Clinical Counselling and Psychotherapy
Tyndale Seminary Clinical Counselling and Psychotherapy
Overview
The Doctor of Ministry (DMin) in Clinical Counselling and Psychotherapy addresses the growing need for skilled and competent mental health care, both in the church and in the marketplace. This program is designed for registered psychotherapists (or those in related professions) seeking to deepen their clinical expertise and further their professional training. Students learn in a hybrid format (online and in person) and will be equipped with advanced competencies, research opportunities and skills to expand their leadership platform, and bolster their practice.
The clinical nature of the program requires students to be professionally active, seeing clients. This requirement is typically met by the applicant being employed/active as a counsellor or psychotherapist, either full-time or part-time.
Track Objectives
- Deepen clinical knowledge of contemporary therapeutic models
- Develop competencies and expanded clinical skills in case conceptualization and therapeutic integration
- Cultivate culturally informed practice and research, while transforming clinical insight into practical interventions designed to help diverse populations
- Explore and nurture the integration of psychology and theology
- Promote and enhance superior competencies through targeted concept refinement
- Increase capacity to understand, interpret and present relevant research findings to the church, the academia and the community
- Develop strategies on how to use clinical expertise to serve the ministry of the church
- Develop enhanced clinical effectiveness, while serving as a gateway to expanded leadership opportunities
- Produce an integrated project portfolio, including the “person of the therapist” formational model, research and literature review and a clinical field project
