Earn your Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling – Online!

Prepare to work with clients from diverse backgrounds and make an impact through counseling.

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Flexibility to Fit
Your Life

Complete your MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling 100% online in our interactive virtual classrooms, allowing you to balance your education with work and other life commitments.

State-of-the-Art
Virtual Training

Gain hands-on counseling experience through simulated client interactions in our innovative Virtual Health Center, which empowers you to safely apply your knowledge in real-world scenarios.

Alignment with
Licensure Requirements*

Sonoran’s MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling curriculum helps you meet the course, practicum, and internship requirements necessary to seek professional licensure.

Program Benefits


Real-world applications and interventions

Engage in meaningful discussions on human behavior, learn current strategies to support the development of clients from diverse backgrounds and communities, and merge best practices from the field of professional counseling and integrative healthcare to enhance clinical care and outcomes. Applying our “no busy work rule," we seek to ensure assignments are authentic, reflective of activities practitioner engage in in real-life, and aligned with best practices in teaching and learning.

Integrative health focus

Our Clinical Mental Health Counseling program helps you develop competency in evidence-based integrative mental health care to holistically support patient wellbeing. Learn the techniques to supporting mental health from nutrition to mindfulness, self-care, and more.

Acquire specialized skills

Equip yourself with the skills and training in specialized areas such as integrative mental health, field-based crisis care, and technology in counseling. Skills that ensure a comprehensive approach to assessment, prevention, intervention, and advocacy to establish a safe, judgment-free, and empowering therapeutic environment for your clients.

Mentorship for personal and professional growth

Work closely with experienced faculty members to enhance your skills, learn to apply your knowledge in practical settings, and make valuable professional connections. With regular opportunities in each course to engage and interact with your faculty and peers, our online community is thriving.

Enter a growing field

Employment of substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors is projecting to grow 18 percent from 2022 to 2032, much faster than the average for all occupations. An advanced degree is a must-have for mental health professionals as they seek employment and advancement. 1.

Tuition for the 2024-2025 academic year for the online Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling is $44,730*