Clinical-Community Mental Health Scholarship

One of the most important tenets of Transformative Growth Counseling Foundation's mission, is to support the education of clinical mental health students while actively working to improve community health and wellbeing. While we offer clinical counseling, we are also a community agency that is an active agent in social justice and creating change - tasks that push forward equal rights and better overall health and wellbeing for all people.

Transformative Growth Counseling Foundation (a 501c3) offers a scholarship of up to $500 for students training or majoring in psychology or social work, with plans to use their degree beyond the typical private practice setting. This scholarship is perfect for students who already know they want help improve the overall world around them. The award is unrestricted, and may be used by the student to offset tuition, offset school expenses, to invest in further training in their field of study, to fund their future project, etc.

The criteria listed below must be met, in order to be considered for the scholarship.

A) Student must currently enrolled at an accredited higher learning institution, and majoring in mental health related field – e.g. Counseling, Social Work, Clinical Psychology, etc. Must be in a graduate program – (MA, MS, or PhD/PsyD/DSW)

B) A GPA of 3.5 or higher

C) Personal Statment

D) One reference letter from your institution, volunteer work, or training site.