Key information

Duration: Part-time, 36 months
Start dates & application deadlines: October 2026 (apply before Oct 2026), January 2027 (apply before Jan 2027), March 2027 (apply before Mar 2027), May 2027 (apply before May 2027), June 2027 (apply before Jun 2027), August 2027 (apply before Aug 2027)

Language: English

Credits: 51 SCH

Delivered: Online

Campus Location: Virginia Beach, United States

Disciplines: Psychology, Counselling Psychology

Overview

Grounded in Scripture, this track draws from the Christian psychology, mental health counseling, and clinical pastoral education fields. If you’re a scholar seeking to impact the culture beyond the Ph.D. counseling arena and don’t need professional accreditation, then this doctoral degree is for you.

Careers

Through this Ph.D. in Counseling & Psychological Studies – Pastoral Counseling degree at Regent University you will:

Learn integrative Christian psychology approaches to treat people with behavioral and emotional issues.
Break new ground in this specialized field of psychology through your dissertation.
Integrate biblically-based strategies for effective emotional and spiritual healing.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Issues In Counseling
Marriage & Relationship Counseling
Addictive Behaviors
Field Experience
Appraisal & Psychometrics

Admission requirements

Academic requirements

GPA: 3.5

English requirements

Duolingo English Test: 115
TOEFL® iBT: 90
PTE Academic: 61
IELTS: 7

General requirements

Ph.D. applicants must:

Hold a regionally accredited 30 hour master's degree in a mental health field, such as counseling, psychology, social work or pastoral counseling. Completed coursework should include, but is not limited, to the following: research or statistics, counseling skills, ethics and group counseling, or family systems.
Have a minimum of a 3.5 GPA in your graduate level coursework.
Have at least one year of experience in a mental health field (highly desirable).
International Applicants who have studied at institutions outside of the United States, will need to submit a course by course evaluation showing the completion of a regionally accredited graduate degree.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in AUD.

International: 16,591 AUD / year (≈ 11,815 USD / year)
Out-of-State: 16,591 AUD / year (≈ 11,815 USD / year)
Domestic (In-State): 16,591 AUD / year (≈ 11,815 USD / year)

Funding

Scholarship opportunities are available for this programme.

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