Education and Training

The Center offers a three-fold approach:

Educational programs for civic and church groups to help with life challenges
Consultation offered to assist clergy in their pastoral care and counseling responsibility
Training programs and clinical supervision for mental health professionals

Current Opportunities

"The Spirituality of Psychoanalysis and the Psychoanalysis of Spirituality"
A group of seminars, professional publications, and dialogues done by Dr. Abbott and funded by the Rapp Foundation and the Living Through His Word Foundation - For more information please call (405) 848-2181

Working with Religious and Spiritual Issues in Psychotherapy: Developing a Psychodynamic and Theological Listening Perspective - Speaker John McDargh, Ph.D. - Fall 1999
Bringing Psychotherapy and Spirituality Together: A Spirituality for Psychotherapists and Psychology from the Perspective of Spirituality - Speaker James Jones, Psy.D., Ph.D. - Fall 2000
Clinical Seminars in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy - Fall 2000, 2001, and 2002 - Dr. Chediak, Dr. Abbott
Integrity in the Intimate Hour: a Seminar in Ethics and Psychotherapy - Fall 2001 - Dr. Abbott
Seminar in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and the Integration of Spirituality into Psychodynamics - Fall 2003 - Dr. Abbott
The Interplay between the Spirituality of the Patient and the Spiritual Journey of the Therapist - Speaker Randy Sorenson - Spring 2003
Tuning the Instrument: Using the Self in Exploring the Relationship between Therapist and Client in the Sacred Space of Psychotherapy, Amarillo Texas, Fall 2004 - Dr. Abbott
The Shepherd and the Shrink and the Therapist and God , Oklahoma City, Fall 2006 - Dr. Abbott
The Shepherd and the Shrink, Amarillo TX, Fall 2007 - Dr. Abbott
The Shepherd and the Shrink Part II: Begin with the Case and the Journey into Presence, Oklahoma City, Spring 2008 - Dr. Abbott

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