Phillips Graduate Institute Continues to Provide Graduate Level Counseling Education; Marriage and Family Therapy Master's Degree Program set for August Start
Phillips Graduate Institute (PGI), an acclaimed counseling education institution in Southern California, will initiate a new class of graduate students in Marriage and Family Therapy in August.
CHATSWORTH, Calif., May 8, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Phillips Graduate Institute (PGI), an acclaimed counseling education institution in Southern California, will initiate a new class of graduate students in Marriage and Family Therapy in August. The PGI Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) program in Chatsworth plans to partner with Campbellsville University in Kentucky to begin a new cohort in August 2019 pending final approval from the regional accreditor, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). The core faculty, which has led the PGI program for decades, is poised to continue the legacy under this partnership.
"The Phillips Marriage and Family Therapy degree has a reputation of producing excellent licensed therapists," Dr. Ken Hollis, Campbellsville University's director for the Marriage and Family Therapy program, said. "We look forward to supporting the same PGI distinctive faculty and the same robust curriculum."
Continuing to operate at its current Los Angeles location in Chatsworth, PGI will provide service to its more than 5,000 alumni and support the California Family Counseling Center (CalFam).
Both Campbellsville and Phillips have long histories of providing servant leadership training to students within their surrounding communities. Founded in 1906, Campbellsville University offers both graduate and undergraduate degrees to more than 12,000 students with programs in schools of business, music, social work, nursing, education, theology and arts and sciences.
With the main campus located Campbellsville, the university operates satellite centers in five locations in the Bluegrass State including Hodgenville, the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln. Besides the Los Angeles site in Chatsworth, Campbellsville University has a California center in Lathrop, near Oakland, and has been operating in Costa Mesa.
"Having Phillips Graduate Institute and Campbellsville University join forces is a natural move," Randy Christopher, chief executive officer for Phillips Graduate Institute, said. "Both schools have a mission of investing themselves in their communities. We are very pleased with this collaboration."
Phillips Graduate Institute was established in 1971 in the San Fernando Valley. The school has trained more than 5,000 family therapists across Los Angeles County and beyond.
As 2019 commencement speaker and graduate Nadja Radmanovic described her experience at Phillips, "We have learned so many things during our time here. But the most important thing we learned was… compassion for each other."
Phillips Graduate Institute is known for its emphasis on teaching through clinical experiential training, interfacing with local community and the in-house California Family Counseling Center (CalFam). Phillips alumni, along with Campbellsville University administrators and students, are thrilled at this new development in the school's history.
"The distinguished excellence of the Phillips education will continue under Campbellsville University, says Dr. Jose Luis Flores, PGI professor emeritus and now Director of the MFT Educators Consortium. "The university will retain Phillips' curriculum, Phillips' three-prong teaching approach, and Phillips' faculty to anchor its academic presence in California. Future students will receive a Phillips education with a Campbellsville University degree…which, by the way, is how the school started. The California Family Study Center [the original name for PGI] was initially an off-campus degree program for Azusa Pacific University."
Dr. Donna Hedgepath, Campbellsville University provost and vice president for academic affairs, echoes these sentiments. "We are excited about Phillips Graduate Institute and Campbellsville University carrying on the Phillips legacy of educating servant leaders in Southern California. Campbellsville University and Phillips Graduate Institute have long been known for quality and professionalism. Our graduates demonstrate this every day with service to the community."
Candidates are encouraged to apply, with courses anticipated to begin in August 2019.
For more information please contact the office of enrollment services, at [email protected] or call (818)386-5660.
Campbellsville University is a widely-acclaimed Kentucky-based Christian university with more than 12,000 students offering over 90 programs of study including Ph.D., master, baccalaureate, associate, pre-professional and certification programs. The university has off-campus centers in Kentucky cities Louisville, Harrodsburg, Somerset, Hodgenville and Liberty with instructional sites in Elizabethtown, Owensboro and Summersville. Two additional sites are currently used in California, in Lathrop, near San Francisco, and in Costa Mesa. The university has a full complement of online programs. The website for complete information is campbellsville.edu.
Campbellsville University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award certificates, associate, baccalaureate, masters and doctoral degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the status of Campbellsville University.
SOURCE Phillips Graduate Institute
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