he Master of Science program in Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling prepares candidates to provide rehabilitation services aimed at helping individuals with disabilities to achieve their maximum potential. The Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling program empowers individuals to make informed choices, to help individuals achieve positive mental health, and to maximize opportunities for economic independence. During the program students will develop advanced expertise, conduct research and assume leadership roles. Rehabilitation counselors assist people with physical, mental, or emotional disabilities to become self-sufficient, productive citizens. They draw on knowledge from several fields including counseling, psychology, medicine, psychiatry, sociology, social work, education, and law. Their specialized knowledge of disabilities and the impact of environmental factors that interact with disabilities differentiate rehabilitation counselors from other types of counselors. The mission of the Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling program is to prepare rehabilitation counselors to provide rehabilitation services aimed at helping individuals with disabilities to achieve their maximum potential. Upon graduation, students will have the basic foundational knowledge, skill and experiences necessary to enter the profession of rehabilitation counseling and practice as rehabilitation counselors.

Mercer University counseling graduates have consistently averaged pass rates of 95% and above on their first attempt of the Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination (CPCE). Upon graduation, students will have the basic foundational knowledge, skill and experiences necessary to enter the profession of clinical rehabilitation counseling and practice as rehabilitation counselors in a variety of settings such as: Veterans Administration, Georgia Department of Labor Vocational Rehabilitation Services, rehabilitation hospitals, insurance companies, and other human service agencies.