Master’s in Human Services – Military Counseling Degree Healing Hurt & Trauma
30
Credit Hours
100% online,* 8-week courses
Transfer in up to 50% of the degree total
Support Our Troops and Their Families with an MA in Military Resilience Degree
Do you enjoy studying the human mind? Are you passionate about helping those who struggle with mental health challenges? Do you want to provide counseling services to military members and their families?
If so, Liberty’s 100% online Master of Arts (MA) in Human Services Counseling – Military Resilience degree can help! In this program, you’ll learn how to help military families, service members, and veterans work through service-related stress and trauma. With this knowledge, you can help families heal and support veterans as they adjust to civilian life.
Maybe you’re a human services professional seeking additional training and career advancement. Or perhaps you’re looking to enter the human services field for the first time. Either way, our military counseling degree can help equip you to address your clients’ social, mental, and spiritual needs. You’ll explore research-based methods that can help boost your effectiveness as a non-licensed counselor.
Partner with us and prepare to help our troops heal and thrive!
Please note: The online Master of Arts in Human Services Counseling degree is not designed to fulfill clinical counseling licensure requirements. If you want to pursue counseling licensure, you may want to consider Liberty’s licensure-track MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling program.
*Some exclusions apply. Please refer to our exclusions page for more information.
Why Choose Liberty’s Military Counseling Human Services Degree?
In our military counseling program, you will embark on the fascinating study of human behavior and psychology while preparing to solve real-world problems in the mental health field.
Liberty University’s human services counseling program is rooted in scientific research, clinically proven counseling methods, and biblical principles. Additionally, Liberty is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). You can be confident that our program has met rigorous academic standards.
Throughout this program, you’ll study under professors with real-world experience in human services counseling. Our faculty are knowledgeable in their field, passionate about what they do, and rooted in the Christian faith. With their guidance, you can learn clinically and biblically sound methods for counseling military service members.
Balancing work and school doesn’t have to be difficult. Our goal is to offer programs that fit your schedule. That’s why Liberty University’s military resilience degree is available 100% online — and with no set login times. With this flexible format, you can earn your degree from anywhere in the world without needing to relocate or take time off from work!
What Will You Study in Our Military Counseling Program?
This program provides an overview of the human services field, important theories in psychology, and effective counseling methods. Throughout your courses, you will explore how Christian theology and psychology intertwine. That way, you can incorporate ethical principles into your counseling career.
Develop the skills needed to pursue a career as a non-licensed counselor. In this program, you’ll study the development of the human mind from childhood to adulthood. You’ll also examine how multicultural issues impact counseling in individual and group settings. Other topics of study include program planning, current counseling trends, legal issues, diversity, and ethical dilemmas — all within the context of human services counseling.
Liberty’s military resilience cognate dives into the unique struggles facing many military families. You’ll learn how to help service members develop resilience, particularly in the face of frequent deployments, physical and mental wounds, and post-traumatic stress.
The struggles of military life can have a huge impact on entire families. That’s why our master’s in military counseling focuses on ways to develop healthy and resilient military marriages and families. Additionally, you’ll learn how to help veterans transition to civilian life. By understanding the unique mental health issues facing service members, you can help provide the support they need to thrive.
Potential Career Opportunities
Our military counseling program can help equip you to serve in private, public, and nonprofit human services settings. Some of these settings include Christian counseling ministries, community service agencies, group homes, outreach services, in-home mental health support services, and probation agencies.
Some of the roles you may qualify for include:
- Church counselor
- Grief services specialist
- Non-licensed family counselor
- Social services caseworker
Please note: Some roles may require additional training or qualifications.
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Degree Information
- This online program falls under the School of Behavioral Sciences.
- View the Graduate Behavioral Sciences Course Guides (login required).
- This is a non-licensure program.
Degree Completion Plan
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Tuition & Aid
Your success is our success, which is why we are committed to providing quality academics at an affordable tuition rate. While other colleges are increasing their tuition, we have frozen tuition rates for the majority of our undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs for the past 9 years – and counting.
Graduate Full Time | $565/Credit |
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Graduate Part Time | $615/Credit |
Military Graduate | $275/Credit |
Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.
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Admission Information for Liberty’s Master’s Degree in Resilience Counseling
Admission Requirements
- Apply online or over the phone with an admissions counselor by calling (800) 424-9596.
