The graduate programs in pastoral counseling and spiritual care at Loyola University Maryland offer a dynamic synthesis of scientific methodology and spiritual perspective. This holistic, integrated approach is designed to prepare students to meet both the psychological and spiritual needs of individuals, families, and organizations. Whether students are called to the department's diverse tracks in pastoral care, or to its one-of-a-kind professional counseling programs that graduate licensed counselors, researchers, supervisors, and trauma specialists, they join program  that has earned a global reputation as being unique, innovative, and academically stimulating.

Students who pursue a graduate degree in pastoral counseling or spiritual care gain the experience and insight needed to guide others effectively through the healing process, whatever the context. The graduate programs foster the formation of professional practitioners who are uniquely equipped to facilitate the healing of the whole person - mind, body, and spirit together.