Research

Research proves to be one of the most vital components of the department. The Programs continue to be at the center of the contemporary pastoral counseling movement and Ph.D. candidates are constantly making major contributions to groundbreaking research in the field. Faculty members continually publish scholarly articles and have published over 20 books including some of the major works in the field. The books published have been on three levels: for the professional, as a course text, and for adult readership. The topics have included: psychopathology, spirituality, counseling, research, referral, mariology, health care, treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorders, clinical supervision, sexual abuse, and theology.

For a sampling of articles written by faculty, please see faculty biographies and their present areas of research. Many of the biographies will contain a downloadable .PDF file to an article for your review and reading. For a list of dissertation tiles, please click here.

Master’s of Art students in the Spiritual and Pastoral Care programs also produce an academic research thesis that is more practical to a given situation. For a list of these titles, please click here.