News And Events

Assistant Professor of Homiletics Named

Students Explore Cross-Cultural Trips

Prospective Students Visit Campus March 12-13

Event Addresses the Future of Christian Education

Seminary Hosts Community Open House

WMI Holds Mission Conference March 19-20

Lectures Explore Theological Education and Ministry

Environmental Justice and the City

 

Spirituality and Psychology

Pittsburgh Theological Seminary is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education credit for psychologists. The Seminary maintains responsibility for these programs and their content. Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Professional Counselors in Pennsylvania can receive continuing education credits for courses from continuing education providers approved by the American Psychological Association. Martha Robbins, Joan Marshall Associate Professor of Psychology and Spirituality at PTS, and Jon Spiegel, psychologist in private practice, are co-advisors to the program.
 

37 Beyond Mindfulness: Bon Buddhism's Insights into Psychologically Healthy Life

Lama Tempa Dukte, teacher of meditation and the Bon Buddhism system / This course will introduce participants to the psychological concepts and meditative practices of Bon Buddhism as they apply to clinical work with psychological difficulties. Various professionals in the fields of psychology and psychotherapy will help participants to articulate and apply specific techniques to enhance their own and their patients’ emotional stability and openness to psychological change. / Monday evenings, Oct. 5 – Nov. 9 / 7:00-9:00 p.m. / $185 / 12 CECs for psychologists, social workers, and therapists

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38 Depression, Desolation, and the Dark Night of the Soul

This program has been postponed.

Martha Robbins, Joan Marshall Associate Professor of Psychology and Spirituality at PTS; Lin Ewing, assistant professor of psychiatry, psychology, and pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine / The experiences of depression, or desolation, or spiritual darkness are painful mental, affective, and spiritual states. How we interpret these different yet possibly overlapping experiences makes affects our response to those experiencing them. This course will describe how these phenomena are viewed through several psychological lenses and by Christian, Jewish, and Buddhist spiritual traditions (presented by other leaders) in order to discern appropriate ways of responding to persons who may be experiencing one or more of them. / Fri., Feb. 19 / 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. / $95; $120 for CE credit for psychologists, social workers, and therapists (6 CECs)