Graduate Catalog

Graduate Certificate in Spiritual Formation in Counseling

Dr. Preston Hill, Coordinator

Building on the integrative competencies of the MACMHC curriculum, the purpose of the Spiritual Formation in Counseling Certificate is to promote the student’s spiritual formation while developing extensive knowledge in spiritually-focused counseling interventions and historic approaches to spiritual formation, particularly as applied to church-based contexts. Courses are designed to train beyond the competencies outlined by ASERVIC toward the ability to facilitate spiritual formation, which is seen as the goal of Christian counseling. For this certificate, at least four of the following courses are required:

Required Courses

Course List

CED6302Deconstruction in Theology and Counseling

2

CED7212Religion, Spirituality, and Mental Health

2

CED7262Integrating Spiritual Formation into Counseling

2

CED7292Spiritual Formation of the Counselor

2