Title: 1) Owner; 2) Trainer, Seminar Presenter, Instructor, and Coach
Company: 1) MH Life Consulting; 2) Living Works Education
Location: Annapolis, Maryland, United States
Michael H. Heuer, MA, MEd, PhD, owner of MH Life Consulting, and trainer, seminar presenter, instructor, and coach at Living Works Education, has been recognized by Marquis Who’s Who Top Military for dedication, achievements, and leadership in the armed forces and mental health.
With four decades of experience, Dr. Heuer has built a successful career in military service and mental health, specializing in suicide prevention, intervention chaplaincy, and solution-focused counseling techniques. He currently excels as the owner of MH Life Consulting, a position he has held since 2018, and has also been a trainer, instructor, and seminar leader with LivingWorks Education as an independent contractor since that year. LivingWorks, headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, is a global leader in suicide intervention training, offering widely used, multilingual resources like its flagship programs, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) and safeTALK, an introductory suicide alertness program. His experience includes roles as associated faculty at Denver Seminary from 2017 to 2018 and as staff chaplain at the National Security Agency from 2013 to 2017. Before these roles, he served as joint base wing chaplain in the U.S. Air Force from 2011 to 2013 and as adjunct faculty at the University of Maryland Global Campus in Kuwait from 2010 to 2011. His additional positions include agency staff chaplain for the U.S. Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Agency from 2009 to 2011, wing chaplain at the 70th ISR Wing from 2005 to 2009, installation chaplain at RAF Alconbury in the UK from 2003 to 2005, and deputy wing chaplain and adjunct faculty at the USAF Chaplain Corps College at Maxwell AFB from 2001 to 2003.
Alongside his chaplaincy roles, Dr. Heuer studied at the Air Command and Staff College from 2000 to 2001 and served as a chaplain at Ramstein Air Base in Germany from 1997 to 2000, Buckley AFB from 1994 to 1997, and Lowry Training Center from 1993 to 1994. His career began in the Air Force Reserve from 1984 to 1993, including positions as associate professor at Western Reformed Seminary from 1987 to 1990 and teaching assistant in German and ancient Greek at Bob Jones University from 1978 to 1984. His active-duty service in the U.S. Air Force spanned from 1993 to 2017, reaching the rank of colonel from 2011 to 2017, following prior ranks as lieutenant colonel, major, and captain. Since 2018, he has served on the board of directors for the Military Chaplains Association of the USA and as the director of ministry to the armed forces for the Church of the Lutheran Brethren, mentoring future military chaplains and endorsing them to the U.S. Department of Defense.
Dr. Heuer has made significant contributions to his field through works such as “On Suicide” in Identity magazine, “An Evaluation of John W. Burgon’s Use of Patristic Evidence” in the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, and his dissertation, “The Bibliology of the Early Church Fathers to AD 450.” Since 2018, he has served on the board of directors for the North River Forest Property Owners Association, supported suicide prevention initiatives at Fort George G. Meade, and served as a part-time chaplain at Ginger Cove Retirement Community since 2021. In 2023, he was recognized for coaching over 1,000 new trainers in suicide alertness skills, setting a record at LivingWorks Education. He also served on the 2015 White House Committee on International Religious Leader Engagement, where he influenced policies affecting the U.S. Institute of Peace, USAID, the Department of State, and the National Defense Authorization Act.
Laying a strong educational foundation, Dr. Heuer earned a New York Regents Diploma with a concentration in music in 1974, completed coursework at Buffalo State University, then achieved a Bachelor of Arts in music in 1977, a Master of Arts in religion in 1980, and a PhD in Religion in 1988, all from Bob Jones University. He expanded his qualifications with a Master of Education in mental health counseling from the University of Puget Sound in 1990 and a Master of Military Operational Art and Science from the USAF Air Command and Staff College in 2001. His professional credentials include clinical fellow of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy since 1999 and certification as a safeTALK coach and ASIST consulting trainer with LivingWorks Education since 2009. In the coming years, he remains committed to his work in suicide intervention skills training, particularly within the military, and is exploring new areas for expanding his impact. With the rising suicide rates in both civilian and military populations in the U.S., he sees this work as essential. Having conducted rewarding training sessions in Korea, England, and Germany, he hopes to further extend his efforts internationally.
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