Student Resources
- Advising Form
- Change of Advisor (login required with your SFSU email and password)
- Consent of Advisor Form (COAF) - (plesae visit DOC Announcement Team site for more information)
- Emphasis Change (login required with your SFSU email and password) – used to add or drop an emphasis area (not applicable for MFT).
- Specialization Change (login required with SFSU email and password) - (degree objective change)
- Request for Exceptions to Department of Counseling Requirement or Policy
- Request for permission to enroll in Department of Counseling graduate courses
- Funding Request for students (login required with SFSU ID or email with password)
Please visit the Division of Graduate Studies to get the following forms:
- Academic Standing Petition (Probation/Disqualification)
- Application for Graduate Degree
- Certificate Approved Program
- Exceed Unit Load – must include an unofficial transcript when submitting to advisor for approval.
- Advancement to Candidacy (ATC)
- ATC Substitution
- Petition for Extension of the Seven Year Limit
- Petition for Waiver of Graduate Program Regulations
- Request for Change of Graduate Program – required if you are changing degree programs.
- Request for Graduate Program Transfer Unit Evaluation
For in depth information, please refer to your Advising Handbook for the year that you entered the program. Your must also use the Practicum Handbook that was given to you once you began your fieldwork.
- Student Handbook 2022 - 2023 Department of Counseling SF State University
- Student Advising Handbook 2021 - 2022
- Student Advising Handbook 2020 - 2021
- Student Advising Handbook 2019 - 2020
- Student Advising Handbook 2018 - 2019
- Student Advising Handbook 2017 - 2018
- Student Advising Handbook 2016 - 2017
- Student Advising Handbook 2015 - 2016
- Student Advising Handbook 2014 - 2015
- Student Advising Handbook 2013 - 2014
- Student Advising Handbook 2012 - 2013
- Student Advising Handbook 2011 - 2012
- Student Advising Handbook 2010 - 2011
- Student Advising Handbook 2009 - 2010
Professional Resources
- American Counseling Association
- Simply Hired | Counseling Jobs in Bay Area
- Chi Sigma Iota
- American College Counseling Association (ACCA)
- American School Counselors Association
- Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES)
- Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues in Counseling (ALGBTIC)
- Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD)
- American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA)
- American Rehabilitation Counseling Association (ARCA)
- Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling (ASERVIC)
- Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW)
- Counselors for Social Justice (CSJ)
- California Counseling Association (CCA)
- California Association of School Counselors (CASC)
- International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors (IAMFC)
- National Career Development Association (NCDA)
- National Employment Counseling Association (NECA)
- LPCC In-State Application Requirement
- MFT Intern Registration Information
- Counselor Licensing
- CA Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS)
- Counseling Licensing Requirements for California
- MFTLicense.com - MFT License Requirements for California
- CA BBS (additional LPCC Information)
- CALPCC (additional LPCC information)
- CA BBS (additional MFT information)
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