DMU Announces 2022 Commencement Exercises
We are happy to announce Graduation 2022 will be held in-person at The Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, VA. If you are making travel plans, we have a few tips to help get ready.
Global Campus Faculty Highlights for 2024
Robin Treptow MSP Publications: Treptow, R. L. & Feder, J. (2024). Trisomy 21: An overview for child psychiatrists. The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report. Solicited manuscript for January 2024 publication). Treptow, R. L. (2024). Addressing implicit bias: Trisomy 21. The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report. Solicited manuscript for January 2024 publication). Presentations: Treptow, R. L. (2024, August…
Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program Granted CACREP Accreditation
Affirms the Excellence of Our Program STERLING, VIRGINIA (August, 2023) – The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP), a specialized accrediting body recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), has granted accreditation to the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program in the School of Counseling at Divine Mercy University. “This…
God Nourishing Through Spiritual Direction: Amazement and Wonder at God’s Action in the Soul
Spiritual direction provides a unique opportunity to come to know God’s action in the soul over time. By providing a forum to articulate our experience, spiritual direction teaches us to listen to the Lord and notice his action, which in turns generates a deeper wonder and amazement how the Lord is actively working in one’s…
Transference & Countertransference: Its Sacramental Side
The human sciences offer meaningful insights into the sacred work on spiritual direction. By virtue of creation and the Incarnation, all things human are meant to be graced and sanctified, finding their telos in Christ. This is precisely why the human sciences can be helpful in spiritual development. In psychology, we discover insights, even if…
Divine Mercy University’s Psy.D. Students Earn APA Accredited Internship Placement
Seven out of eight Psy.D.students at Divine Mercy University who participated in the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) Phase 1 pre-doctoral application process matched with an APA-accredited site.
“Styles” of Spiritual Direction with Insights of Human Sciences
The Lord desires an intimate, personal relationship with each of us. He never stops calling us into that deep relationship, and as we learn to attune our hearts to the voice of the Lord, we deepen our union with him. “God never ceases to draw man to himself” (CCC 27) Spiritual direction is a great…
Memory, Identity, and Spiritual Direction
Memory is in the plan of God. It is meant to be able to shape our identity as sons and daughters of God. What is memory? The memory is not just stored data or facts. Memory in the human sense is a lingering experience. Because we exist in time, that is, we are born, we…
Who becomes a spiritual director?
The gift of spiritual direction is a gift to the whole people of God, the Church. Christ calls some of his faithful to serve as spiritual directors so as to accompany others in their journey toward union with him. This call is both a gift and a task to be taken up for the sake…
DMU Applies for CACREP Accreditation
The Divine Mercy University School of Counseling officially submitted an application and self-study for accreditation of it’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling degree program to the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) on October 4, 2021.