{"id":1116,"date":"2026-03-11T15:12:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/psychology\/?page_id=1116"},"modified":"2026-03-12T09:49:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:49:25","slug":"careers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/psychology\/graduate-programs\/mental-health-counseling-ma\/careers\/","title":{"rendered":"Careers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\" id=\"h-mental-health-counseling-m-a\">Mental Health Counseling, M.A.<\/h1>\n\n\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><nav class=\"is-responsive wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Menu\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/navigation\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/psychology\/graduate-programs\/mental-health-counseling-ma\/accreditation\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Accreditation<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Careers<\/h2>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:4rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns no-gap stagger-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-gray-900-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ef977c497efa30906bba3161b6c149e2\" 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