Teaching Christian Integration in Psychology and Counseling Courses

Garzon, Fernando L.; Hall, M. Elizabeth Lewis; Ripley, Jennifer S.

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“…CCAPG followed the CAPG treatment as usual procedures (Sosin et al, 2021) with the addition of Trinitarian-Based Integration [TBI] in the form of prayer, references to biblical theology and history, and Scripture (Garzon et al, 2014; McConnell, Bacote et al, 2021; Powlison, 2010). The leader integrated TBI during each session component (the session components are Anchoring, Psychoeducation, Intervention, and Group processing) of all six sessions.…”

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A Multicultural, Social Justice, and Peace Intervention for Interpersonal Violence

Sosin

Barend

Bonta

et al. 2023

Journal of Psychology and Theology

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The Creative and Expressive Arts Personal Growth Group [CAPG] is a manualized intervention for interpersonal violence related to diversity factors [IV-D]. This article presents a Trinitarian-informed adaption of CAPG for Christians impacted by IV-D [CCAPG]. A pilot study exploring CCAPG’s potential to promote peace in the clinical setting and peace education in the research environment follows. Sixteen culturally diverse Christian psychotherapists and emerging counselor educators with a history of IV-D participated in the study. Qualitative data assessed with transcendental and heuristic phenomenological analyses informed by constructivist grounded theory resulted in a preliminary understanding of how CCAPG may promote Trinitarian-based peace and peace education. Thematic findings for the clinical setting included the salience of Incarnational Leadership, Trinitarian-Based Components, and Christian Community to receiving the Peace of God. In the research setting, themes were Valuing Social Justice, Multiculturalism, and Peace and Becoming an Instrument of Peace. The paper closes with discussion, implications, and recommendations for the field.

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A Multicultural, Social Justice, and Peace Intervention for Interpersonal Violence

Sosin

Barend

Bonta

et al. 2023

Journal of Psychology and Theology

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“…A review of the literature revealed that little is known about this integration for pastoral counselors, yet much is known about the identity development for professional counselors that provides a foundation for gaining a better understanding of this phenomenon. There is an emerging emphasis on teaching theological integration in counseling courses for counselors-in-training (Garzon, Hall, & Ripley, 2014). However, these teaching strategies do not seem to address identity development and are not specifically targeting ordained pastoral counselors.…”

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Integrating Pastoral and Clinical Identities: A Narrative Inquiry of Pastoral Counselors

Cheney¹

2018

J Pastoral Care Counsel

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Narrative inquiry methodology was used to understand the lived experiences of two ordained pastoral counselors who obtained licensure as clinical mental health professionals, particularly in terms of their identity development and integration of pastoral and clinical identities. Data analysis from semi-structured interviews revealed rich experiences with five themes: the journey; God's call; self and identity; the role of mentors; and relationships. Implications for research and practice associated with pastoral counseling and counselor education are discussed.

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“…Subject-specific class activities aimed at integrating Christianity and psychology serve multiple purposes. Class activities serve as concrete models that counteract messages students may have previously received about the incompatibility of faith and learning and introduce the idea that meaningful interaction can take place between the two fields (Garzon et al, 2014). In fact, class activities such as the one presented in this article can demonstrate to students how Christian/ psychology integration can actually strengthen their Author Note: Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Elizabeth L. Campbell, Department of Psychology, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA 99212.…”

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“…Christian psychology instructors, particularly those teaching at Christian universities, widely express commitment to integration at a broad curricular level (Koch & Doughty, 1998). Despite the high value placed on teaching Christian/psychology integration, recent scholars have pointed out that specific methods are lacking for how to implement such integration in specific class activities (e.g., Garzon & Hall, 2012;Garzon, Hall, & Ripley, 2014). Without examples of integration methods, it is challenging for instructors to fulfill curricular integration goals to build a repertoire of class activities.…”

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Utilizing the Serenity Prayer to Teach Psychology students about Stress Management

Campbell

2015

Journal of Psychology and Theology

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This paper is a response to requests from Christian psychologists for subject-specific class activities that integrate Christianity and psychology. Although Christian/ psychology integration is highly valued by many as an overarching pedagogical goal, few examples are available of how to achieve such integration in specific class activities. This paper describes an example of a subject-specific, Christian/psychology integration class activity by utilizing the serenity prayer to teach psychology students about stress management. The activity is described for the purpose of justification and replication. Conclusions and future directions are also discussed.

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Teaching Christian Integration in Psychology and Counseling Courses

Cited by 3 publications

References 13 publications

A Multicultural, Social Justice, and Peace Intervention for Interpersonal Violence

A Multicultural, Social Justice, and Peace Intervention for Interpersonal Violence

Integrating Pastoral and Clinical Identities: A Narrative Inquiry of Pastoral Counselors

Utilizing the Serenity Prayer to Teach Psychology students about Stress Management

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