WEBVTT 00:00:04.720 --> 00:00:10.180 For many students, the college experience is more than just learning and preparing for a career. 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:14.180 It's about discovering and becoming the best possible version of themselves. 00:00:14.855 --> 00:00:26.315 Formed in 1999, Divine Mercy University is a unique Catholic institution preparing students to be leaders in the fields of psychology, counseling, and spiritual direction. 00:00:26.615 --> 00:00:38.270 Mission of Divine Mercy University is to blend the best of science in the mental health field with the best of Christian thought about life, about our eternal destiny. 00:00:38.490 --> 00:00:47.265 Integration is the way we come up with a holistic view of the person and then use proven scientific techniques within that context. 00:00:47.265 --> 00:01:18.075 There's studies out that show well over fifty percent of people who seek mental health treatment and therapy wanna discuss faith or spirituality, and yet probably only about in the twenty percent range are those therapists who feel competent to go there with people with such great need for professionals who can understand that and who can help so many people who are hurting, give them a holistic approach to healing on a psychological, on an emotional, you know, on a mental health level. 00:01:22.455 --> 00:01:38.620 A best kept secret tucked away within miles of Washington DC, DMU offers graduate degrees, continuing education, and certificate programs through online and in person learning, each dedicated to a Catholic Christian understanding of the mind, body, and soul. 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:51.225 Led by a renowned faculty, DMU's framework provides students with the tools to not only assist others in their path of development, but also apply them to their own flourishing healing and growth. 00:01:51.765 --> 00:01:53.705 We teach the whole person. 00:01:54.085 --> 00:02:02.870 As counselors, we work with so many different people, all the way from children through older adults, couples, families, a lot of different situations. 00:02:03.250 --> 00:02:07.430 We're preparing our students to work with people all through the lifespan. 00:02:07.970 --> 00:02:14.765 In addition to the overarching value of the Catholic Christian meta model of the human person, we of course teach specifics. 00:02:15.225 --> 00:02:17.005 We teach about specific techniques. 00:02:17.465 --> 00:02:21.725 You also have an opportunity to be well supervised in our internship classes. 00:02:21.865 --> 00:02:31.680 You learn a great deal about the field from your practitioner scholar faculty and we really teach you more than just how to memorize theories, but how do you apply them? 00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:32.900 How do you use them? 00:02:33.040 --> 00:02:37.540 And how do you use them in the context of the whole person that's not taught everywhere? 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:47.505 Our students are going out, they're making a difference, and it's showing that this philosophy and this approach to counselor education really is twenty first century excellent. 00:02:53.405 --> 00:03:07.035 Divine Mercy University regularly attracts students who share the need to understand the human mind so they can learn to help others heal, increase productivity in the workforce, and serve their communities as healers and leaders of the faith. 00:03:07.275 --> 00:03:18.575 One of the things we see in our graduates is not only are they well prepared as professionals who are open to faith and wanna help people heal and so forth, the programs also really help them personally. 00:03:18.715 --> 00:03:23.650 I didn't want a place to go where they just taught us skills and gave us tools. 00:03:24.030 --> 00:03:25.390 I wanted a place where I can grow. 00:03:25.390 --> 00:03:29.790 I wanted a place where I could flourish within whatever vocation God was calling me to. 00:03:29.790 --> 00:03:36.335 When I was looking at Divine Mercy University, I saw that they not only taught us what to do, but they taught taught us how to learn. 00:03:36.715 --> 00:03:38.795 They taught us what it means to grow. 00:03:38.795 --> 00:03:43.935 My relationship with my professors, I would say, is from a relationship of a mentor. 00:03:44.075 --> 00:03:55.190 Our student to teacher ratio is very small, and so I really do appreciate that they take the time to know me and to know exactly where I'm at in my journey and to help me to get where I need to be. 00:03:55.190 --> 00:04:05.845 No matter what your background is, whether it's in philosophy or theology or psychology, I think that those all come together and are integrated so perfectly here at Divine Mercy. 00:04:05.845 --> 00:04:16.520 So that no matter what your background is and what you excel at, you'll find a more complete view of the human person here, which will help you to become ultimately a healer of faith. 00:04:16.660 --> 00:04:23.560 Our future plans are to continue to strengthen the programs that we have and then add some specialties in within those programs. 00:04:23.780 --> 00:04:32.745 We also see an opportunity to do more, continue education, Also projects to serve clergy, Catholic and non Catholic, like different basic skills. 00:04:33.125 --> 00:04:35.465 How do you listen to a person better? 00:04:35.605 --> 00:04:40.265 I think the biggest question many people ask themselves today is why does my life matter? 00:04:40.485 --> 00:04:43.740 In our approach, we're trying to help them answer that question. 00:04:44.040 --> 00:04:45.320 What does my life mean? 00:04:45.320 --> 00:04:46.200 Why am I here? 00:04:46.200 --> 00:04:46.920 What am I doing? 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:47.960 And where am I going? 00:04:47.960 --> 00:04:50.440 And when they find meaning, it leads them to happiness. 00:04:50.440 --> 00:04:54.540 It gives them a hope, and it helps them to become a better person for other people. 00:04:54.600 --> 00:05:03.525 Great universities arm students with the tools to become compassionate healers so they can serve their communities intellectually, respectfully, and professionally. 00:05:03.905 --> 00:05:07.045 Learn more about Divine Mercy University today. 00:05:07.345 --> 00:05:17.702 For scholarship information or to schedule a visit, go to divinemercy.edu forward slash apply or call (703) 416-8300.