Courses & Requirements
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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