Masters Degree Study Departments
Master’s degree in Counseling and Human Development
The Department of Counseling and Human Development offers several advanced study programs.
In the Educational Counseling program students are trained for educational counseling in external settings. Graduates of this program work as educational counselors in schools and in private educational institutions, such as in learning disabilities centers, organizations.
In the Creative Art Therapies program – Bibliotherapy, professionals are trained to provide therapy through literature. Graduates of this program work in the framework of both the Ministry of Education (in schools) and the Ministry of Health, in mental health-care settings, in nursing homes, etc.
The Education and Human Development program enables students to understand human emotional, intellectual and behavioral development from birth to adulthood. Graduates of this program expand the research in this field and provide professional assistance for those working in early childhood education and in other community frameworks.
The Multidisciplinary Program in Early Childhood Education and Development provides broad and up-to-date basic knowledge on topics related to early childhood development and education, from birth to the age of eight.
Group Facilitation program professionals are trained to guide task groups, counseling groups and therapy groups, in a wide range of topics: personal and interpersonal development, emotional development of children and adolescents, guidance of parents and groups of teachers. The program trains experts capable of combining practice and research.
We offer these unique programs under the instruction and guidance of senior faculty, with research that is advanced in its theoretical and practical aspects.
Bachelor of Arts with a grade point average of 80-85, in accordance with the various programs.
Department requirements specified on the department website.
The Department of Counseling and Human Development offers six different advanced study programs and specialties.
- Educational counseling – in this program, students are trained as educational counselors in the educational system. Graduates of this program work as educational counselors in schools and in private educational institutions.
- Creative Art Therapies program – Bibliotherapy – The program trains professionals in a specialized psychotherapeutic approach – Bibliotherapy. Graduates of this program work in schools and various health care systems, as well as in private psychotherapeutic settings.
- The Multidisciplinary Program in Early Childhood Education and Development provides broad and up-to-date knowledge on topics related to early childhood development and education, from birth to the age of eight.
- The Group Facilitation and Therapy program – Students in this program are trained to guide task groups, counseling groups and therapy groups, in a wide range of topics: personal and interpersonal development, emotional development of children and adolescents, and guidance of parents and groups of teachers. This is the only academic program in that field in Israel.
- Specialty in Parents Guidance and Therapy – This unique program (the only academic program in that field in Israel) is aimed at training professionals with deep knowledge in child development and parenting who can work in psychotherapeutic settings with parents and families. Graduates will be able to work in child development settings, the educational system, and various private psychotherapeutic settings.
- Specialty in Integrative Psychotherapy – Body, Mind, Spirit – In this one-of-its-kind program, students are trained as psychotherapists who work from an integrative perspective and combine different approaches in their psychotherapeutic work. Graduates of this program work in various health care systems, as well as in private psychotherapeutic settings.
All programs and specialties are led by senior faculty with expertise in human development and the specific programs they belong to.
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Employment options upon graduation: the fields of education, teaching, and academic research.