EdS in Community Care and Counseling – Traumatology Engage Meaningfully as a Trauma-Informed Professional
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30
Credit Hours
100% online, 8-week courses
Transfer in up to 50% of the degree total
Help Clients Overcome Grief with Liberty’s EdS in Counseling and Community Care – Traumatology
Are you an experienced mental health professional? Perhaps you’ve dedicated your career to helping people, and you’re looking for an advanced credential that can help you serve the people of your community. If so, Liberty University’s 100% online Education Specialist (EdS) in Community Care and Counseling – Traumatology may be for you.
At Liberty, we offer a world-class education that can help prepare you to make a lasting difference in the lives of the people you serve. If you aren’t quite ready to pursue a doctoral degree, our EdS program allows you to earn a doctoral-level credential in a much shorter time frame. If you later decide to get your doctorate, you can potentially transfer up to 27 credit hours of your EdS studies into a corresponding EdD in Community Care and Counseling at Liberty.
Earning your EdS in counseling and trauma at Liberty is an investment that can pay dividends for years to come. Don’t put reaching the pinnacle of your profession on hold any longer — partner with us and take your career to new heights.
Please note: This EdS degree is not designed to meet state counseling licensure requirements. If you are interested in a state counseling license, please see our Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy, or Master of Education in School Counseling.
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What Sets Us Apart?
- Private Nonprofit University
- 600+ Online Degrees
- No Standardized Testing for Admission
- Transfer in up to 75% of an Undergrad Degree
- Transfer in up to 50% of a Grad/Doctoral Degree
Why Choose Liberty’s EdS in Counseling and Traumatology Program?
As a pioneer in distance education since 1985, Liberty understands what you’re looking for in an online degree program. You expect excellent academics, but you also have personal commitments that will continue throughout the duration of your studies. You’ve spent your career serving others, now partner with a university that will serve you.
This online EdS program can help prepare you to come alongside people facing difficult challenges. Our EdS in trauma studies program online is designed to build on your previous experience and equip you with an advanced knowledge of how to best assist victims of trauma. As a student at Liberty, you’ll also benefit from expert professors with years of experience who have a vested interest in your success.
Earning an EdS in trauma counseling online at Liberty means you won’t just learn from a textbook – you’ll study under instructors who have a passion for helping you reach your career goals. You’ll have the support and expertise of qualified instructors at your disposal throughout your entire postgraduate program.
Our traumatology EdS program is offered 100% online in 8-week sections with no set login times. That way, you won’t have to relocate to pursue your goal of earning an advanced credential. This program allows you to remain committed to the things that matter most — like your job, family, and community — while you work towards your academic goals.
What Will You Study in Our EdS in Community Care and Counseling – Traumatology?
Our EdS in Community Care and Counseling – Traumatology program is comprised of 2 sections: core counseling courses and traumatology courses.
In the community care and counseling section of this degree, you will study issues and trends in community counseling, advanced group counseling techniques, and applied counseling theories. You will also study teaching and learning as well as advanced research methodology.
The traumatology specialization covers adolescent trauma research design. In addition, this section of our EdS in trauma online explores adult and family trauma, disaster mental health and community response, assessment and testing in the treatment of trauma, and empirically supported treatments for trauma. We have designed each of these courses to challenge you to think critically, grasp new concepts, and confidently pursue positions of added responsibility upon completion of the program.
Potential Career Opportunities
- Church counselor
- Counseling educator
- Group therapist
- Mental health counselor
- Trauma therapist
Note: Some of the above career options may require some form of licensure. Liberty’s EdS in Community Care and Counseling – Traumatology is a non-licensure program.
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Degree Information
- This 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.
EdS and EdD Full Time | $595/Credit |
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EdS and EdD Part Time | $650/Credit |
Military EdS and EdD | $275/Credit |
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Admission Information for the EdS in Community Care and Counseling – Traumatology
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 master’s degree with at least a 3.0 GPA is required for admission in good standing.
- 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.
Applicants lacking a graduate-level statistics course will be required to complete CEFS 515 Research and Program Evaluation (3 c.h.), or EDUC 518 Educational Research and Assessment (3 c.h.), or its equivalent prior to EDCO 735 in the Ed.D.
The Office of Graduate Admissions may request additional documentation while conducting admission reviews to evaluate a candidate’s record before a final admission decision can be made.
Preliminary Acceptance
If you are sending in a preliminary transcript for acceptance, you must:
- Be in your final term and planning to start your doctoral degree after the last day of class for your master’s degree.
- Complete a Master’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 transcript to confirm that you are in your final term. The preliminary transcript must show that you are within 6 credit hours of completion for a 30-48 credit hour master’s degree or within 9 credit hours of completion for a 49+ credit hour master’s degree.
- 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 doctoral degree.
Transcript Policies
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.
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 EdS and EdD courses
- Additional discount for veterans who service 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)
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What sets this program apart from other similar offerings?
In this program, you will study under passionate, knowledgeable professors with years of experience.
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