Healing Your Community, One Person at a Time
Despite affecting the daily lives of millions of people, serious conditions like depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and addiction often go untreated. You can learn how to help hurting people in your community.
Our rigorous 60-credit Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling is designed to prepare you for state licensure as a professional counselor in Maryland, Washington D.C., and Virginia.
This program delivers the knowledge and skills necessary to help diverse people in a wide range of difficult circumstances. Our students learn about the biological and environmental causes of mental illness and are trained to provide evidence-based treatment. Our instructors are experienced, licensed and practicing clinicians who work as counselors in professional and faith-based settings.
Want to make a difference in someone’s life? Become a licensed professional counselor.
The program is delivered in a blended format, combining the convenience of online learning, without sacrificing important face-to-face interactions gained from classroom instruction. Classes are typically held in the evenings and on Saturdays. For each class you take, you can expect to come to campus about once a month while earning your degree from an accredited Bible college. Our counseling program is founded on TRUST:
View the CATALOG for the complete curriculum plan, course descriptions, and further detail about this program.
“I chose LBC | Capital because of its Christian worldview and its emphasis on training counselors in the integration of the Christian faith with evidence-based secular counseling approaches. The counseling program challenged me to grow as a Christian and to become a sharper instrument of change and transformation for God’s use.”
– Rodney Carter (’17)
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