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Solihten Institute is a nonprofit national mental health institute with a mission to inspire, educate, connect, and equip professionals who integrate mind, body, spirit, and community in their approach to caring for the wellbeing of others.
02/24/2026
James P. Comer, M.D., M.P.H., is the Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Yale Child Study Center and one of the founding members of Black Psychiatrists of America (BPA) and served as President of the BPA in 1973.
Our next CE Course is February 20th at 1 PM (ET), featuring Dr. Lisa Miller, author of books The Spiritual Child and The Awakened Brain.
Her session will focus on the Science of Spirituality in Mental Health, Renewal, and Flourishing.
Sign up now to attend!
Science shows the profound and pervasive impact of spirituality in prevention and treatment of the diseases of despair. Yet the relationship between suffering and spiritual awareness is not a simple monotonic one, but rather struggle and depression, even trauma, can be a doorway to spiritual growth....
02/13/2026
Applications are now open for the 2026–2027 ASERVIC Emerging Leaders Program!
This opportunity is open to counseling graduate students and new professionals who want to build leadership skills, receive mentorship, and get more involved with ASERVIC.
Deadline: February 28, 2026
Apply using the QR code or the link below
Questions? monsonsa@adams.edu
We'll end this week by highlighting two more of our core values that we know so many of you also carry into your daily lives and spiritual practices.
Integrating mind, body, spirit, and community into healthy living alongside acknowledging hope and joy as essential to growth and vitality are key to human flourishing, to our collective thriving and not just surviving.
To learn more about our values and our work, please visit our website:
Explore Solihten Institute’s mission to inspire, educate, connect, and equip professionals integrating mind, body, spirit, and community.
02/04/2026
There's still time to register for this event hosted by one of our Member Centers! Deadline is February 20th.
Our next CE Course is February 20th, featuring Dr. Lisa Miller, author of books The Spiritual Child and The Awakened Brain.
Her session will focus on the Science of Spirituality in Mental Health, Renewal, and Flourishing.
Science shows the profound and pervasive impact of spirituality in prevention and treatment of the diseases of despair. Yet the relationship between suffering and spiritual awareness is not a simple monotonic one, but rather struggle and depression, even trauma, can be a doorway to spiritual growth. Through the lens of science, this is our birthright: we appear to be hardwired for spiritual growth through struggling- as shown in MRI and epidemiological research. A therapist in this context might be seen as a spiritual guide or fellow sacred traveler.
This week, get to know Dr. Doug McKown, Executive Director of Samaritan Counseling Center in Upland, CA:
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Doug has over 30 years of professional experience and is a Licensed Psychologist. He holds Master's and Doctoral degrees in Clinical Psychology from Fuller Graduate School of Psychology as well as a Master's degree in Theology. His experience includes private practice, Director of Counseling at the Headington Institute, and staff Psychologist at the Claremont Colleges and Loma Linda University Medical Center.
As the Executive Director of Samaritan Counseling Center in Upland, CA since 2006, he is responsible (with the Board of Directors) for recruitment, fund development, agenda setting, and community building. In addition, Doug develops marketing plans, oversees support staff, and develops budget. As a Psychologist/Supervisor he provides supervision of practicum and pre-licensed staff; reviewing, hiring and evaluating staff; and oversees agency services contracts. As the Clinical Director of the Behavior Education and Modification Services (BEAMS) program, he provides clinical supervision of staff, supervision of pre-licensed staff, and monitors quality assurance of the program. Doug has dedicated his time to his passion for serving people, including those who may need financial assistance, so they can get the treatment and care they need and deserve.
01/27/2026
At Solihten, we hold several core values that inspire and motivate us to achieve a vision where people, relationships, and communities are respected, valued, and affirmed in their sacred dignity as they seek meaning and wholeness.
We'll be sharing a few of those values as reminders of our commitment to the Centers we serve and the people supported by this work.
The importance of fostering belonging by respecting the unique dignity and value of each person alongside the benefits of bringing people together from diverse backgrounds in healthy, mutually beneficial relationships can never be overstated.
To learn more about our values, please visit our website:
Explore Solihten Institute’s mission to inspire, educate, connect, and equip professionals integrating mind, body, spirit, and community.
01/20/2026
Our next Center Director to profile is Greg Harp!
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Greg Harp joined Agape Counseling as an intern in 2012 while working on his D.Min. in Marriage and Family Therapy. He later served as Practice Manager and became Executive Director in 2019. During this transition, Greg helped stabilize and strengthen a small team of counselors as the founding director entered retirement. With a dedicated staff, he oversaw the implementation of a new EHR system, expanded insurance partnerships, opened new office locations, and supported Agape’s growth to 24 counselors.
