About the PhD Program
The Mission Statement of the PhD Counselor Education and Supervision Program
The PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision trains professionals to integrate Christian faith into their multifaceted roles as a counselor educators. We develop skilled professionals, who in their awareness and development of self, are compassionate, competent, and take responsibility for engaging those whom they serve in culturally relevant and responsive ways. Students acquire knowledge and skills to contribute and influence the professional domains of clinical counseling, counselor education, supervision, research, leadership, advocacy, and the integration of faith in professional practice.
PhD Counselor Education and Supervision Program Objectives (PO’s)
The PhD Counselor Education and Supervision program will:
- Equip students with advanced knowledge and skills in counseling theories and counseling practice to serve a culturally diverse society.
- Prepare students to articulate and demonstrate their preferred model of clinical supervision that is culturally relevant and responsive.
- Train students in evidence-based models of adult learning for work with diverse clients, students, and organizations.
- Equip students to critically evaluate and select, design, and execute quantitative and qualitative research relevant to counseling and counselor education.
- Prepare students to engage as leaders and advocates regarding current sociopolitical and social justice issues within the counseling profession on a programmatic, institutional, state, regional, and national level.
- Train students to ethically integrate spirituality into their work as counselor educators.
Earn your degree online with the benefit from our yearly on-site residency component.
The PhD in Counseling Education and Supervision is designed to be completed primarily online to fit with your needs and lifestyle. You will learn as a cohort with other colleagues in a highly interactive and relational learning experience where faculty provide high-touch and personal instruction—whether you are online or on campus. Each year you will spend time on campus deepening connections and engaging face-to-face with faculty and peers for meaningful academic, personal, and professional development.
Expert faculty committed to your success
Our distinguished Denver Seminary faculty represent a wide range of practical, clinical counseling experiences, extensive supervision knowledge and practice, and nationally-recognized teaching expertise. They model these counseling, supervision, and teaching principles, and illustrate how they practically integrate their faith in the counseling field. They are here to support the students’ growth and education every step of the way.
Integration of faith
Denver Seminary believes integration is not just a course student’s take, but something they embody. Our counseling PhD curriculum has intentionally integrated many aspects of theology, hermeneutics, spiritual formation, and biblical interpretation into every course throughout the program. In all courses, students are given opportunity to connect and apply doctrine and theology to the study and work of counseling.
Grow through personalized mentored formation
At Denver Seminary we seek to provide a holistic approach to education and training where students are developed not only intellectually, but also spiritually and personally. As the primary instrument in counseling, the counselor must be a whole and healthy person, known by their deep character, professional skill, and knowledge. These cannot be learned solely in an academic classroom. The Personal Formation (PF) process exists to create the context where Counselor Education and Supervision PhD students grow in spiritual formation and character through guided mentored relationships.