As a student in our program, you’ll gain the specialized knowledge, skills, and ability to counsel people with psychiatric, developmental, sensory, or physical disabilities. Our program’s cognitive behavioral counseling approach focuses on helping clients develop strategies and skills to change problematic behaviors, cope better with difficult situations, manage their disability, and plan for the future.

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Sabrina Lugo Finds Her Calling in Counseling — and Song

2025-06-05T10:23:16-04:00June 5, 2025|Tags: , |

Sabrina Lugo Finds Her Calling in Counseling — and Song Sabrina Lugo thinks she has always been a bit of a therapist.As an undergraduate student at Pace University, Lugo started her own business doing nails and noticed that clients she had never met before were opening up to her in very personal ways during [...]

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Eye2Eye Peer Support Offers Vital Connection for the Visually Impaired

2024-10-21T09:31:03-04:00February 8, 2024|Tags: , , , , |

Eye2Eye Peer Support Offers Vital Connection for the Visually Impaired Tracey Simon, a peer support specialist, understands the devastating toll of vision loss. When she lost her sight, she experienced sadness, anger, isolation, and denial—yet, she had to learn to take care of herself and her children, how to grocery shop, how to [...]

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