Grace College Graduate of Counseling Department
July 2010
Summer Grad News
From Tammy’s Heart...
Hi everyone,
Inside this issue:
New Arrivals
2
New Books
3
Welcome Dr. Dickens
3
Hope Wall
3
Hostetler News
4
Journal Article
5
Addiction Grandfathering 5
Life is chugging along in
Winona Lake/Warsaw Indiana! On the Fourth of July,
I had a Middle eastern meal
with former grad student,
Yvonne Farley and her family, who live and work in
central Asia. Yvonne counsels many women in central
Asia and also coaches
Taekwondo!! It was so
sweet to catch up. I am so
proud of Yvonne.
I also had a chance to see
alumni, Gwynne Shaver’s
daughter before she and her
brother go to visit Gwynne
and Dwight Shaver in south
central Asia. Gwynne and
Dwight love the culture and
people of this Muslim nation.
This summer I have a new
graduate mental health
counseling student from
south central Asia staying
with me. I have been learning how to make (well, I am
the sous chef) all sorts of
eastern meals. They are delicious!!!
What a privilege to have
relationship with students
and alumni around the
world doing His great
work!!!!!!
We continue to grow in faculty (numbers, not weight)
and students. We are now
Yvonne Farley and Family
preparing for our first cohort of hybrid students who
will come to campus each
semester for a week and
then continue on line,
Skype, and other interactive
software during the rest of
the semester. I was first opposed to the idea but with
folks living around the
world and needing counsel-
Special points of interest:
• An alumna will speak
to graduate students.
• Check out the new
books section!
• The Department
needs a new Clinical
Supervisor.
• New Professor publishes first article.
• Check out the new
logo on last page!
Scholarship and Loan Repayment Opportunity!
The National Health Service
Corps (NHSC) offers
$50,000 to Licensed Professional Counselors (also
called Licensed Mental
Health Counselors) toward
school loan repayment in
exchange for two years of
service in an NHSC-
approved site in a Health
Professional Shortage Area.
An alumna of the Grace
College M.A. in Clinical
Mental Health Counseling
program recently took advantage of this offer and
received $50,000 to pay off
her school debt!!! For more
information about this offer, visit http://
www.nhsc.hrsa.gov/
loanrepayment/.
The application date for this
year comes in July so any
licensed therapists working
in an approved mental
health center apply now!!
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Summer Grad News
From Tammy’s Heart
(continued from front page)
ing training, I relented and
now see the great value of
this training. Please pray for
us as we welcome our first
group from around the
country in August.
In a couple of weeks, a few
friends and I are heading on
the road to visit the Brooklyn Tabernacle Church. We
will be a part of their prayer
night and I can’t wait to be a
part of this. Some of you
may be familiar with the
pastor of this church, Jim
Cymbala, through his book,
Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire.
Please drop us a line so we
can be updated regarding
your lives and so we can
pray for you.
Volume 1, Issue 1
Congratulations to Jenny (Christner) Levart,
May 2008 graduate of the
M. A. in Counseling program, on her recent marriage to Josh Levart. The
Levarts currently reside in
northwest Arkansas,
where Jenny works in
private practice for a
Christian counseling
agency.
Congratulations to
Tracy Yoder on her
marriage to Josh Morris
on June 26, 2010. The
Morrises currently reside
in Winona Lake, Ind.
Tracy is a May 2010
graduate of the M.A. in
Counseling program.
She is working at a private practice in Elkhart,
Ind., doing therapy for
children and adolescents.
Prayerfully,
Tammy
New Arrivals!
Congratulations to Lisa
and Abe Wright on the birth
of Ezra Abraham, 5 lbs 12
oz!
Congratulations to the
Peugh family on the birth of
Solomon Douglas Peugh, 8
lbs 9 oz!
Congratulations to Eileen and Andrew
Boekestein on the birth of
their daughter.
Cole Christopher Dawson joined the world
April 3, 2009! Congratulations (Rebecca) Dawson
family!
