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This degree program prepares pastoral clinicians to provide therapeutic services in faith-based contexts. A multidisciplinary curriculum and peer learning groups are among the distinguishing characteristics of this degree.

Students in this program will find an understanding of pastoral counseling incorporating both the best of psychological theory and the riches of contemporary theology. They will find educational and spiritual approaches that combine both theory and practice. They will discover a vision of the counselor that reflects both individual and relational work, supportive and intensive therapies, psychological competence and theological congruence. And they will find a methodology that is consistently committed to the achievement of personal and professional integration.

In order to meet the current licensure requirements of the state of Illinois (LPC as a base for moving toward LCPC), and to respond to developing nationwide trends toward interstate licensure portability, while continuing to provide the integrative pastoral focus of Loyola’s MA Pastoral Counseling degree, the degree has moved to a three year, 60-hour design.

The Master's in Pastoral Counseling program can also be completed half time over four or five years. The half time student's curriculum is determined with their advisor.

A diverse number of internship sites are available from non-profits, governmental organizations, schools, counseling, mental health and faith-based sites. Students apply for these internships and are selected by the sites. Students may submit a site of their own choosing, but it must be approved by IPS.

Below is a sampling of some of the organizations where students in the MA in Pastoral Counseling program have recently completed their internships:

Access Community Health Network

Alexia Brothers Interfaith Parish Support Services

Asian Human Services

Chicago Lighthouse for People who are blind or Visually-Impaired

Christ the King Jesuit Preparatory School

Claret Center

Haymarket

Heartland Alliance Marjorie Kevlar Center

Am. Able Family Center

Isaiah Counseling Center

Life Works Psychotherapy Center, LLC

Lorene Replogle Counseling Center

Loyola University Medical Center

Loyola University Ministry

LUHS Department of Psychiatry

Marjorie Kevlar Center

Methodist Medical Center

Midwest Palliative

North Park University Counseling Center

North Shore Hospice

Providence Family Services

Rainbow Hospice

Rape Victim Advocates

St. Anthony Home

Turning Point Behavioral Health Care

United Stand Family Counseling Center

Vietnamese Association of Illinois

Wheaton Youth Outreach