偶然相遇

Timing was everything for Julie Lemon ’21 PhD-MFT.

作为一名有执照的心理健康咨询师，她没有打算攻读博士学位，直到她在翻阅日常邮件时看到一张明信片。 That small postcard had a 大 impact.

“I received a postcard from Mount Mercy inviting me to join the inaugural PhD-MFT class,” Julie recalled. “它来得正是时候，符合我对博士项目的所有要求：课堂学习、地理位置便利、不专注于研究。”

回想起来，朱莉承认当时她的事业停滞不前。 获得博士学位正是她作为一名心理健康专家继续成长并为她的工作注入新活力所需要的。

“Having my PhD will open up numerous opportunities such as public speaking, teaching, writing, and research,” Julie said. “It added a second life to my career.”

“Having my PhD will open up numerous opportunities such as public speaking, teaching, writing, and research. It added a second life to my career.”

From 她的 course work to choosing a focus area and dissertation topic, Julie felt empowered to customize 她的 education and make it applicable to 她的.  

“I was allowed to tailor all the assignments and research towards the learning that was most beneficial to my project and what would be most beneficial to my future work,” said Julie.

Her clinical project, specifically, is reflective of Julie’s passions and interest area of relationship education. She created the Spiritual Program for Individual and Couple Empowerment, or 香料.

“Each of the eight 香料 lessons includes teaching related to neuroscience and brain health and experiential exercises,” explained Julie. “We focus on faith, family, forgiveness, fitness, food, finances, and fun—all the areas that research shows are of importance in relationships.”

香料项目将提供面对面和在线研讨会，在线课程最早将于2021年夏末推出。

“My experience at Mount Mercy has been life-changing in the best possible way,” said Julie.