BA in Christian Counseling & MA in Christian Marital, Family, and Individual Counseling
158 hours, On-Campus
Counseling
Equipping Counselors with a Biblical Foundation
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Experienced Counselors will teach your counseling courses
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Training at every degree level
At Southeastern, we believe biblical counseling should address the whole person by applying biblical truth and wisdom while engaging with the best of clinical insights. That is why we train our counseling students to be biblically driven and clinically informed as missional counselors wherever God sends them.
Counseling Degrees at Southeastern
From a graduate certificate and an accelerated BA/MDiv track, to several MA concentrations, a Master of Divinity, and three advanced doctoral programs, our biblical counseling degrees equip counselors with a biblical perspective for all kinds of helping professions.
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MA in Biblical Counseling
67 hours, Available as Distance Learning and On-Campus
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MA in Cross-Cultural Counseling
64 hours, Available as Distance Learning and On-Campus
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MA in Christian Marital, Family, and Individual Counseling
79 hours, Available as Distance Learning and On-Campus
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MDiv (Biblical Counseling)
91 hours, Available as Distance Learning and On-Campus
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DMin (Biblical Counseling)
31 hours, Modified Residency, Fully Online, and On-Campus
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EdD (Christian Counseling)
55 hours, Modified Residency
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PhD (Christian Counseling)
60 hours, Modified Residency and On-Campus
Graduate Certificate in Biblical Counseling
Learn MoreAt the end of this program, students will be able to...
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Pursue licensure in the state of North Carolina
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Lead or serve in a counseling ministry at a local church
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Counsel in a non-profit or agency context
Counseling Faculty
Dr. Nate Brooks
Dr. Tate Cockrell
Dr. Brad Hambrick
Dr. Kristin Kellen
Dr. Steven Wade
Dr. Sam Williams
I love seeing students pair their love for the Lord and their love for people as they learn to care for others during the hardest times in their lives.
Assoc. Professor of Biblical Counseling
What is Clinically Informed Biblical Counseling?
Our faculty’s approach to counseling is called Clinically Informed Biblical Counseling, also known as Redemptive Counseling. Read this article by our faculty to learn more about this approach and how it’s applied in the classroom and in practice!
Featured Scholarships for Counseling Students
Dorothy I. Middleton Scholarship
- Limited to students in a Graduate or Advanced Degree Counseling Program
- Students must be in at least second or third year of degree program, based on course credits.
Keesee Scholarship:
- Qualifying Southeastern students receive assistance towards their tuition from the Charles B. Keesee Educational Fund.
- ***This scholarship does not cover the 5-year BA/MA CMFIC degree.
Mercy Scholarship:
- The Mercy Scholarship provides tuition funding for Southeastern students enrolled in the Master of Divinity in Pastoral Ministry with Biblical Counseling.
Accreditation Statement
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary is a private, not-for-profit institution accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) and the Commission on Accrediting of The Association of Theological Schools (ATS). Through a rigorous process of comprehensive evaluation in March of 2022, Southeastern was successfully reaffirmed by both accrediting agencies as a part of a process of continuous improvement and accountability. Accreditation assures the quality of the educational programming as well as the transfer of credits to other institutions.
Because Southeastern is an institution of religious education, it has been declared exempt from the requirements for licensure by the state of North Carolina under provisions of General Statutes (G.S.) 116-15(d). Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary is a religious institution exempt from state regulation and oversight in the Commonwealth of Virginia and Florida.
