2021-2022 Graduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2021-2022 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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PSY 761 - Psychology and Christianity I: Theology


Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
As the first of four courses, students focus on understanding and applying Christian theology to the foundations of clinical psychology. Referred to as an “integrationist” approach, students learn to competently integrate a Christian view of God into previously-established theoretical and empirical models within clinical psychology so as to help Christian clients ameliorate suffering. Students also develop the ability to start from a Christian view of the triune God, exploring ways to build theoretical and empirical models that are rooted in the Bible in order to help Christian clients heal, integrating clinical psychology as a way to strengthen a distinctly Christian view of God. Areas of investigation, from an “integrationist” perspective, include the God image, God attachment, and religious coping literatures, along with “Christian psychology” topics, such as how a view of God’s infinite power, wisdom, love, and holiness impacts mental health and the Trinity as a model for human relational functioning. These themes, among others, will be applied to clinical practice, including the assessment and treatment of Christian clients in psychotherapy.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Prerequisite(s): PSY 700  and 725   



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