Master of Arts Degree
Pursue a Master of Arts degree (ABS) through either of two graduate tracks: (1) Systems Counseling and (2) Leadership & Organization Development. At LIOS, you have the opportunity to transform your personal and professional life; learn how integrity energizes human interaction, communication, and connection; and achieve excellence as a counselor, coach or consultant. The Masters Degree program begins in January or September so that you can start at a time that best fits your life and your schedule.
The LIOS MA program prepares you for 21st century practices and careers. In a time of tectonic shifts in contemporary culture, affecting individuals, communities, corporations and governments, we prepare our students for creative change and crisis. Our graduates' skill sets include fundamentals of counseling / coaching relationships, the dynamic study of human diversity and systems, ethics and epistemology, family- and culture-of-origin theory and more.
Leadership & Organization Development
Develop a repertoire of skills that prepare you to become a skilled agent for large- and small-scale change within organizational systems. Learn everything you need to know to master change management, conflict resolution, intervention design and facilitation, proactive consultation, collection of feedback and measurement of results and other elements of organizational consulting and coaching. Learn more about LOD
Systems Counseling
The counseling program prepares you for a career as a licensed counselor or licensed marriage and family therapist in private practice or in a variety of public and private mental health settings. This dynamic, experiential-based training program emphasizes the blend of theory with hands-on practice - based on a systems model - and the integration of mind-body-spirit within a relational, interactional world. The development of the therapist as a whole, integrated self is central to the training. Learn more about SC