Courses & Events

We are excited to offer new training and networking opportunities for Mental Health Professionals, Pastors, and other Christian Caregivers!

CPI Spring 2025 Retreat

Søren Kierkegaard’s Thought and Its Relevance to Psychology, Counseling, and the Christian Faith, with C. Stephen Evans

CPI will hold an academic retreat in Louisville, Kentucky, May 29-30, 2025, featuring world-renowned Christian philosopher and Kierkegaard scholar C. Stephen Evans.

Event Information
This event is especially aimed at scholars, academics, therapists, pastors, and laypeople interested in exploring the Christian philosophy and psychology of Søren Kierkegaard. Attendees will deepen their understanding of Kierkegaard's work and its relevance to psychology, the care of souls, and the Christian life.

Secure your spot today for this enriching experience and time of fellowship with others interested in Christian psychology and clinically informed pastoral and biblical counseling!

Registration Cost: $300

Worldview Course Starting Friday Afternoon, June 20

Worldviews, Ethics, & Distinctly Christian Therapy

Course Description
A worldview (WV) is the usually implicit set of beliefs, loves, ethics, practices, and possibilities that is assumed in a complex culture or community that grounds and guides its life and activity. Therapy is an activity especially shaped by WV assumptions, and modern therapy reflects the assumptions of its secular WV. So, to do distinctly Christian therapy in our day, Christian therapists need at least a basic understanding of a Christian WV and its secular counterpart. This course focuses on the WV foundation that undergirds all therapy models, the differences between secular and Christian WVs, and how therapy ethics reflects the assumptions of one's WV community.

Course Information
This is a live, online, short course that will be held every Friday, at 3-5pm EST, beginning on June 20 and ending on July 25, 2025, and will last two hours each time, including some Q & A.

Course Cost: $200

Summer 2025 CCT Intensive

Level 1 Certification in Christ-Centered Therapy

Introduction to Christ-Centered Therapy: CCT Basics, Establishing a Safe Haven, and Becoming Oneself in Christ

This intensive will meet over five consecutive days, Thursday thru Monday, 9 AM to 6 PM (EST). Eric L. Johnson, PhD, will be your instructor for this Level 1 Intensive through teaching, discussion, experiential exercises, and small groups.

This includes a summary of a Christian worldview framework, including the Christian story, and the priority of narrative, experience, and relationship in CCT, especially the relationship with a therapist; and the main practical skills and interventions of CCT, which render Jesus more accessible.

While this is primarily for experienced licensed mental health professionals, non-licensed persons with comparable graduate education and training in counseling or a related field and/or commensurate experience are encouraged to email admin@christianpsychinstitute.org.

Course Information
This Intensive can be experienced in person in Louisville, KY, or online.  

Intensive Cost: $1000

Cross Your Heart Conference

CPI is a proud sponsor of the Cross Your Heart Conferences. These one-day gatherings for pastors, therapists, and lay counselors are an opportunity to renew your faith. Join with others in the Christian caregiving community and be encouraged!

To request more information or to bring Cross Your Heart to your community, click the link below.
MASTERCLASS
Christ-Centered Therapy

Join Eric L Johnson, PhD for this revolutionary new multi-part course from CPI Publications!


A New Credential

Pursue your Credential in Christ-Centered Therapy through the Christian Psychology Institute.

Register now for new courses and intensives!


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