Listening with Love and Praying with the Pope this World Mental Health Day
October 10th is World Mental Health Day. This year, the observance coincides with Pope Leo XIV’s October prayer intention for mental health ministry.
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“Called to Lead”: Groundbreaking Text Applies Catholic Anthropology to Leadership
In Called to Lead: Vocation, Virtue, and the Flourishing Leader Chris Ewing, PhD applies the same anthropology championed in the Catholic Christian Meta-Model of the Person to the field of Leadership Education.
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Saints of Divine Mercy University: Thérèse of Lisieux
October 1 is the Feast of Thérèse Martin, one of the eight prominent patrons of the University. Her story illustrates how grace assists in the work of mental health healing.
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DMU President Warns AI Is Deepening a Mental Health Crisis
Father Sikorsky, president of Divine Mercy University, warns of the dangers of AI in a report by OSV News’ correspondent Kimberley Heatherington.
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A Reaccreditation Celebration! PsyD Program Earns Maximum APA Reaccreditation
Divine Mercy University’s Psy.D. program has received a 10-year reaccreditation from the American Psychological Association (the maximum term APA grants). The community decided this was something worth celebrating.
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Over 25 Years of Forming Catholic Mental Health Professionals: Our 2025–26 Impact Report
For 27 years, Divine Mercy University has trained clinicians to see the whole person — mind, body, and soul. This year, that mission reached the U.S. Supreme Court, Harvard Medical School, and disaster zones from Los Angeles to Kenya.
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New from DMU: Presence+, Melete, and a 340-Video Library
Divine Mercy University’s Lifelong Learning Institute has grown. Three new resources are now open to prospective students, helping professionals, and the parishes and dioceses that support them. Presence+: Catholic mental health formation for everyone in the work of healing Presence+ takes the Catholic Christian Meta-Model of the Person — the anthropology behind DMU’s graduate degrees…
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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…
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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…
