Student Resources
- Advising Form
- Change of Advisor (please visit DOC Announcement Teams site for more information)
- Consent of Advisor Form (COAF) - (please visit DOC Announcement Teams site for more information)
- Emphasis Change (please visit DOC Announcement Teams site for more information)
- Specialization Change (please visit DOC Announcement Teams site for more information)
- 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)
- Request for the Department Certificate of Completion (available upon request: only for the class of 2018 or later)
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 Advising Handbook 2024 - 2025
- Student Advising Handbook 2023 - 2024
- Student Advising Handbook 2022 - 2023
- 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
Campus Resources
There are many resources available to students at SF State and in the Department of Counseling. The following are highlights followed by a link to a comprehensive page of all SF State Student Resources.
- Black Unity Center
- Canvas Support
- Career and Leadership Development
- Counseling and Psychological Services
- Dream Resource Center
- Equity and Community Inclusion
- Financial Aid
- Food+Shelter+Success (Basic Needs Initiative)
- HOPE Crisis Fund
- Information Technology Services (ITS)
- Latinx Student Center
- Library
- Queer and Trans Resource Center
- Registrar
- Safe Place (Sexual assault and related crises)
- SafeWalk
- Safe Zone Ally
- Student Health Services
- Tutoring and Academic Support
- University Police Department
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Student Resources at SF State - comprehesive list of all campus services for students
In addition to these campus wide services, graduate students in the Department of Counseling can access the MS Teams hub - DoC Dashboard for more department related resources
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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