The masters programs in counseling at Lehigh University prepare students to function in professional roles that include three key ecological targets of intervention settings: The community (US or International), the school, and the family.

The faculty seeks to produce counselors who can conceptualize and intervene in preventative, developmental, and therapeutic ways to assist a broad cultural cross-section of individuals to improve their understanding, adjustment, and daily functioning across the life span.

Students are sought who will both appreciate and embrace the scientific and empirical underpinnings of the counseling field, and work to apply them in culturally appropriate ways. A student may elect to emphasize one of the three ecological roles (School, Community, Family) in their training, but will be expected to be conversant in all three. Thus, student A may emphasize community settings and roles in their training, but will be expected to be knowledgeable about school and family settings as well. Student B may emphasize school settings and roles in their training, but should be knowledgeable community and family issues as well.

A successful graduate may be employed in a variety of settings such as mental health agencies, college counseling centers, elementary, middle and secondary schools, and/or social agencies.