Paraklesis Counselling

This course has been absolutely amazing. I have loved every second of the studies and have learned so much about myself and caring for others. Thank you Dr Mervin.

I thoroughly enjoyed doing this program and I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to be involved in the counseling ministry. To me this program fills the gap between Clinical Psychology, which often overlooks a person’s spirituality and the Church, which may disregard psychological principles. An unexpected bonus was my own spiritual and psychological growth as a result of doing this program.

This course has great content and is wonderfully constructed with the lectures and the discussion forums … it has given me loads of insight to all the factors we need to look at when evaluating someone’s struggles.

Thank you so much Dr. Mervin!  I can not thank u and God above enough for the direction and help you have been able to provide over the last months.

Thank you very much for your presentation on psychopharmacology. The workshop was very interesting and informative. It helped me realise more about the part I play, as a counsellor, in guiding client’s in the right direction … I appreciated it very much …

I have really enjoyed this program and this course. It has been very tight, time wise, but very interesting and enlightening – to be able to be aware of the different mental and personality disorders, and their etiology …  I pray will be such a help in being able to understand people with and without mental disorders better … remembering why they are the way they are, and very importantly, to give them the care and love they so need.  To be Jesus to them …

We are here to come alongside people with mental illness, and as we hold out our hand to them with compassion, we rely on the Holy Spirit to work in their lives, and we do not need to be casting out evil spirits or do any demonic warfare. As was mentioned in our notes, we need to seek to do no harm.

At first I wanted to study a counselling course to better the service that I provide to the patients I see, but have come to realise that studying this course is also enriching my own life and is spiritually equipping me to make a difference in my community and living out my purpose.