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The courage to reclaim that which has always been in you
About Dr. James A. Houck
Who am I?
I hold a Ph.D. in Counseling Education and Supervision from Loyola University's Pastoral Counseling Program. This degree is a personal and professional integrational of clinical mental health psychology along with one’s spiritual growth.
I am a Full Professor and Director of the Ph.D. in Pastoral Counseling Program at Neumann University in Aston, PA.
I hold a professional counseling license in Pennsylvania, as well as professional memberships in the American Counseling Association, National Board of Certified Counselors, International Association of Trauma Professionals. I am also trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.
I am an ordained Elder in the Susquehanna Conference of the United Methodist Church. I have experience as an Interim Pastor, bringing healing to congregations in various stages of transitions.
I am a published in scholarly academic journals, and with Xulon Press and West Bow Press.
I have participated in numerous Native American ceremonies, e.g., dances, sweat lodges, pipe celebrations, drum vision quests, etc. ·
My research interests involving Intergeneration Trauma have taken me to various cities and countries, e.g., Indian Reservations in South Dakota, New Mexico and Arizona; the Mohawk Institute in Brantford, Ontario, Canada; Mother/Baby Homes and Magdalene Laundries in Cork and Tuam, Ireland; and further soul teaching and awareness from Hindu and Sikh gurus in Vrindavan, Karnal and Haridwar, India. · I also currently maintain a mental health practice which specializes in resolving loss and grief issues, trauma and intergenerational trauma issues, crisis, suicide, survivors of sexual abuse, depression, anxiety, integrating spirituality into mental health issues, etc.