Community Counseling and Research Center
The Community Counseling and Research Center provides free individual, couple and family counseling sessions. Advanced graduate students from clinical mental health counseling, marriage and family therapy, and school counseling programs serve as counselors with direct supervision from faculty members, gaining invaluable practical experience and providing high-quality service to the community.
Marriage & Family Research Institute
The Marriage and Family Research Institute was established in 2003 to facilitate the development of research and clinical initiatives to support healthy relationships for individuals and couples. The institute's work, funded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service's Administration for Children and Families division, offers evidence-based relationship education at no cost to Central Florida residents.
Project CENTRAL
Project CENTRAL is a federally funded project through the Office of Special Education Programs that provides funding support for courses leading to either an educational specialist degree in school psychology or master’s degree in exceptional student education. In addition, students selected to participate in the program will earn a collaborative intervention specialist graduate certificate. Scholars who partake in this program gain enhanced education and prepartion through interdisciplinary teaming from coursework in both exceptional student education and school psychology.
Project STAR
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Project STAR will place approximately 220 clinical mental health counseling, school counseling and school psychology students into high-needs schools in Florida. The five-year project aims to support the preparation of school-based mental health service providers for employment in schools and local educational agencies.
Robert N. Heintzelman Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair
The Robert N. Heintzelman Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair supports the chair in conducting research to better understand the causes of human greed and determine appropriate methods to eliminate it.
UCF-Aspire Behavioral Health Internship Programs
The UCF-Aspire Behavioral Health Internship Programs aim to increase the number of behavioral health professionals in the Central Florida area. Funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), counselor education graduate students can receive funded internship opportunities in behavioral health treatment agencies.
UCF-Aspire Recovery Support Specialist Program
The UCF-Aspire Recovery Support Specialist Training Program is a federally funded initiative that aims to increase the number of paraprofessionals trained to provide services to individuals with opioid use disorders and other substance use disorders, as well as their families in high-need areas. Through a specialized undergraduate internship, the program trains UCF undergraduate students to work as recovery support specialists with integrated, interprofessional teams.