Alumna Speaks to Graduate Students
Shannon Rants, 2006 Alumni
of the MA in Clinical Mental
Health Counseling will be
coming to speak to grad counseling students in early November. Shannon is serving
the greater Denver Colorado
area as a Licensed Professional
Counselor. She offers services
through her private counseling
practice and as an Independent Contact Therapist for and
Front Range Counseling Center and Janelle Hallman &
Associates. Check out her
website at
(www.shannonrants.com). She
also serves as part-time Faculty
at Colorado Christian University in the MA in Counseling
program and volunteers her
time teaching at a local ministry called Where Grace
Abounds. Shannon has a
unique calling and passion
to help those struggling with
issues of gender and sexuality. She and her husband
Brian love living in Denver
along with their two dogs,
Tobi and Rudy.
Summer Grad News
Volume 1, Issue 1
Page 3
Brand New Books!
"Help! I'm a Mom To Be!" was
released. Help! I'm a Mom To
Be! is designed to be a preventive tool to ward off
postpartum depression. Help! I'm a Mom To Be!
is created to identify, tackle,
and address present day
pregnancy issues within the
Christian world. Broken
down into nine chapters to
travel alongside the expecting mom, it offers each
mother the opportunity for
her own personal-reflection,
scriptures to study, prayers
to ponder, and true stories
to read that will guide her
nine months of preparation
for parenthood. A tenth
chapter was created after my
husband and I experienced a
miscarriage and felt that
God would also use these
broken pieces. Help! I'm a
Mom To Be! is designed to
help women focus on the
changes around them, placing special emphasis on the
spiritual and personal
changes within. I've attached the book cover and
the web site address for
those
interested www.blueroompublicati
ons.com
Welcome Dr. Angelia Dickens!
Angelia Dickens, Ph.D.,
NCC, LPC, Is a part-time
instructor for the GDCIR.
She is a mom of 3 kids, and
a wife of a firefighter in Virginia. Her research interests
include investigating effective teaching and supervision strategies in counselor
education, influences of
mentorship on students’
development of professional
identity, and integration of
spirituality in counselor education. Her dissertation investigated the supervisory
working alliance in distance
and face-to-face formats.
She is currently working on
a journal article on the topic
as well as one comparing
text, teleconferencing, and
videoconferencing formats
of distance supervision. Prior to coming to Grace, she
was a teaching/graduate
assistant for Regent University. She has experience coteaching in traditional, hybrid, and online classes. She
currently holds a full-time
position with Western Tidewater Community Services
Board in Franklin, Virginia.
Another new book coming
out on August 20th with
Zondervan, written by Kary
Oberbrunner is called “Your
Secret Name”
The book actually addresses
the struggles and victory over
my past journey of overcoming self-injury.
The Counseling program at
Grace is mentioned as a positive step in my healing.
The website has even more
interesting details! Visit
www.yoursecretname.com
Grace Counseling Department Hope Wall
Hope is the thing with
feathers that perches in
the soul,
And sings the tune-tune-without the words and
never stops at all…
~Emily Dickinson
Hope is essential for
those residing in the land
of suffering and for
those walking alongside
companions bereft of
hope. Thus, we are beginning the HOPE wall
in our clinical room. The
graduating class of 2010
created the first piece
that is proudly gracing
our wall. And two more pieces are presently being created. We would like to invite you to consider adding a
piece of hope to our wall. It may be a quote, painting,
word… We are hoping that this wall would be encouragement to all who gaze in it’s direction.
~Tammy
Congratulations Graduate Department
May 2010 Graduates!
Angela Bays
Jotham Tiarks
Andrew Boekestein
Josh Topel
Alyssa Carlin
Sarah Vaughan
Philip Erichsen
Rachel Fox
Paul Hoard
Hope (Collins) Ray
Sue Wagoner
Rose Mary Wierzba
Lisa Wright
Tracy Yoder
Let us know when you become licensed; we would love
to celebrate with you and pass the word on to others!
