Community Care and Counseling - Pastoral Care and Counseling (Online)

Overview

Liberty University ’s Doctor of Education (EdD) in  Community Care and Counseling - Pastoral Care and Counseling (Online)  degree provides you with practical training that can help you counsel diverse individuals, groups, and family populations. You have a passion for reaching hurting individuals with the wisdom and love of Christ, and our EdD in pastoral counseling can provide you with the education you need to make your counseling ministry more effective.

This online EdD in counseling degree is ideal for pastors, licensed professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, and clinical social workers who want to further their education and enhance their careers. This doctorate of pastoral counseling degree provides advanced biblical counseling skills that can help prepare you for counseling ministry, allow you to expand your human services experience, and help you to effectively address current issues and crises facing your community.

Potential Careers with an EdD Degree in Pastoral Counseling 

Graduates of our online EdD in Community Care and Counseling degree program will have a terminal doctoral credential that may provide opportunities for publishing academic research, teaching at the college level, and pursuing advanced counselor roles. The practical skills and knowledge taught in our online pastoral care and counseling doctorate can help equip students for many roles in counseling and human services, such as Christian counseling, nonprofit counseling, or other ministry-focused counseling.

Some of the roles that may benefit from this doctoral degree include:

• Church counselor
• Marriage and family counselor
• Outpatient care therapist
• Social worker
• University professor