Lead the Future of Behavioral Health with Herzing
Prepare to take the next step in your behavioral health career.
Develop the knowledge and skills you need to lead integrated behavioral health initiatives within healthcare and community systems with Herzing University’s online Doctor of Behavioral Health – Clinical Track (DBH).
Fully online — complete your 54-credit doctoral degree in as few as 18 months (4.5 semesters)
Coursework infused with artificial intelligence (AI) and telehealth innovation
Applied curriculum that lets you integrate your professional work experiences into your coursework and capstone project
Capstone project builds through the program — pick your research topic early and refine it throughout your courses
Curriculum developed in collaboration with seasoned industry practitioners to help ensure workforce alignment
Practical assessments that mirror real-world decision-making
Earn Your Doctor of Behavioral Health Online and Prepare for Career Growth
Are you a working professional with a graduate degree in behavioral health who’s ready to build advanced clinical and leadership capabilities? Whether you’re looking to lead integrated care initiatives, drive systems-level change or strengthen your credentials, Herzing’s DBH – Clinical Track can help you develop the skills you need to pursue your goals.
This program requires completion of a two-part capstone project. Capstone activities are woven through the curriculum from the start of your coursework, allowing you to select a research topic early and refine it throughout the program. You can integrate your professional work experiences directly into your capstone project.
This program does not provide a pathway to licensure.
Upon completion of this program, you should be able to:
- Design initiatives that effectively integrate behavioral health, mental health, and wellbeing within healthcare and community systems to improve overall health outcomes.
- Utilize current research, behavioral science, and interdisciplinary knowledge to support effective assessment, intervention, and care coordination for chronic medical and behavioral conditions across diverse populations and settings.
- Demonstrate advanced leadership skills to guide teams, manage programs, influence organizational culture, and drive sustainable change within complex, integrated healthcare systems.
- Develop prevention, early intervention, and resilience-building strategies that address disparities and promote behavioral health, mental health, and wellbeing across communities.
- Apply research methods, program evaluation, AI‑enabled analytics, digital health solutions, telehealth, and emerging technologies to inform decision‑making, strengthen service delivery, and expand access to care.
- Demonstrate ethical leadership by integrating knowledge of behavioral health, mental health, healthcare policy, and professional standards to ensure culturally responsive, equitable practice.
What Will I Learn in the Online DBH Program?
Courses in this program cover advanced skills for integrating behavioral health within healthcare and community systems. You’ll study how to lead integrated care initiatives, address health equity and stigma reduction, apply AI-enabled analytics and telehealth strategies and develop the leadership capabilities needed to drive sustainable change in complex healthcare environments.
It culminates in a two-part capstone project where you design and implement a behavioral health research project, analyze your data and present your findings to support real-world practice improvement.
Course topics include:
- Foundations of Integrated Behavioral Health
- Policy and Value-Based Care in Behavioral Health
- Legal, Ethical and Professional Issues in Integrated Healthcare
- Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care
- Medical Literacy and Clinical Communication
- Research Design and Applied Methods in Behavioral Health
- Health Equity and Stigma Reduction in Behavioral Healthcare
- Population-Based Community Behavioral Health
- Artificial Intelligence and Technology in Healthcare Innovation
- Telehealth and Digital Behavioral Health
- Behavioral Health Leadership and Operations
- Healthcare Entrepreneurship and Program Development
- Clinical Pathophysiology for Behavioral Health Professionals
- Evidence-Based Interventions for Complex Conditions
- Psychopharmacology in Integrated Care
- Addictive Behaviors and Neurophysiology
- Capstone I: Project Design and Implementation
- Capstone II: Data Analysis and Dissemination
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Get StartedThe Herzing Advantage
At Herzing, we want to help you build the advanced behavioral health skills you need to reach your professional goals. That’s why we offer:
- Convenient online education that gives you more control over your schedule
- AI-integrated coursework and innovative telehealth curriculum designed to reflect the skills today’s behavioral health industry demands
- Mentorship and guidance from experienced behavioral health faculty who bring professional knowledge to your courses
Tuition & Cost
Our goal is to support your success. That’s why we are always working to improve the programs we offer, including our DBH program.
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