Courses & Requirements
For the MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Low-Residency Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling Concentration
The Low-Residency MTC program provides a similar curriculum as the on-campus version and can also be completed in three years. It has a unique delivery format that makes it a great fit for those with busy lives or who cannot relocate to Boulder:
- Three semesters per year rather than two, dispersing the course load to make the program more accessible for those with packed schedules, full-time jobs, and other commitments.
- The program can be completed from anywhere in the United States but students must visit Colorado twice each year for about a week.
- Twice per semester, either online or in person, students meet as a group for intensives – live classes that last the bulk of each day. Students complete a big portion of the coursework at the intensives—they’re called “intensives” for a reason!
- Each semester begins with an online intensive lasting either two or three days.
- A five-day intensive follows in the second half of each semester. Five-day intensives in the summer and fall semesters are held in Colorado; the five-day intensive in the spring is online.
- No live classes are held during the semester with the exception of the intensives, giving students the flexibility to complete assignments on their own time. Students are required to meet virtually, based on their own availability and schedule, with fellow cohort members to connect and engage over the coursework.
Low-Residency MTC Degree Requirements
Semester 1
Three-day online intensive, five-day intensive in Colorado or online
- CNST610e Social and Multicultural Foundations (3)
- CNST621e Psychology of Meditation: Foundations of Mindfulness (3)
Semester 2
Two-day online intensive, five-day intensive in Colorado or online
- CNST631e Counseling & Helping Relationships I (3)
- CNST720e Extending Mindfulness: Cultivating Resilient Presence (1)
- CNST710e Research and Program Evaluation (3)
Semester 3
Two-day online intensive, five-day intensive in Colorado or online
- CNST661e Counseling & Helping Relationships II: Mindfulness-based Transpersonal Counseling (3)
- CNST620e Human Growth and Development (3)
- CNST671e The Mindful Counselor: Applying Mindfulness in the Therapeutic Context (2)
Semester 4
Two-day online intensive, five-day intensive in Colorado or online
- CNST670e Transpersonal Psychology I (3)
- CNST740e Diagnostic Psychopathology (3)
Semester 5
Two-day online intensive, five-day intensive in Colorado or online
- CNSM601e Gestalt I: Awareness (3)
- CNST770e Compassion Training for Counselors (1)
- CNST750e Group Counseling: Dynamics & Leadership (3)
Semester 6
Two-day online intensive, five-day intensive in Colorado or online
- CNSM651e Gestalt II: Experiment (3)
- CNST790e Counseling Practicum (3)
Semester 7
Two-day online intensive, five-day intensive in Colorado or online
- CNST700e Assessment (3)
- CNST704e Addiction Counseling (3)
- CNSM871e Internship I: Mindfulness-based Transpersonal Counseling (1.5)
Semester 8
Two-day online intensive, five-day intensive in Colorado or online
- CNSM801e Counseling Orientation I (1)
- CNST810e Mindfulness-based Counseling: Diagnosis and Interventions (2)
- CNSM891e Internship II: Mindfulness-based Transpersonal Counseling (1.5)
- CNST775e Advanced Topics in Transpersonal Psychology (2)
Semester 9
Two-day online intensive, five-day intensive in Colorado or online
- CNSM802e Counseling Orientation II (3)
- CNST711e Career Development (3)
Total Credits: 60

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Matt Powers
Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions
Intensive Dates for 2024 Cohorts
Important Dates for MTC Low-Residency Students Starting in January 2024
*For the fall intensives held at the Drala Mountain Center, please plan on arriving the afternoon of the day prior to the start of the intensive for check-in.
Spring 2024 Semester
- January 9 Orientation (Online)
- January 16 First Day of Spring Semester
- January 19–21 Three-Day Intensive (Online)
- Feb 26–March 1 Five-Day Intensive (Online)
- March 25–29 Spring Break
- May 10 Last Day of Spring Semester
Summer 2024 Semester
- May 20 First Day of Summer Semester
- May 31–June 1 Two-Day Intensive (Online)
- July 8–12 Five-Day Intensive (Boulder, CO)
- August 16 Last Day of Summer Semester
Fall 2024 Semester
- August 26 First Day of Fall Semester
- September 8–9 Two-Day Intensive (Online)
- October 27–November 1 Five-Day Intensive (Drala Mountain Center, Colorado)
Important Dates for MTC Low-Residency Students Starting in May 2024
* For the intensives held at the Drala Mountain Center, please plan on arriving the afternoon of the Sunday prior to the start of the intensive for check-in.
Summer 2024 Semester
- May 20 Orientation (Online)
- May 31 – June 2 Three-Day Intensive (Online)
- July 15–19 Five-Day Intensive (Naropa Campus, Boulder, CO)
- August 16 Last Day of Summer Semester
Fall 2024 Semester
- August 26 First Day of Fall Semester
- Sept 6–7 Two-Day Intensive (Online)
- Nov 3–8 Five-Day Intensive (Drala Mountain Center, CO)
- Dec 13 Last Day of Fall Semester
Spring 2025 Semester
- January 13 First Day of Spring Semester
- January 19–20 Two-Day Intensive (Online)
- March 17 – 21 Five-Day Intensive (Online)
- March 24–30 Spring Break
- May 9 Last Day of Spring Semester
Important Dates for MTC Low-Residency Students Starting in August 2024
* For the intensives held at the Drala Mountain Center, please plan on arriving the afternoon of the Sunday prior to the start of the intensive for check-in.
Fall 2024 Semester
- August 26 First Day of Classes
- Sept 6–8 3-day Online Intensive
- Oct 20–25 5-day In-Person Intensive (Drala Mountain Center, Colorado)
- Nov 27–Dec 1 Fall Break
- Dec 13 Last Day of Classes
Spring 2025 Semester
- Jan 13 First Day of Classes
- Jan 17–18 2-Day Online Intensive
- March 10–14 5-Day Online Intensive
- March 24–30 Spring Break
- May 9 Last Day of Classes