American Association of Pastoral Counselors

Training Programs in Pastoral Counseling

This page contains a list of Pastoral Counseling Training Programs approved by the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, providing training in pastoral counseling and psychotherapy leading to certification by AAPC. For information about the training programs available, contact the individual centers below.

Training Programs are listed alphabetically by state or country. You may browse the list, or click on a state or country to go directly to that portion of the list:

AL CA GA IL IN IA KS KY KO LA MD MA MI MS MO NY NC TN TX VA

SC....Accredited Service Center
SCT..Accredited Service Center & Approved Training Program
T......Approved Training Program

THE PASTORAL INSTITUTE
2022 15th Avenue
Columbus, GA 31901-1608
706-649-6500
Fax: 706-649-6521
Email: smuse@pilink.org
Website: http://www.pilink.org
Ronald E. King, Ph.D., Executive Director
Stephen Muse, Ph.D., Director of Training
SCT

CARE AND COUNSELING CENTER OF GEORGIA
1814 Clairmont Road
Decatur, GA 30033-3405
404-636-1457
Fax: 404-636-7449
Email: info@cccgeorgia.org
Website: http://www.cccgeorgia.org
Charles M. Mendenhall, III, Ph.D., Executive Director
Paul (Skip) Johnson, Ph.D., Director of Training
SCT

FAMILY LIFE CHAPLAIN TRAINING CENTER
Bldg. 2606 Dixie Road
Fort Benning, GA 31905
706-545-1760
Fax: 706-545-5254
Email: thomas.waynick@benning.army.mil
Thomas C. Waynick, Chaplain, LTC, US Army
SCT

CENTER FOR RELIGION AND PSYCHOTHERAPY OF CHICAGO
30 N. Michigan Avenue, #1920
Chicago, IL 60602
312-263-4368
Fax: 312-263-4382
Email: crpchicago@aol.com
Website: http://www.crpchicago.com
Timothy O'Connell, President of the Board
Catherine Burris-Schnur, D.Min., Co-Director of Training
Celia Brickman, Ph.D., Co-Director of Training
SCT

GARRETT-EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
2121 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60201
847-866-3936
Fax: 847-866-3957
Email: barbara.bright@garrett.edu
Website: http://www.garrett.edu
Dwight H. Judy, Ph.D., Director of D.Min. and Spiritual Formation Programs
David A. Hogue, Ph.D., Coordinator, Pastoral Counseling Track
Barbara Bright, Program Administrator
T

THE KENTUCKIANA PASTORAL COUNSELING CONSORTIUM, INC.
P.O. Box 2294
Clarksville, IN 47131
812-283-8383
Email: eremilazzotto@aol.com
Website: http://www.oates.org
Courtney E. Land, D.Min., President
Elizabeth R. Milazzotto, D.Min., Vice President
Willard D. Sapp, D.Min., Training Director
T

CHRISTIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
1000 West 42nd Street
Indianapolis, IN 46208
317-924-5205
Fax: 317-931-2393
Email: ctscounseling@cts.edu
Website: http://www.cts.edu/
Brian W. Grant, Ph.D., Director
Felicity B. Kelcourse, Ph.D., Director of Pastoral Counseling Training
Flora B. Bryant, Ph.D., Interim Clinical Director
T

DES MOINES PASTORAL COUNSELING CENTER
2929 Westown Parkway
Suite 110
West Des Moines, IA 50312
515-274-4006
Fax: 515-255-5697
Email: info@dmpcc.org
Website: http://www.dmpcc.org
Ellery H. Duke, Ph.D., Executive Director
J. Jeffrey Means, Ph.D., Director of Professional Education
Jeanne Schossow, Business Manager
SCT

COUNSELING AND MEDIATION CENTER, INC.
200 W. Douglas
Suite 560
Wichita, KS 67202
316-269-2322
Fax: 316-269-2448
Email: counselingandmediation@yahoo.com
Website: www.counselingandmediation.org
Doug Morphis, D.Min., Executive Director & Director of Training
Robert Eades, CPE Supervisor
SCT

LOUISVILLE PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
1044 Alta Vista Road
Louisville, KY 40205-1096
502-992-9363
Fax: 502-895-1096
Email: wclark@lpts.edu
Website: www.lpts.edu
Wayne Clark, D.Min., Director, Marriage and Family Program
Loren L. Townsend, Ph.D., Director of Pastoral Counseling Training
Becky Timberding, Administrative Assistant to Director, MFT program
T

KOREA PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOTHERAPY INSTITUTE (KPPI)
401 BM Bldg.,
891-51 Daechi-Dong,
Gangnam-Gu,
Seoul 135-280 Korea
822-549-5909
Fax: 882-544-3941
Email: kiccp@unitel.co.kr
Website: http://seoultherapy.Joongang21.co.kr
Steve Sangakwon Shim, Ph.D., Executive Director
Hwang In Ho, Ph.D., Director of Training
SCT

LOYOLA COLLEGE PASTORAL COUNSELING DEPARTMENT
8890 McGaw Road
Suite 380
Columbia, MD 21045
410-617-7620
Fax: 410-617-7644
Email: jciarrocchi@loyola.edu
Website: http://www.loyola.edu/pastoralcounseling/
Joseph W. Ciarrocchi, Ph.D., Chair
Kevin Gillespie, SJ, Ph.D., Director of Training
David Newton, Director of Academic Operations
T

SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN
29887 West Eleven Mile Road
Farmington Hills, MI 48336-1309
248-474-4701
Fax: 248-474-1518
Email: info@samaritancounselingmichigan.com
Website: http://www.samaritancounselingmichigan.com
Paul J. Melrose, D.Min., LMFT, Executive Director
Patricia A. McCluskey, Ph.D., D.Min., Director of Training
SCT

CARE AND COUNSELING, INC.
12141 Ladue Road
St. Louis, MO 63141
314-878-4340
Fax: 314-878-4524
Email: DKuhn@careandcounseling.org
Website: http://www.careandcounseling.org
Dale R. Kuhn, S.T.M., Executive Director
John Perry, M.A., Director of Clinical Services
SCT

SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER OF MISSISSIPPI BAPTIST HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.
1225 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39202-2415
601-992-9960
Fax: 601-974-6260
Email: bclick@mbmc.org
Barry C. Click, D.Min., Director of Training
SCT

CAROLINA INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL PASTORAL TRAINING
5203 Sharon Road
Charlotte, NC 28210
704-554-9900
Fax: 704-554-9956
Website: http://www.presbyteriansamaritan.org
Susan MacDonald Roddey, Clinical Director
Louis Reed, D.Min., Director of Training
SCT

BLANTON-PEALE INSTITUTE
3 West 29th Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10001
212-725-7850
Fax: 212-689-3212
Email: infoblantonpeale@blantonpeale.org
Website: www.blantonpeale.org
David Leeming, Ph.D., President                                                                                                              Susan P. Chrystal, M.Div., Director of Training and Admissions
SCT

THE WESTCHESTER INSTITUTE FOR TRAINING IN PSYCHOANALYSIS AND PSYCHOTHERAPY
66 Main Street
Bedford Hills, NY 10507
914-666-0163
Fax: 914-666-0390
Email: info@westchesterinstitute.org
Website: http://www.westchesterinstitute.org
Elisabeth McDonald, M.S., President
Jennifer R. Harper, M.Div., Director of Training
T

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
Office of Grad. School of Religion & Religious Education
441 E. Fordham Road
Keating Hall 307
Bronx, NY 10458-9993
718-817-4800
Fax: 718-817-3352
Website: http://www.fordham.edu
Kirk A. Bingaman, Ph.D., Director of Pastoral Counseling & Spiritual Care
T

PASTORAL COUNSELING AND CONSULTATION CENTERS OF TENNESSEE
100 Vine Ct.
Nashville, TN 37205-2052
615-383-2115
Fax: 615-383-1879
Website: http://www.PastoralCounselingCtrs.org
Christopher O’Rear, M. Div., Clinical Services Director
Bruce Vaughn, Ph.D., Training Director
SCT

FAMILY LIFE CHAPLAIN TRAINING & RESOURCE CENTER AT FORT HOOD
Commander HHC, USAG
ATTN: Garrison Chap.(FLCTRC)
Bldg. 44, 761st Tank Destroyer
Fort Hood, TX 76544-5001
254-288-1757
Fax: 254-288-1850
Email: stephen.demien@hood.army.mil
Stephen.Demien, M.Div., Chaplain, (LtCol), US Army
SCT

PASTORAL CARE AND TRAINING CENTER
Brite Divinity School
TCU Box 298130
Fort Worth, TX 76129
817-257-7573
Fax: 817-257-5520
Email: PastoralCare@tcu.edu
Website: http://www.brite.tcu.edu/pastoralcare
Zorina Costello-Prewitt, D. Min., Director
Nancy J. Gorsuch, Ph.D., Co-Director of Training, Prof. of Pastoral Theology
Nancy J. Ramsay, Ph.D., Co-Director of Training, Dean & Exec. Vice President
SCT

KRIST SAMARITAN CENTER FOR COUNSELING AND EDUCATION
17555 El Camino Real
Houston, TX 77058
281-480-7554
Fax: 281-480-4641
Email: info@samaritanhouston.org
Website: http://www.samaritanhouston.org
Gerald J. DeSobe, Ph.D., Executive Director
Donald Cole, D.Min., Director of Education
SCT

ECUMENICAL CENTER FOR RELIGION AND HEALTH
8310 Ewing Halsell Drive
San Antonio, TX 78229-3175
210-616-0885
Fax: 210-616-0845
Email: mail@ecrh.org
Website: http://www.ecrh.org
Paul A. Parks, D.Min., Executive Director
Royce Calhoun, Ph.D., Clinical Director
SCT

EASTERN MENNONITE UNIVERSITY MA in Counseling Program
1200 Park Road
Harrisonburg, VA 22802
540-432-4243
Fax: 540-432-4598
Email: glanzerd@emu.edu
Website: http://www.emu.edu
P.David Glanzer, Ph.D., Director
T

TIDEWATER PASTORAL COUNSELING SERVICES
800 Colonial Avenue
Norfolk, VA 23507
757-623-2700
Fax: 757-640-1058
Email: bill@tidewaterpastoral.org
Website: http://www.tidewaterpastoral.org
William C. Hedrick, D.Min., Executive Director
Ellen Comstock, Director of Training
SCT

THE VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF PASTORAL CARE
2000 Bremo Road
Suite 105
Richmond, VA 23226
804-282-8332
Fax: 804-288-4558
Email: vip.care@verizon.net
Website: http://www.vipcare.org/
W. Victor Maloy, D.Min., Executive Director
Mary Fran Hughes-McIntyre, D.Min., Director of Education
SCT