Loyola's Counseling Program offers eligible counseling graduate students a carefully designed curriculum that will prepare them personally, academically and professionally to become skilled mental health counselors. One of the program's core beliefs is that effective professional counselor preparation requires a continuous blend of three types of learning: academic learning, experiential learning and learning about self. Thus this program, consistent with the Jesuit philosophy of educating the whole person, is designed to help students gain knowledge, understanding, and skills in a planned sequence that builds toward more advanced concepts and more sophisticated clinical interventions, all the while emphasizing ethical, social and cultural concerns.