program in James Madison University's department of graduate psychology has been named the Outstanding Counselor Education Program at the Master's Level by the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision.

The award will be presented Friday, Oct. 21, at the SACES meeting, held in Pittsburgh in conjunction with the 2005 Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Conference, Oct. 20-23. Several JMU faculty will be in attendance to receive the award.

Dr. Lennie Echterling, the program director, said the awards committee was extremely impressed with the nomination materials and letters of support.

JMU's Counseling Psychology Program offers accredited training in school counseling and community counseling. Counselor educators train counselors who provide effective, caring, and ethical counseling services to diverse populations; pursue a lifelong process of personal and professional growth; and advance the counseling profession through research, innovation, training and service.

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