Duration

2.5 years

Starting Date

Anytime

Tuition Fee

$615 per credit

Location

Online

About the program

An LPC is a licensed mental health professional who is trained to work with individuals, families, and groups in treating mental health and behavioral problems. By earning this Liberty University’s Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (Online), you can enhance your understanding of human psychology through field-tested techniques and learn best practices for promoting the mental health and holistic wellness of clients in diverse communities.

Our master’s in counseling degree online can help you become an ethical, well-trained mental health counselor with the knowledge, values, and skills you need to empower others to make positive changes in their lives. Completing Liberty University’s counseling degree online prepares you for counseling practice through rigorous academic courses, dynamic interaction with mentors and faculty, and a carefully structured practicum and internship process.

Career Opportunities

Liberty’s online Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling provides the training, knowledge, and experience you need to become a professional counselor. With a professional counseling licensure and an LPC degree that is accredited by CACREP, your training and expertise can be recognized as meeting a high standard of excellence. There are opportunities for counseling in many areas, including:

  • Addictions and recovery counseling
  • Community counseling
  • Ministry-based counseling
  • Private counseling practice

Our online counseling degree assists students in pursuing required state licensure areas of knowledge and practice. This allows students to pursue state-regulated counseling positions to work in private, public, and nonprofit roles where counseling and human services skill sets are required. After completing Liberty’s online degree in counseling and satisfying state licensure requirements, students may be able to start their own private practices in counseling.

Courses Included

  • Ethical & Legal Issues in Counseling
  • Human Growth & Development
  • Multicultural Counseling
  • Theories of Counseling
  • Career Development & Counseling
  • Psychopathology
  • Theories of Family Systems

Minimum requirements

A regionally or nationally accredited bachelor’s degree with a 2.7 or above cumulative GPA is required for admission in good standing.

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