Seeks Clinical Supervisor
Job Requirements:
General: Individuals must possess the knowledge, skills,
and abilities listed or be able to explain and demonstrate
that they can perform the essential responsibilities of the
job, with or without reasonable accommodations in order
to safely perform the essential responsibilities of the job.
Physical: Must be able to perform the following: talking,
hearing, and seeing. Must have sufficient manual dexterity
to be able to operate all office equipment including, but not
limited to: computers, fax machines, copy machines, modems, and telephones.
Mental: Must be able to reason, analyze, prioritize, conceptualize, make judgments, and solve problems.
Qualifications: Master's degree in Counseling, mental
health licensure, two years of graduate supervision experience, counseling experience with adults, families, and
groups, willingness to adhere to the ethical code of AACC
and ACA and follow the community lifestyle statement of
Grace Schools, Inc.
Questions or to Apply:
Collette Olson , Human Resources Generalist
Phone: 574-372-5100 ext. 6080, e-mail: [email protected]
A Letter from the Hostetlers
During the 2007-2008
school year, Lance and I
were introduced to a fellow student that many of
you may be familiar with,
Kibaeg Lee. After this
friendship blossomed, we
journeyed to Seoul, South
Korea to fulfill crosscultural requirements for
the graduate counseling
program. We had the opportunity to stay with and
learn from Kibaeg whilewe
were in Korea. This trip
marked us with a deep
love and admiration for
the Korean people. Since
that time, God has worked
within our circumstances
to draw us back to Korea.
Lance and I have recently
accepted jobs as ESL
teachers in Seoul, South
Korea. We will be working
in Korea at a year-round
Christian School, teaching
Korean kindergarten and
elementary students to
speak English, beginning in
July 2010. Lance and I are
very excited to have the
opportunity to share our
faith withthe school and
community we will be living
among school and community we will be living
among. We are also hoping
to get connected with other
ministry opportunities
there, whether they are
within the local church,
school, or elsewhere. Please
pray for us as we adjust to
the culture, language, and
attempt to build lasting
friendships with the people
there. Please ask God to
make it clear to us the areas
of ministry that He wishes
us to serve in.
In Christ,
Sarah Hostetler
Grace College Graduate
Counseling
Grace College and Theological Seminary
200 Seminary Drive
Winona Lake, IN 46590
Phone: 574-372-5100
Fax: 555-555-5555
E-mail: [email protected]
We’re on the Web!
http://www.grace.edu/academics/onlineprograms/
graduate_counseling.php
Your business tag line here.
Dr. Angelia Dickens Explores Benefits of Group Play
Dr. Angelia Dickens published her first journal article
in the Virginia Counselors
Journal, which is a publication of the Virginia Counselor’s Association.
The article, titled Utilizing
Group Play Therapy in
Treating Children of Substance Abuse Parents, appeared in the Spring 2010
edition of the journal. Elisabeth Suarez, Ph. D., and
Arlene Brown, Psy. D., of
Regent University coauthored the article with
Dickens. The authors
“explore the advantages of
group play therapy and give
ideas for counselors to consider when implementing an
effective play therapy
group” in their article.
Areas of emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and social
Indiana Addictions Grandfather Licensing Still Available
Licensed Mental Health Counselors (LMHCs) still have the
opportunity to take advantage
of being grandfathered to become a licensed addiction
counselor in Indiana.
Those wishing to benefit from
this offer need to have at least
three years experience in addiction counseling and turn in an
application and $50 application
fee to the Indiana Professional
Licensing Agency (PLA). No
licenses will be issued until the
Fee Rule has been published in
the Indiana Register. Once that
happens, the Indiana PLA will
issue licenses to approved applicants who have had their
completed the process. For
more information, visit http://
www.in.gov/pla/3050.htm
challenges were analyzed
by the article.
For the full article, visit
http://www.vcacounsel
ors.org/associations/15
00/files/VCAJournalVo
l31.pdf.