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Program Goals
The goals for the Pastoral Counselor Training Program are:
- To graduate pastoral counselors capable of offering a high level of clinical competence and human compassion for persons, families, communities and cultures
- To graduate pastoral counselors who evidence care and respect for the uniqueness of people, along with a personal and professional integration of theology and resources drawn from the psychotherapeutic, marriage and family disciplines and their respective faith traditions
- To graduate pastoral counselors who have undergone a process of pastoral identity formation sufficient to ensure responsible use of self in ministry in accordance with professional, legal and ethical guidelines
- To graduate pastoral counselors who can conceptualize, articulate and live out their pastoral vocation in the context of the church, professional world and community of diverse cultures.
- To work together with instructors of higher learning to provide opportunities for qualified students to earn an advanced degree and/or obtain specialized training in the ministry of pastoral care and counseling, family therapy or supervision
- To provide pastoral counselors-in-training a program with sufficient supervisory and theological content to qualify for both entry and advanced levels of membership in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors
- To provide family therapists-in-training a program with sufficient supervisory and theological content to qualify for both levels of membership in the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy as well as state licensure as professional counselors.
- To provide individuals in specialized tracks, such as adult and preventive education, an opportunity to learn in a setting that emphasizes theological integration in the context of personal and professional growth
- To provide an interdisciplinary framework for training through which residents may gain first-hand experience with various perspectives on the human person and healing, learn to interact and converse with professionals from other disciplines and qualify for professional licensure
Resident and fellow refer to students in full-time training. Intern and extern refer to individuals enrolled in these programs or clergy enrolled in the Pastoral Care Specialist Program. Trainee is a generic term that encompasses all of the above. If you have questions, please contact us at training@pilink.org.
Programs Offered
We offer several types of programs. Choose from residency, internship, externship, advanced training, fellowship in family or pastoral counseling, individual supervision contracts and specialized programs.
To assure consistency with a programmatic educational philosophy, every student being supervised by a member of the training faculty will be registered in the training program. Students and supervisors are accountable to program policies, procedures and overall supervision structure.
Residency is a full-time, two-year program that prepares students to be professional, pastoral counselors. For academically prepared individuals, residency is designed to meet all training requirements for AAMFT clinical membership, LPC state licensure, AAPC certification and/or Pastoral Care Specialist.
Internship is a one, two or three year part-time program for individuals unable to enter full-time residency. It is designed to meet requirements for completion of university degree programs and/or for AAMFT clinical membership and AAPC membership. Preparation for either AAPC member or fellow is possible depending upon prior experience and program length. Additional years of internship may be requested.
Externship is a one, two or three year program for those who have a counseling placement outside of the Pastoral Institute. Externs provide their own caseload in a setting apart from the Pastoral Institute. Externship may provide all requirements for AAMFT clinical membership or AAPC membership depending upon prior experience, size of caseload and length of program.
Advanced training in family or pastoral counseling can be designated for second-year residents or third-year interns and externs by petitioning the faculty. Advanced standing is granted to residents who have fulfilled all requirements of the first year of training (interns and externs, second year) and have demonstrated by the end of their first year that they are operating at a level of competency expected by AAMFT clinical members or AAPC members. Graduation with advanced training requires a research project that is negotiated with the training director.
Fellowship in family or pastoral counseling provides certain students a program of study designed in consultation with the training director. Usually, advanced Fellows have specific areas of learning identified for intensive integrational work or are focusing on a particular dimension of clinical competence. A substantial integrational paper or research project is required for successful completion. Entrance into fellowship assumes completion of a two-year residency or its equivalent.
Individual supervision contract provides a flexible means for individuals to continue in professional growth by utilizing the wealth of resources available through the Pastoral Institute's training program. Supervision may qualify for professional certification depending upon the certifying discipline. AAPC fellows training for diplomate or AAMFT clinical members training to be an approved supervisor may enroll in this program.
Specialized programs such as the Pastoral Care Specialist Program, as well as graduate practicums in family therapy or pastoral counseling, are designed by the Training Director and Training Faculty when regional or local needs are recognized. We are able to offer extended training opportunities regionally as contracted.
If you have questions, please contact us at training@pilink.org.
Commitment to AAPC Code of Ethics and Inclusive Language Policy
The Pastoral Counselor Training Program is devoted to empowering the fullest possible psychosocial, spiritual and interpersonal health for persons. We are committed to and guided by the Code of Ethics of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors and other relevant professional codes, whichever is most comprehensive. Faculty seek to relate to trainees and one another in ways that foster trust and respect for the uniqueness and belovedness-to-God of all persons.
If you have questions, please contact us at training@pilink.org.
Faculty Information
Faculty participating in the Pastoral Counselor Training Program hold membership in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors as fellows or diplomats, are AAMFT clinical supervisors and/or are certified at a supervisory level by their discipline. Our faculty is multidisciplinary and comprised of men and women who have published, consulted and taught in the U.S. and internationally.
Current Faculty
Adjunct Faculty
If you have questions, please contact us at training@pilink.org.
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