Accreditation
WUV is certified by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) to grant BA, BS, M.R.E., MDiv., MCC, D.Min., and DCPC degrees. WUVis also accredited by Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA), and the Association of Theological Schools (ATS).Non-Discrimination Policy
WUV admits students without regard to race, color, physical disability, national or ethnic origin and accords all rights, privileges, programs and activities to all students at the university. However, some classes are taught in Korean so it is not advisable for those who are not proficient in Korean language to register for classes that are taught in Korean.Program Description
The purpose of the D.C.P.C. program is to advance clinically competent and spiritually mature leadership
in the field of Christian Counseling by equipping students with advanced knowledge and skills that integrate
counseling discipline with sound Christian doctrine. The program seeks to raise leadership and scholarship
among Christian counselors so that students may be prepared to serve in churches and other faith-based
organizations, as well as in secular places and practices to make meaningful community and global
contributions.
Mission
To educate and equip a diverse student body with the most advanced level of psychotherapy/counseling
knowledge and skills grounded in ethical principles to reach people effectively to bring healing and
restoration in them.
Objectives
Each graduate of the D.C.P.C. program will be able to:
- Model and interpret a series of methods of evaluating and comparing secular theories of psychotherapy from an evangelistic standpoint, synthesizing and applying a wide array of counseling theories from an integrated Christian Worldview.
- Assess, diagnose, and treat clients in broad range of age, gender, and race; treat mental disorders using multiple appropriate, biblically established counseling theories and techniques.
- Demonstrate a counseling process that is Bible-based, God-honoring, Christ-centered, and Spirit-powered, separate from a secular psychotherapy.
- Incorporate ethical and legal standards from the counseling field to justify one’s own observations of a client.
- Evaluate children, adolescents, couples and family clients in order to effectively determine treatments in accordance with a distinctly Christian worldview and established best practices.
- Evaluate diverse populations within a systems context in order to effectively determine appropriate treatments.
- Counseling Theories or Introduction to Christian Counseling (3 credits)
- Human Growth and Development (3 credits)
- Ethics of Counseling (3 credits)
- Psychology and Theology (3 credits)
- Group Counseling or Individual Counseling (3 credits)
- Systematic Theology (3 credits)
- Introduction to New Testament (3 credits)
- Introduction to Old Testament (3 credits)
- Practical Theology or its equivalent (3 credits)
- CNS 800 Integration of Theology and Psychology (3 credits)
- CNS 805 Applied Counseling Theories (3 credits)
- CNS 810 Counselor Spirituality and Identity (3 credits)
- CNS 825 Advanced Family Therapy (3 credits)
- CNS 835 Applied Research I (3 credits)
- CNS 850 Cognitive theory and Application (3 credits)
- CNS 855 Attachment Based Treatment (3 credits)
- CNS 860 Assessment and Treatment of Addictive Behaviors (3 credits)
- CNS 865 Advanced Psychopathology and Treatment (3 credits)
- CNS 877 Advanced Counseling Seminar (3 credits)
- CNS 880 Ministry of Counseling (3 credits); or CNS 883; CNS 886; CNS 889
- CNS 990 Dissertation Writing and Defense I (3 credits)
- CNS 999 Dissertation Writing and Defense II (3 credits)
Course
*Prerequisites* 0 credits
Counseling (Any 4 courses or their equivalents from the following courses)
Theology (Any 3 courses from the following courses)
Core Major Requirements 33 credits
Internship 3 credits
CNS 900 Internship in Counseling I (3 credits)
Dissertation Writing and Defense 6 credits