Arlington, Virginia -- A new blog series in the national publication Psychology Today has invited participation from three distinguished faculty members from the Institute for Psychological Sciences (IPS). 

These faculty members will be providing the “Catholic” perspective on how faith is integrated with their approach to psychotherapy.  Participants include IPS Founder and Academic Dean Gladys M. Sweeney, Ph.D., founding faculty member and Chairman of the Psychology Department William J. Nordling, Ph.D., and Director of Integrative Studies Craig S. Titus, S.T.D. and Ph.D.

Throughout the blog series, called The Varieties of Religious Therapies, host Ryan Howes Ph.D., invites 14 therapists and researchers to respond to seven questions about how their faith informs their approach to psychotherapy.  Invited therapists were selected as those “who write, teach and practice in accordance with their belief system.”

“We are grateful to Dr. Howes and Psychology Today for approaching IPS to represent the Catholic perspective in his new blog.  It speaks volumes about the respect IPS has garnered in psychological circles,” said Dr. Sweeney.

To follow or sign up for the blog, please visit http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/in-therapy/201109/the-varieties-religious-therapy-catholicism. 

Founded in 1999 in Arlington, Virginia, IPS is a Catholic graduate school of psychology offering masters’ and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology, a master’s practicum option and a master’s degree in general psychology.  The institute’s curriculum integrates the science of psychology with insights about the human person from theology to philosophy.  Students are trained to use this integrated approach along with empirical methods for comprehensive assessment and therapeutic intervention.