The Masters program trains graduate students in the skills required to become an independent practitioner or work as a contributing member of an interdisciplinary team providing services to people who have a mental, psychological, or physical disability. Rehabilitation Counseling Psychology is the process of assisting individuals to adjust, accept, and redesign dreams and goals. Although rehabilitation counselors participate in plans for medical and physical rehabilitation and consult with physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians, physical therapists, prosthetists and orthotists, in addition to other health professionals, they offer rehabilitation counseling to individuals seeking psychological, vocational, substance abuse, and independent living rehabilitation. They act as case managers in more complex, multidisciplinary situations. They work in a variety of venues, including state and federal rehabilitation agencies, rehabilitation centers, employment services, sheltered workshops, prisons, hospitals, clinics, welfare offices, educational facilities, and private rehabilitation centers.

This is a lock-step program, and all courses must be taken in sequence. Upon completion of the program, graduates are qualified to sit for several certification and licensing exams: as licensed professional counselor, certified rehabilitation counselor, or psychological associate.

Admission to the program is determined by the faculty of the Department of Rehabilitation Counseling with approval from the dean of the Southwestern School of Health Professions. An undergraduate degree in areas such as rehabilitation, gerontology, sociology, psychology, education, or business administration is required prior to admission.