

Pastoral Care Specialist Training Programs
Pastoral Care Specialist Programs
PASTORAL CARE SPECIALIST COURSES
Pastoral Care Specialist approved training programs are offered by agencies and individuals that provide training in pastoral care/counseling for the Pastoral Care Specialist category of membership. Pastoral Care Specialist (PCS) is a non-certified category of membership for those who have received training and are continuing in consultation for their pastoral care in congregations and institutions. The Pastoral Care Specialist category is designed for pastors, students and lay pastoral caregivers.
COLORADO
INSTITUTE FOR LIFE & CAREMary Ann Van Buskirk, Director of Training
7935 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 111
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
720-506-4210
Email: info@lifeandcare.org
Website: http://www.lifeandcare.org
CONNECTICUT
ST. FRANCIS ACADEMY FOR CLINICAL PASTORAL TRAINING
Marcus M. McKinney, D.Min.,LPC
114 Woodland Street
Hartford, CT 06105
860-714-4183
Fax: 860-714-8004
Email: mmckinne@stfranciscare.org
Website: http://www.saintfranciscare.com/pastoralCounselingTraining.aspx
Marcus M. McKinney, D.Min, LPC, Executive Director
IOWA:
DES MOINES PASTORAL COUNSELING CENTER
8553 Urbandale Ave.
Urbandale, IA 50322
515-274-4006
Fax: 515-255-5697
Email: info@dmpcc.org
Website: http://www.dmpcc.org
Executive Director: Ellery H. Duke, Ph.D. eduke@dmpcc.org
Director of Professional Education: Lisa Streyffeler, Ph.D. lstreyffeler@dmpcc.org
Business Manager: Jeanne Schossow jschossow@dmpcc.org
INDIANA:
DR. PT WILSON, FIRST MONDAY
423 Glenview
Greencastle, IN 46135
765-655-1545
Email: drptwilson@aol.com
Training Director: Dr., PT Wilson
KANSAS:
200 W. Douglas, Suite 560
Wichita, KS 67202
(316)-269-2322
Email: counselingandmediation@yahoo.com
Executive Director: Michael Nichols, LSCSW
Training Director: Doug Morphis, D. Min.
NEW YORK:
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
Pastoral Care and Counseling, Keating Hall, Room 303
Bronx, NY 10458
(718) 817-4800
Email: bingaman@fordham.edu
Executive Director: C. Colt Anderson
Training Director: Kirk Bingaman
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NE PASTORAL CARE SPECIALIST PROGRAM-LAURENCE HECKSCHER
15 Ermer Road
Salem, NH 03079
603-890-6767 ext 122
Email: heckscher@nepastoral.org
Executive Director: Aaron Pawelek
Training Director: Laurence Heckscher, D.Min
PASTORAL CARE MISSION CENTER (PCMC)
1731 Prospect Avenue
East Meadow, NY 11554
(917)601-2504
Email: mokdolsun@gmail.com
Executive Director: Dr. Miriam Koo
Training Director: Dr. Penny Gadzini
ONLINE:
JANICE HODGE, D.MIN.
ONLINE PROGRAM
1525 E. 53rd St., Suite 410
Chicago, IL 60615
773-752-4769
773-409-2368
Email: janhodge@msn.com
Website: http://www.jchodge.com/
PENNSYLVANIA
DAVID ALEXANDER
10 Hollow Road
Levittown, PA 19056
(215) 693-6602
Email: david.w.a.alexander@gmail.com
Training Director: David Alexander
TEXAS:
BARRY CLICK
Threads of Hope
2499 South Capital of Texas Highway
Suite A-200
Austin, TX 78746
Phone: 512-215-0760
Email: Clickclickon@bellsouth.net
VIRGINIA:
VALLEY PASTORAL COUNSELING CENTER, INC.
300 Chestnut Avenue
Waynesboro, VA 22980-4702
540-943-8722
Fax: 540-943-5068
Email: pastoral@intelos.net
Website: http://www.valleypastoral.org
C. Alan Melton, D.Min., LPC, Clinical Director
Emilie S. Friedland, MA, LMFT, Executive Director
PO Box 215 - - 64 Sports Medicine Drive
Fishersville, VA 22939
540-932-4179
Email: mwestebbe@augustahealth.com
Website: http://www.augustahealth.com
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