In addition to leading Agape’s organizational structure, Greg presents workshops on topics such as work-life balance, marriage preparation, depression, anxiety, assertiveness, grief, and basic finance and accounting. He also provides spiritual direction and coaching to pastors. Prior to joining Agape, Greg spent 20 years as an ordained pastor in full-time ministry, serving churches in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, as well as Niagara Falls and Rochester, NY. He also served as volunteer director of Flower City Work Camp, coordinating youth and leaders from more than 50 churches and 850 volunteers across the Rochester area during a weeklong Spring Break mission project. He earned his M.Div. from Northeastern Seminary and is ABD with his dissertation at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
01/09/2026
If you're a new parent in the Richmond, VA, area, check out this workshop being hosted by one of our Member Centers on the last two Saturdays of this month:
New and expectant parents, VIPCare is offering a new Gottman Institute workshop to help you prepare for your baby, Bringing Baby Home.
After a brief break, our series profiling our Center Directors is back!
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Rev. Rachel Fisher is Pastoral Counseling Services of the South Shore’s first Executive Director and has served in the role for three years. An ordained member of the clergy, Rachel has also served at Aldersgate UMC in North Reading, Massachusetts, since 2002. She balances her ministry at Aldersgate with parenting her four children, alongside her husband, Sam. In her ministry beyond the local church, Rachel serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Rolling Ridge Conference and Retreat Center in North Andover, MA; as the Executive Director of the Institute for Spiritual Life and Psychotherapy in Hanover, MA; and as a Hospice Chaplain with Compassus Hospice. In January 2026, PCSSS announced a name change to The Anchorage Behavioral Health Alliance, an update that better communicates their commitment to spiritually integrated psychotherapy for any who need counseling service.
01/06/2026
Our next CE Course is January 23rd, featuring Tyler Lefevor, PhD, who is an associate professor of psychology at Utah State University.
His research focuses on understanding how LGBTQ+ people raised religious can navigate their religious and gender/sexual identities. As a q***r man raised as part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he strives to help build bridges between religious and q***r communities. Tyler also operates a private therapy practice in Utah and virtually through PsyPact. His presentation on Working with LGBTQ+ people introduces research on religion/spirituality among LGBTQ+ people to better help clinicians work with this population.
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This presentation introduces research on religion/spirituality among LGBTQ+ people to better help clinicians work with this population. It starts by reviewing theories about structural and minority stress that LGBTQ+ people experience to help attendees understand the socially disadvantaged position....
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Solihten Institute is an interfaith counseling network comprised of over 50 centers in more than 300 locations that provide 600,000+ clinical hours every year.
We recruit, accredit, connect, educate, and advance counseling centers that practice one of the most effective paths to healing: spiritually integrated therapy.
Prior to 2019, we operated as Samaritan Institute, which was formed in 1972 when a physician joined together with two parish ministers and a seminar professor in Elkhart, Indiana. Together, they formed a counseling resource that integrates what people believe into how they heal.
For nearly half a century, this community of clergy, mental health professionals, and physicians has grown to serve a national collective of member centers who share a commitment to nurturing mind, body, spirit, and community.
Under the name Solihten (soh-LITE-en, wholeness + light), we will continue to grow the Institute well into the future while extending a spiritually inclusive message to counselors and clients across the nation.
Mission
Help affiliated Centers provide team-oriented, cost-efficient counseling, education, and consultation which emphasize the interrelatedness of mind, body, spirit, and community.
Accreditation
While each Center designs services and programs to meet the needs of its communities, all Solihten Centers are expected to achieve full accreditation to maintain sound organizational structures, efficient management and administration, high-quality clinical processes, appropriate personnel and financial practices, and professional accountability.
Collective Impact
Together with our Centers, Solihten Institute’s reach and depth of expertise dramatically influences:
• Appeals to managed care companies.
• Congregations considering Center development.
• Counseling Centers seeking a larger relationship.
• Referral sources moving to a new community.
• Denominations seeking linkage to pastoral care and counseling.
• New partners in healthcare organizations seeking non-profit behavioral health provider networks with a proven track record to fulfill the mandate of healthcare reform and more fully develop provision of primary care and behavioral health integrated care.
As a partnership, we impact the lives of hundreds of thousands of people who seek to feel whole.