- A non-refundable, non-transferable $50 application fee will be posted on the current application upon enrollment (waived for qualifying service members, veterans, and military spouses – documentation verifying military status is required).
- Send official college transcripts (mailed as sealed, unopened copies or sent via a direct electronic transcript system). A regionally or nationally accredited bachelor’s degree with at least a 2.0 GPA is required for admission in good standing. Applicants who have earned a master’s degree or at least 12 graduate credits from an accredited institution will be assessed on the basis of the master’s-level degree work.
- Unofficial transcripts can be used for acceptance purposes with the submission of a Transcript Request Form.
- Applicants whose native language is other than English must submit official scores for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or an approved alternative assessment. For information on alternative assessments or TOEFL waivers, please call Admissions or view the official International Admissions policy.
Preliminary Acceptance
If you are sending in a preliminary transcript for acceptance, you must:
- Be in your final term and planning to start your master’s degree after the last day of class for your bachelor’s degree.
- Complete a Bachelor’s Self-Certification Form confirming your completion date. You may download the form from the Forms and Downloads page or contact an admissions counselor to submit the form on your behalf.
- Submit an official/unofficial transcript to confirm that you are in your final term. The preliminary transcript must show a minimum of 105 completed credit hours.
- If you are a current Liberty University student completing your undergraduate degree, you will need to submit a Degree/Certificate Completion Application.
- Send in an additional, final official transcript with a conferral date on it by the end of your first semester of enrollment in the new master’s degree.
Dual Enrollment
Please see the Online Dual Enrollment page for information about starting graduate courses while finishing your bachelor’s degree.
Transcript Policies
Unofficial College Transcript Policy
Unofficial transcripts combined with a Transcript Request Form can be used for admission. Official transcripts are required within 60 days of the admissions decision or before non-attendance drops for the first set of matriculated classes, whichever comes first, and will prevent enrollment into future terms until all official transcripts have been received.
Before sending unofficial college transcripts, please make sure they include the following:
- Your previous school’s name or logo printed on the document
- Cumulative GPA
- A list of completed courses and earned credit broken down by semester
- Degree and date conferred (if applicable)
Official College Transcript Policy
An acceptable official college transcript is one that has been issued directly from the institution and is in a sealed envelope. If you have one in your possession, it must meet the same requirements. If your previous institution offers electronic official transcript processing, they can send the document directly to luoverify@liberty.edu.
If the student uses unofficial transcripts with a Transcript Request Form to gain acceptance, all official transcripts must be received within 60 days of the admissions decision or before non-attendance drops for the first set of matriculated classes, whichever comes first. Failure to send all official transcripts within the 60-day period will prevent enrollment into future terms until all official transcripts have been received.
Admissions Office Contact Information
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Lynchburg, VA 24515
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Military
Liberty University is dedicated to providing world-class educational experiences to military students across the globe.
Who May Qualify?
- Active Duty
- Reserve/National Guard
- Veterans/Retirees
- Spouses of Service Members and Veterans/Retirees
- Current Department of Defense Employees
Available Benefits:
- Tuition discounts – $275 per credit hour for graduate courses
- Additional discount for veterans who serve in a civilian capacity as a First Responder (less than $625 per course)*
- 8-week courses, 8 different start dates each year, and no set login times (may exclude certain courses such as practicums, internships, or field experiences)
*Not applicable to certificates.
Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is military resilience?
Psychological resilience is the ability to endure and overcome times of stress, trauma, or adversity. In particular, military service members often face unique struggles — struggles that civilians may not fully understand.
By earning a degree in military resilience, you can prepare to help military members and families work through a variety of challenges — such as being separated from family, adjusting to civilian life after deployment, moving frequently, or struggling with grief or post-traumatic stress.
What is human services counseling?
As a non-licensed human services counselor, you can help people navigate major life crises and mental health problems. The goal is to offer guidance and treatment that will restore their mental stability, self-sufficiency, and ability to push on in the face of chronic troubles or crisis situations.
How flexible is this program?
Our military resilience courses are only 8 weeks long with 8 different start dates offered each year and no set login times.
What resources will be available to me in this program?
You can access a wealth of resources through our top-notch research portal while earning your degree in human services counseling at Liberty University.
Will this program provide any hands-on experience?
You will see best practices put to action by observing group meetings in your own community.
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