Last July, Wheaton’s master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) became the third psychology department program to be accredited in three years. The degree is now accredited by The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) through October 2024. 

CMHC follows in the footsteps of Wheaton’s Marriage and Family Therapy program which became accredited for the first time last spring by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE) through 2021. Wheaton’s Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology renewed its accreditation with the Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association (APA) for seven years in 2015.

“The accreditation of all three of these programs by their professional guilds is an objective external marker of what we already know—that our Graduate School offers exceptional, academically rigorous, Christ-centered programs that prepare graduates for their vocational calling,” Provost Margaret DuPlissis Diddams ’83 says. “I am especially pleased with the number of students that enroll in these programs as a way to serve their church communities, to engage in evangelism, and to work with underserved populations.” 

Additionally, 100 percent of Wheaton’s Psy.D. students attained internship placements this year for the fourth year in a row, and 100 percent of Wheaton’s CMHC students passed their National Counselor Exam this year for the second year in a row.