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School of Counseling
School of Counseling Headcount by Campus
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Online Opportunities
Richmont’s online program gave students outside the Atlanta and Chattanooga areas the opportunity to
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learn and grow with Richmont faculty and peers. In Fall 2021, we welcomed 24 new students into our online
program—doubling the size of the first cohort in Fall 2020. Our online students participated in an onsite
residency through our partnership with Church of the Apostles in Atlanta. This summer nine students
within our first online cohort accepted placements in a variety of internship sites across five states: Georgia,
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Total Students in
During the 2021-2022 academic year, Richmont flourished as it served
Counseling grew in every manner: with new offerings, new students, new
faculty, new partnerships, and new opportunities.
School of Counseling
In Summer 2021, Richmont was awarded an historic $1.9MM grant (paid
243
over 4 years) from the United States Department of Health and Human
Students on ground
HRSA Fellowship Cohort received specialized trainings in trauma-focused
(Atlanta and Chattanooga)
counseling, sex addiction, dialectical behavior therapy, and cultural
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Students Online
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Students graduated with either
MACMHC or MS
Alabama, Colorado, Texas and Tennessee.
the community. Despite the difficulties of uncertain times, the School of
As of Spring 2022, 37 students were attending online. To accommodate the growing demand for online
classes, Richmont hired four faculty members dedicated to the online program, each with excellent clinical
and teaching experience. Currently, the School of Counseling is in the process of making the MFT certificate
available as a fully online offering.
Services’ Health Resources & Services Administration to support student
interns working in Atlanta and Chattanooga. The 29 students in this first
competency. Richmont’s cohort also joined the cohort from Emory’s Urban
Health Initiative for specialized trainings in tobacco cessation and working
with indigenous peoples. Thanks to the opportunities provided through the
3-2 Program with Point University
Richmont finalized the 3-2 Program with Point University with the help of Dr. Greg Moffatt,
grant, Richmont served over 250 clients at the HRSA-approved outplacement
long-time supporter of Richmont and former adjunct professor. Through this cooperative
sites with multidisciplinary and trauma-informed care.
program, students will spend three years at Point University in a liberal arts program of
In Fall 2021, Dr. Joshua Rice appointed an Integration Task Force to bolster
the Office of Integration, whose mission is to facilitate Christian spiritual
formation and critical thinking in the lives of our students, faculty, and staff.
As a result of the work of the Task Force, Dr. Rice then appointed Dr. Cara
study and two calendar years in Richmont’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling program.
This unique five-year program on two similarly oriented campuses will provide students
with professional counseling training , strongly complemented by extensive study in the
humanities and social sciences.
Cochran and Dr. Preston Hill as co-chairs of integration.
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