Counseling and Therapy Programs

Academics

Become a mental health professional.

Bethel University's graduate school offers an M.A. in Counseling in a face-to-face format, and our seminary offers an M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy in a blended format. Both programs include hands-on clinical training, giving you the opportunity to apply what you've learned. At Bethel, you'll find a learning environment that both supports and challenges you to competently and compassionately serve the mental health needs of individuals, couples, and families. 

M.A. in Counseling at Bethel University

M.A. in Counseling

The M.A. in Counseling program will prepare you to become a clinical mental health counselor who provides competent and compassionate mental health services. With its specialty area of clinical mental health counseling, this program will help you cultivate the knowledge and skills you need to serve the diverse and changing communities in which you live.

M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy at Bethel Seminary

M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy

The M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy program will prepare you to offer mental health services as a licensed marriage and family therapist.  You'll collaborate with clients to meet the needs of individuals, couples, and families through a systemic framework. With its emphasis on relational therapeutic modalities, this program will help you develop and mature as a helping professional in our richly diverse world.