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Premise: Where you train to pursue your LPC is crucial to your formation as a counselor/therapist.

Stats

• Covenant Seminary is an accredited graduate school offering a competitive and sought after degree in the metro St. Louis area
• Each incoming class is 50-55 students
• Covenant Seminary's MAC program is 64 credit hours or 3 years full time
• Rooted in the tradition of the historic Protestant Reformed church

Just Stats?

• Theories and techniques for counseling? Sure.
• Crossing T's and dotting I's to make sure you can get licensed? Definitely.
• But what about who you are as a counselor? Or even further, who you will become in your preparation to be a counselor?

Counseling at CTS

• The first 2 years you will engage in intensive coursework in theology and counseling
• Year 3 is the crucial cornerstone to your experience at Covenant
• Year 3 - The Internship Year

Counseling at CTS

• Site placement
• Weekly one-on-one supervision
• Weekly group meetings with supervision and debriefing
• Deconstruction and Reconstruction
• What does that mean??

The Real Difference

• Theories and techniques are a necessary but not sufficient condition of effective counseling
• Who are YOU and who are you becoming? A counselor must have walked through his or her own story to walk with others through theirs

The Real Difference

• Our faculty
• Drs. Winter, Zink, Powell, and others
• What these men and women will do with you and for you will change your life
• You will be prepared to counsel with skill and empathy

Placement

• BJC Healthcare
• Firstlight
• Epworth Children's Services
• Mercy Hospitals
• Crossroads Christian Counseling
• Sunshine Ministries
• Many others...

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