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.
Program Format
The Doctor of Ministry Clinical Counselling and Psychotherapy Track is a cohort model, with some sequenced courses. Students will complete 12 courses within 3 years, with distance learning and residency phases each year.
- The distance learning phase includes reading, writing, research, reflection, application, and collaboration primarily supported by teachers, personal growth coaches, and research portfolio advisors.
- The residency phase – two weeks in June and one week in January – includes worship and prayer, lectures, plenary discussions, group activities, small group meetings, and individual work.
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.
Courses
Year A
- DMCC 0941 Integration Overview /Person of the Therapist
- DMCC 0901 Integration of Faith and Psychology
- DMCC 0903 Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
- DMCC 0904 Grief, Bereavement, and Coping with Loss
Year B
- DMCC 0902 Case Conceptualization and Design
- DMCC 0905 Advanced Couples Counselling
- DMCC 0906 Experiential Therapies
- DMCC 0942 Integration Proposal
Year C
- DMCC 0943 Clinical Field Project
- DMCC 0907 Methods & Treatment in Trauma and Resilience
- DMCC 0908 Deepening Cultural Competency
- DMCC 0947 Integration Portfolio
Faculty & Instructors
Ava Oleson
Associate Professor of Counselling
aoleson@tyndale.ca | 2270
Building on over twenty-five years in Higher Education, Marriage and Family Therapy, Leadership Development, and Pastoral Ministry, Dr. Ava Oleson served as the Doctor of Ministry Program Coordinator and Associate Professor of Leadership Studies & Counseling at Evangel University. She brings to the role an extensive background in counselling, leadership, systems thinking, education, and integration.
Dr. Bradley Simpson
Dr. Brad Simpson is an assistant professor and director of the Bachelor of Social Work program at Southern Utah University. Brad specializes in working with couples, families, and adolescents in acute inpatient, intensive outpatient, and residential settings. He is intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and provides training for mental health professionals across the United States. He is the director of research and development at Sunrise Residential Treatment Center and the founder and owner of 3rd Wave Counseling and Consulting.
Dr. Cameron Lee
Dr. Cameron Lee has been a member of the Marriage and Family program faculty at Fuller Theological Seminary since 1986. While teaching marriage and family studies courses on the Fuller campus, he also speaks off-campus as a Certified Family Life Educator. He is a licensed Family Wellness Trainer and a member of the National Council on Family Relations. Dr. Lee is also a teaching pastor and licensed minister in the congregation where he is a member. He teaches and preaches regularly in church settings, often on topics related to family life and relationships.
Helen Noh
Dr. Noh’s area of specialization in both clinical practice and research is in the area of marriage and family therapy. She completed her internship at Glen Roberts Child Study Center and Verdugo Mental Health in Southern California. Her areas of research interest include applied psychology and counselling with an emphasis on the integration of psychology, theology and spirituality.
Kern Stanberry
Kern has served as the coordinator/director of Tyndale’s MDiv Counselling Major Internship program since 2012 and has been an instructor for various counselling courses in the program. Kern also operates a private counselling practice and has served, in various capacities, in a number of publicly funded counselling organizations throughout the greater Toronto area. He is a registered psychotherapist and a registered marriage and family therapist.
Larissa Rossen
Dr. Rossen serves as an Assistant Professor in the MA Counselling Psychology Program at Trinity Western University. Her research interests span the early developmental years and focus on perinatal mental health, perinatal loss and grief, maternal identity, maternal attachment and bonding, emotional availability, family systems, and development. Dr. Rossen is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, her primary approach to counselling is psychodynamic with a focus on attachment and internal family systems.
Susan Ellfeldt
Dr. Susan Ellfeldt has been an Assistant Professor in the counselling program at Tyndale Seminary since 2003. In 2018 she became the Counselling program Coordinator and gives overall direction to the Counselling major. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist with over 30 years of experience working with individuals, couples, and families, and she has worked in Christian and secular agency settings and in private practice in both California and Ontario.