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Catalogue of the School of Spiritual Counseling
As part of an interdisciplinary team of providers or caregivers, or as an individual counselor, the spiritual counselor brings spirituality and faith into the counseling process. At CCWU, spiritual counseling draws on the healing traditions of all the worlds great faiths.
- MA
- PhD
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MA in Spiritual Counseling
The objectives of the Master of Arts program in the CCWU School of Spiritual Counseling are:
- To acquire an understanding of the strengths and limitations of the discipline of Spiritual counseling and its relationship to health/wellness-related disciplines.
- To enhance students research and writing skills, and for the student to have an overview of and be familiar with research and issues in the discipline and practice of Spiritual counseling.
- To acquire specific spiritual counseling skills, as an individual practitioner and as a cooperating member of a health and social services team.
- To provide students with a working knowledge of what constitutes moral, ethical, legal, and/or professional violations of conduct-and how to better avoid unintended violations of personal and professional conduct in a treatment setting.
- To understand the power of "empathy and faith" as significant contributors, Among other factors, in creating a healthy personality that is spiritually and holistically oriented with the objective of the client achieving a more balanced integration of mind, body, spirit, and community.
- The overarching objective is for the CCWU School of Spiritual Counseling to produce Spiritual counselors who are ecumenically oriented and skilled.
Degree Requirements
The completion of 36 semester credits as outlined below with a GPA of at least 3.0 or higher is required for graduation.
Holism and the Way of Scholarship Series (9 credits)
- HOL1 The Journey Here: 3 credits
- HOL2 The Path Within: 3 credits
- HOL3 The Voyage Beyond: 3 credits
Wellness Courses (6 credits)
- HS533 Wellness and Aging Transitions: 3 credits
- SC555 The Spirit of Wellness I: 3 credits
Foundation Courses (3 credits)
- MM511 Methodology and the Creative Mind: Synthesizing Ideas for Graduate Research: 3 credits
Knowledge Area Courses (12 credits)
- SC501 Introduction to Spiritual Counseling: 3 credits
- SC502 Healthy Relationships: 3 credits
- SC503 Ethical Issues in Spiritual Counseling: 3 credits
- SC504 Spiritual Counseling Skills: 3 credits
Thesis & Final Summary and Oral Defense (6 credits)
- SC542: Masters Thesis & Final Assessment/Oral Defense: 6 credits
PhD in Spiritual Counseling
The objectives of the doctoral program in the School of Spiritual Counseling are:
- For students to formulate a model of counseling and treatment that will blend spiritual and holistic components into a particular therapy and counseling approach.
- For students to acknowledge the limitations and strengths of Spiritual Counseling as a discipline.
- To students with a working knowledge of what constitutes moral, ethical, legal and/or professional violations of conduct-and how to better avoid unintended violations of personal and professional conduct in a treatment setting.
- For students to increase their awareness of "gender sensitivities" and counter transference issues, as well as how his/her own biases impact the counseling of clients.
- To have students examine the therapeutic approaches, spiritual interactions, and clinical treatment practices of the Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, and Hindu faiths and how they impact clients.
- To prepare students to do original research in the field of Spiritual Counseling and to have a deep knowledge of the research and issues of the discipline of Spiritual counseling.
- The overarching objective is for the CCWU School of Spiritual Counseling to produce Spiritual counselors who are ecumenically oriented and skilled.
Degree Requirements
The completion of 51 semester credits as outlined below with a GPA of at least 3.0 or higher is required for graduation.
Holism and the Way of Scholarship series (12 credits)
- HOL1 The Journey Here: 3 credits
- HOL2 The Path Within: 3 credits
- HOL3 The Voyage Beyond: 3 credits
- HOL4 The Way of Service: 3 credits
Wellness Courses (9 credits)
- HS633 Wellness and Aging Transitions, Part Two: 3 credits
- HS634 Population Health Issues: 3 credits
- SC655 The Spirit of Wellness, Part Two: 3 credits
Foundation Courses (3 credits)
- MM611 Methodology and the Creative Mind: Synthesizing Ideas for Graduate Research: 3 credits
- ELEC699 Elective: 3 credits
Knowledge Area Courses (12 credits)
- SC601: Advances in Spiritual Counseling Theories and Practices: 3 credits
- SC602: Crisis Intervention as a Spiritual Counselor: 3 credits
- SC603: Ethical Issues as a Practitioner of Spiritual Counseling: 3 credits
- SC604: Use of Spiritual Counseling Skills in a Team Setting: 3 credits
Dissertation & Final Summary and Oral Defense (12 credits)
- SC642: Doctoral Thesis & Final Summary and Oral Defense: 12 credits
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