A Counseling Degree from Southwestern Prepares You for Many Careers

Counseling Skills Generalize Across All Industries

A lot of people get a master’s in Counseling and end up not practicing as a Counselor.

Does that surprise you? Maybe it shouldn’t.

What are the key skill areas you study and learn when studying Counseling at Southwestern College?

1. You study emotional and social intelligence—how to listen, communicate, set boundaries, be empathic. You learn creative problem-solving skills, collaboration, using your intuition, and evaluating the validity and value of a given belief…
2. At Southwestern College (not most grad schools, regretfully), we help you develop yourself as deeply and completely as you can, as a person…
3. We also help you to cultivate an enhanced consciousness, which affects profoundly how you move through the world, now, and for the rest of your life…

Wow. You could take these skills and experiences into personal or executive coaching, into the ministry, into the field of law, or sales, public relations, or anywhere in the retail industry. These skills would generate to working in non-profits, in conflict mediation, and on and on.

These are big, generalizable experiences and skills, and they will serve you anywhere, forever.

Or, I guess you could go ahead and be a Counselor. But one thing I do know–there will be a lot of options…

by Jim Nolan, Ph.D.

Former President, Southwestern College

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