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天美视频 of Theology & Psychology has developed a Concentration in Psychoanalytic Psychology: British Object Relations as part of its MA in Counseling Psychology program. This is the second concentration added to the curriculum since spring 2019. This concentration is designed to provide a foundational understanding of the British Objects Relations theory to allow […]

Yesterday鈥檚 guilty verdict for Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd comes as we are grieving the recent loss of life from several mass shootings and killings across our country. Even with the accountability issued in this moment, there is no mistaking that we are in a season of deep collective trauma with near […]

I can still see the Big Dipper when I wake early enough. The city鈥檚 din of lights are quiet and there is a silence with its own kind of pre-dawn chorus. Even in the aurora of my urban context, I encounter the matins of a howling pack of Coyotes; the low honking of a gaggle […]

Relationally Focused Psychodynamic Therapy (RFPT) is a post-graduate certificate program developed by Dr. Roy Barsness, Professor of Counseling Psychology, that 鈥渄eepens a psychotherapist鈥檚 capacity to work directly within the therapeutic [relationship] as the primary instrument towards change.鈥� Matt Inman is a psychotherapist in private practice and a second-year student of the RFPT program. In an […]

Technology has advanced rapidly in the last few years, and now in a pandemic, we are more reliant on technology to study, work, communicate, and form relationships than ever before. Though the purpose of technology is to make things simpler and more convenient, it also opens the door to questions around ethics, morality, mental health, […]

In the wake of the pandemic and the growing concern for the health and safety of our learning community, 天美视频 of Theology & Psychology made announcements in April 2020 and June 2020 regarding Spring and Fall term online coursework for our graduate programs, including a decision to offer online coursework for the entire […]

In this video, Ben Oldham, Director of Enrollment, walks prospective students through the reasons we ask our applicants to participate in a group interview and how our group interviews offer an authentic experience of what it鈥檚 like to be a student at 天美视频. Watch the video above or keep reading below to find […]

Dr. Roy Barsness is the founder of the Relationally Focused Psychodynamic Therapy, an evidence-based treatment approach with strong roots in depth psychology, embodied theology, dialogical philosophy, and neuroscience. He has also developed a Post-Graduate Certificate through 天美视频 where clinicians are able to deepen their understanding and application of relational psychotherapy over a two-year […]

Desire. This may seem like a strange place to start a blog post designed to address the categories of compassion and empathy, but in order to join this conversation in a meaningful way, I believe desire is where the conversation must begin and end. In my recent post on self-care, I referenced the purpose of […]

Brody Hed is a first-year MACP student from Minnesota whose passion for literature and story evolved into a love of helping others see the beauty of their own journey. This passion led him to pursue camp ministry, writing, student development, to now studying counseling psychology at 天美视频. Advent. A season of looking forward […]

On September 27, 2020, we gathered online to celebrate 天美视频鈥檚 22nd commencement ceremony. Though later than anticipated due to the global pandemic and unlike any ceremony we鈥檝e hosted in previous years, it was nonetheless a joy-filled occasion as we commemorated the graduating students in our Master of Divinity, MA in Theology & Culture, […]

Each year at commencement, the graduating class and faculty choose three students鈥攐ne from each degree program鈥攖o offer words of blessing, calling, and conviction. Here, we鈥檙e sharing the full video and transcript of the speech given by Mercedes Robinson, Master of Theology and Culture, about what this graduating class has witnessed and survived, and the particular […]