Wheaton College School of Psychology, Counseling & Family Therapy

07/18/2024

First cohort in the post-MA certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy at Wheaton College.
People with a MA or higher degree in a mental health discipline from Cebtral & Eastern Europe can apply to this 14 credit certificate. It highlights systemic therapies, clinical experience with supervision, and Christian faith integration. Next cohort starts summer 2025. Apply now.

https://www.wheaton.edu/graduate-school/degrees/ma-in-marriage-and-family-therapy/post-ma-marriage-and-family-therapy-certificate/

04/25/2024

At the Honors Convocation Chapel, our PCFT Undergrad, Calista Chaidez, was one of the recipients of the Alumni Association Senior Scholarship award.

She is a psychology major with double minor in Christian Formation & Ministry AND Communication. Over 88+ recipients applied but only the top 5 recipients won the scholarship. A large group photo will also be featured in the upcoming Wheaton Magazine.

Calista would like to thank:
Dr. Darlene Hannah for being a wonderful psychology professor, and sweet mentor. It’s an honor to be her teaching assistant.
Marilyn Mast Hewitt for being so helpful in sending information about scholarships and opportunities for us psychology majors.

As well as the plentiful wonderful & helpful professors and teachers in the department, Dean Dr. Hall, Dr. Phinney, Dr. Liu, Dr. Callender, Dr. Vessey, Dr. Struthers and the countless helpful staff! I’m so proud to be a psychology major!

04/25/2024

Congratulations to Dr. David Van D**e, Marriage and Family Therapy, on his promotion to Full Professor!! 👏👏👏

04/10/2024

Congratulations to our Doctoral students!! 👏👏👏 Big smiles and well deserved accolades! 100% matched at APA-accredited internships! All their hard work has paid off!!

11/09/2023

Today in Barrows Auditorium, we had all PFCT students join together for a department chapel. Drs. Ray Phinney, Chuck Liu, Bill Struthers, and doctoral student Ezequiel Cruz-Gutierrez led an uplifting worship. Then 4th year Doctoral Student, Marlyn Chakwera, shared the Word intertwining a childhood folkstory on how we need to act on obedience when we make Him our Lord.

09/11/2023

Don't miss tonight's free Symposium on Trauma and Christ!

09/01/2023

Join us on a free event designed to help Christians in the Wheaton area learn and discuss how to serve those in their communities who have experienced trauma and abuse.

For those who don’t know Rachael Denhollander…Briefly, she is an American lawyer and former gymnast. She was the first woman to publicly accuse Larry Nassar, the former Michigan State University, and the USA Gymnastics physician, of sexual assault. She received the 2018 Glamour Woman of the Year and was included in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2018. She also received the 2021 Abraham Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Theology and Public Life.

PCFT's Dr. Tammy Schultz, Professor of Counseling and Co-coordinator of the Trauma Certificate Program, will also be part of the evening!

https://www.wheaton.edu/news/recent-news/2023/august/wheaton-college-symposium-on-christ-and-trauma/ #
Question? Email: cmhc@wheaton.edu

08/15/2023

The Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program is seeking a tenure track assistant professor faculty member. Please follow link for more information, or email: cmhc@wheaton.edu.
https://fa-eukq-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/387/?utm_medium=jobshare

05/12/2023

Congratulations to the Class of 2023! We are so proud of them!

04/13/2023

Listen to this Romanian couple (an artist and professor/engineer) share honestly about 4 decades of marriage.

They started getting to know each other at clandestine Bible study meetings in communist times in Romania. Rodica and LIviu didn't take long to commit to each other on a snowy January day, and it didn't take long after that to discover that they couldn't be more different. An engineer and an artist,

04/10/2023

You are cordially invited to the Annual Scandrette Lecture entitled, Living out Love: Spirituality, Virtues, and Thriving.

Wednesday, April 19 at 3:30, in Barrows Auditorium (Billy Graham Hall), featuring special guest speaker:

Dr. Pamela King, Peter L. Benson Professor of Applied Developmental Science in the School of Psychology and Executive Director of the Thrive Center at Fuller Theological Seminary.

A reception will follow. Guests are welcome!

04/04/2023

Congratulations to our 19 PsyD students who all matched on their predoctoral internships all across the country for next year. All your hard work has paid off!