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- Title
Holding Both Unity and Diversity: Spiritual Formation at Azusa Pacific University Department of Graduate Psychology.
- Authors
Tisdale, Theresa Clement; Ying, Andy; Ziesel, Joshua; Shier, Kristin; Powell, Elizabeth; Park, Elizabeth; Nam, Jiyun; Klein, Marcus; Desai, Harshita; Nuñez, Daniel; Myers, Vanessa; Girlando, Christina; Camp, Claire A.; Amadi, Peace; Abraham, Sandra
- Abstract
A general overview of Azusa Pacific University is provided, followed by a description of the Department of Graduate Psychology (DGP) doctoral training program. An all-Christian faculty and pluralistic student body are distinctive features of the DGP, which consists of both a PsyD program at the Azusa Campus as well as an MA program in Azusa and three Regional Centers. Systemic theory and a systems epistemology inform the infrastructure of the doctoral curriculum, which is organized around a practitioner-scholar model emphasizing seven NCSPP core competencies in psychology as well as three distinctive cross-cutting competencies in intradisciplinary integration, systems theory, and diversity. An overview of spiritual formation training is provided, including descriptions of key courses and extra-curricular offerings. The DGP focuses on both content and process elements of training and formation, taking an intentionally narrative-experiential methodological approach in order to facilitate deep learning. Faculty, student, and alumni narrative perspectives are included. The article concludes with a discussion of future directions regarding spiritual formation training in the department of graduate psychology at APU as well as within the wider community of Christian doctoral programs that share a common vision for integration and spiritual formation.
- Subjects
AZUSA Pacific University; ACADEMIC departments; GRADUATE psychology education; DOCTORAL programs; CHRISTIAN college teachers; CORE competencies; SYSTEMS theory; SPIRITUAL formation
- Publication
Journal of Psychology & Christianity, 2013, Vol 32, Issue 4, p291
- ISSN
0733-4273
- Publication type
Article