School of Psychology Counseling and Family Therapy

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Our Programs

From the BA in Psychology, to the MA in Marriage and Family Therapy or Clinical and Mental Health Counseling, to the PsyD and PhD in Clinical Psychology, our degree programs offer flexible and residential options for students seeking to develop as leaders in Psychology, Clinical and Mental Health Counseling, and Marriage and Family Therapy.

Undergraduate Major

Psychology (BA)

Graduate Degrees

Graduate Certificate

Trauma Certificate

Research Labs

The School of Psychology, Counseling, and Family Therapy at Wheaton College follows a practitioner-scholar model—preparing students to both serve and study their field. You’ll graduate as a skilled practitioner and a thoughtful scholar, equipped to understand research and contribute to it. With faculty who are active scholars, students at every level have meaningful opportunities to engage in research and scholarship.

Research Labs

Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic at Wheaton College

Clinical Training

As a student in the School of Psychology, Counseling, and Family Therapy, you are not only going to be pushed academically, but you have the opportunity to step outside the academic realm and get hands-on experience with the populations you are interested in serving. Moreover, since we are just a train ride away from Chicago, you will have amazing opportunities to work in urban settings, serving a diverse group of patients while wrestling with those experiences within a supportive academic community.

Clinical Training

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Graduate Opportunities and Activities

The School of Psychology, Counseling, and Family Therapy offers many ways students can get involved to grow in their leadership, service to the underserved, and development of community with others.

Graduate Opportunities and Activities

Multicultural Peace and Justice Collaborative

The Multicultural Peace and Justice Collaborative is not a typical "research lab." Instead, we are a collaborative research team that is intentionally multicultural in membership. We want to understand multiculturalism, social justice, and peace from the inside out, not only by studying other communities but by building our own collaborative research training community that we view as an extended scholarly family/Jiārén/famiglia/familia/ohana.

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Mental Health Collective

The Mental Health Collective at Wheaton College invites you to be part of a transformative journey. Together, let's explore new ways to address mental health concerns with empathy, creativity, and a commitment to the principles of our Christian faith.

Mental Health Collective

Meet Our Faculty School of Psychology, Counseling, and Family Therapy

The School of Psychology, Counseling, and Family Therapy faculty are experienced scholar-teachers who invest deeply in the academic, spiritual, and vocational growth and mentorship of their students.

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Mandy Kellums Baraka, PhD

Associate Professor of Counseling

Aimee Callender, PhD

Chair of Undergraduate Psychology; Associate Professor of Psychology

Sally Schwer Canning, PhD

Professor of Psychology

Ki Chae, PhD

Director of the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program; Associate Professor of Counseling

James Cornwell, PhD

Director of Research; Associate Professor of Psychology

Ward Davis, PsyD

Professor of Psychology

Sarah Hall, PhD

Dean, Associate Professor of Psychology

Darlene Hannah, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Megan M. Happel, PsyD

Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology; Director of Clinical Training

Emily Hervey, PsyD

Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology

Jake Johnson, PhD, LMFT

Marriage and Family Therapy Clinical Training Coordinator; Associate Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy

Smyrna Khalaf, PhD

Assistant Professor of Counseling

Charles Liu, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychology

John McConnell, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychology

Raymond Phinney, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychology

Benjamin Pyykkonen, PhD

Clinical Psychology Programs Director, Associate Professor of Psychology

Sandra Yu Rueger, PhD

Professor of Psychology

Tammy Schultz, PhD

Clinical Mental Health Counseling Training Coordinator; Professor of Counseling; Co-Coordinator of the Trauma Certificate Program

Wendy R. Smith, PsyD

Director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic at Wheaton College, Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy

William Struthers, PhD

Professor of Psychology

David Van Dyke, PhD

Director of the M.A. Program in Marriage and Family Therapy, Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy

John Vessey, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Psychology

Terri Watson, Psy.D.

Professor of Psychology

Hillary Wildt, Psy.D., L.C.P.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy; Interim Director of the M.A. Program in Marriage and Family Therapy

Mark Yarhouse, PsyD

Dr. Arthur P. Rech and Mrs. Jean May Rech Professor of Psychology; Director, Sexual & Gender Identity Institute

Hana Yoo, PhD

Associate Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy

The School of Psychology, Counseling, and Family Therapy at Wheaton College integrates Christian belief and practice with the best of contemporary scholarship and professional standards in the disciplines of clinical psychology, counseling, and marriage and family therapy.

Mission of The School of Psychology, Counseling, and Family Therapy

We exist to worship Christ and serve His Kingdom with excellence through transformative education and inquiry in the domains of psychology, counseling and family therapy.

Our aim is to form lifelong learners and servants who reflect Christ and promote human flourishing, especially within the church and among those on the margins of society worldwide.

In the School of Psychology, Counseling, and Family Therapy, we integrate Christian belief and practice with the best of contemporary scholarship and professional standards in the disciplines of clinical psychology, counseling, and marriage and family therapy. Through our undergraduate and graduate programs, we provide students with the opportunity to:

Develop foundational biblical and theological knowledge, principles of hermeneutics and biblical interpretation, and an understanding of the gospel in light of the biblical metanarrative of Scripture (Foundations of Integration)
Critique, analyze and synthesize psychological theory and research from a Christian worldview including an understanding of contemporary models and methods of integration (Integration competencies)
Apply faith integration to personal formation, identity, relationships and vocation (Personal process and applications)
Articulate how life in Christ shapes, informs and guides thought and action regarding key disciplinary and human questions – particularly human suffering, personhood, ethics, human flourishing, issues of justice, community mindedness (Professional engagement)