INTRODUCING
A practical way to deeply connect
the dots between your identity as
a therapist and a Catholic.
Did your graduate school program prepare you to work as a Catholic therapist?
How did you feel when your first client with same sex attraction scheduled an appointment?
Are you confident in navigating multiple/dual relationships?
Do you know how to advise parents whose children are struggling with transgender issues? What do you say, for example, when a parent asks if they should call their child by their pronouns?
Do you know what to do when your client wants spiritual interventions? Your client has anti-religious sentiments? Your client’s need for spiritual deliverance is clear?
How do you proceed when a couple’s counseling appointment is made by a same sex couple?
How do you answer a spouse’s question about divorce? What about when he/she is married to a narcissist?
Do you want to have more than just your best guess
on how to answer these questions?
You’ve probably come up with your own way to handle these situations,
but we shouldn’t have to be alone trying to figure these things out.
If you are:
a licensed psychotherapist
faithful to the teachings of the Catholic Church
wondering if there is more you could do to integrate a Catholic worldview with the therapy you practice
then you’ll definitely be interested in what we’re creating!
We’ve brought together some of the best trailblazers and thought leaders of Catholic Psychology to provide a coherent vision for what it means exactly to be a Catholic therapist.
In fact, we’re proposing something even bigger - a unified vision for a
Catholic Standard of Mental Health.
INTRODUCING CATHOLICPSYCH'S
Fellowship
for Catholic Mental Health Professionals
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
St. John Paul II’s meta-model of the human person
The fundamental reality of all creation and its influence on how we’re created, wounded, and healed
Psychospiritual Developmental Phases of the Person
How the Theology of the Body, Gender, and Catholic teaching on the Family play into every therapy session with Catholics and non-Catholics alike
The proper understanding of self, parts, self-awareness, and interiority in flourishing
Catholic professional identity, boundaries, and frame
A Catholic approach to Trauma, Resilience, Diversity
The proper distinction between therapy, spiritual direction, and coaching
How narrative, meaning, and systems fit with Catholic anthropology
Coherent case conceptualization based on this Catholic worldview integrating faith, science, and reason.
A consistent model to discern what is both positive and what might be missing from secular approaches such as Attachment Theory, IFS, CBT, EMDR, Positive Psychology, Trauma Informed Care, or anything else that emerges
It’s time for a cohesive and unified approach to Catholic psychology to make sure you are utilizing the best Catholic practices in a clinical context.
You can deeply connect the dots between your identity
as a therapist and a Catholic in a practical way.
There are so many different approaches to Catholic therapy
if faith, reason and science are integrated.
Especially when you consider
Spirituality - Ignatian, Benedictine, Franciscan, Carmelite, Trappist, Cistercian, Salesian, etc
Philosophy - Thomistic, Augustinian, Bonaventurian, Phenomenology, or Personalism
Specific Approaches to Psychology - humanistic, depth/ego, interpersonal or psychodynamic, CBT, EMDR, IFS, Schema, etc.
How do we make sense of all this?
And is there a consistent thread that runs through all of it to make sense of being a Catholic therapist?
The answer is yes.
Our world is so disintegrated that what has been handed down until now seems fractured and chaotic.
If we go back to the roots, and start from an integrated perspective of the human person, we can create a cohesive and unified foundation for what it means to be a Catholic therapist.
That’s the purpose of our Fellowship.