PRESIDENT'S WELCOME: Christina Lynch, Psy.D.

The CPA was founded because of our passion to see Catholic professionals in the mental health field, not only thrive in their profession, but be strengthened in their faith so as to enlighten the understanding of psychology in clinical practice.

BY NISSA LAPOINT
APRIL 01, 2014
The practice of psychotherapy and Catholicism may sound incompatible, but for some experts in the field it’s their mission.

Some 300 Catholic psychotherapists across the nation will explore Church teaching on the whole person and learn to apply it to therapy at the next Catholic Psychotherapist Association conference Oct. 23-25 in Arlington, Va.

Association president Christina Lynch, director of psychological services at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary, said the conference will be a tribute to Blessed Pope John Paul II who made significant contributions to the understanding of Catholic anthropology, including through theology of the body.

About ten years ago, two psychologists, a marriage and family therapist and a professional counselor, began meeting together to mutually support each other living out our Catholic faith in our professional work. We prayed the Rosary together, consecrated ourselves to Our Mother of Good Counsel annually at Mass, offered peer supervision for each other, and over time, had other therapists come to join us.

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