Applicants within a reasonable driving distance of our campus in Findlay, Ohio, are encourage to apply for the MACC as described below.
Applicants who desire Winebrenner’s distance program may click the following for additional information: MACC National program.
You are a Christian with deep compassion for people. You wish to serve your community as a professionally trained, licensed counselor.
Our Master of Arts in Clinical Counseling program is for you. The program prepares you to be an effective clinical mental health counselor who integrates Christian values and worldview into your service to clients. Inquire today.
〉 Licensed Professional Counselor
〉 Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC)
〉 Higher Education Counselor
〉 Drug & Alcohol Counselor
〉 Addictions Counselor
〉 Director of Human Services Agency
〉 Geriatric Counselor
Winebrenner Theological Seminary is accredited by CACREP through March 31, 2026. This accreditation status recognizes the educational quality of the program and allows graduates to apply for licensure in the State of Ohio. Winebrenner’s status can be confirmed at https://www.cacrep.org/program/auto-draft-150/
Winebrenner Theological Seminary is also fully accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and the Commission on Accrediting of The Association of Theological Schools (ATS) in the United States and Canada.
Upon completion of the MACC degree, you will meet the requirements to take the licensure exam. Students from states other than Ohio should contact the Program Director to discuss state eligibility. Inquire today.
Master of Arts in Clinical Counseling
950 North Main Street
Findlay, OH 45840
Dr. Kelli Jo Arndt
kellijo.arndt@winebrenner.edu
The MACC program is comprised of 69 credit hours of traditional counseling courses including 9 credit hours of general theology courses.
〉 Old Testament Foundations
〉 New Testament Foundations
〉 A Survey of Christian Theology
9 Total Credit Hours
*Students may test out of OT Foundations and/or NT Foundations by passing a preliminary Bible exam.
〉 Counseling Theories
〉 Counseling Techniques
〉 Introduction to Clinical Mental Health
〉 Group Counseling
〉 Human Growth and Development
〉 Multicultural Counseling
〉 Career Counseling
〉 Diagnosis of Mental and Emotional Disorders
〉 Assessment in Counseling
〉 Research and Evaluation
〉 Legal and Ethical Issues in Counseling
〉 Psychopathology
〉 Personality Assessment
〉 Practicum in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
〉 Counseling Children and Adolescents
〉 Treatment of Mental and Emotional Disorders
〉 Internship in Clinical Mental Health Counseling I
〉 Internship in Clinical Mental Health Counseling II
〉 Foundations for Seminary Studies (1 credit hour)
54 Total Credit Hours
Past electives have included:
〉 Counseling the Dying & Grieving
〉 Addictions Counseling
〉 Family Relations
6 Total Credit Hours
When God called Angie Swonger into Winebrenner’s Master of Arts in Clinical Counseling (MACC) program, she was not at all the “traditional, straight-out-of-university” graduate student. Having already taught in the public school system for over 20 years, Angie was serving in her local church as an ordained pastor (Church of God, Anderson).
It was 2015 when her senior pastor approached her about the new counseling program Winebrenner had launched. His affirmation of Angie’s gifts combined with God’s inner promptings moved Angie to investigate what Winebrenner was offering.
Once she was confident that Winebrenner’s MACC program was for her, Angie prayed… Read Angie’s full story…