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V.Rev.Fr.GeorgeMorelli,PhD, |
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| Brief Description |
Chairman Department of Chaplain and Pastoral Counseling Ministry, Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese
Chaplain and Pastoral Counseling Ministry takes place in a multi-cultural and multi-religions society. Orthodox chaplains and pastoral counselors (& clergy), must be faithful to Orthodox Christian teaching, spirituality and healing tradition while integrating scientifically sound clinical interventions in their apostolate. This ministry exists to maintain a directory of those engaged in chaplain and pastoral counseling ministry, list Diocesan approved spiritual ministry guidelines and serve as an online educational resource, including articles, courses and retreats and workshops for chaplains and pastoral counselors. Consultation for chaplain and pastoral counseling issues and problems is available for laity and clergy alike.
Ministry Coordinator: V.Rev.Fr. George Morelli, Ph.D.
2579 Luciernaga St.
Carlsbad, California, 92009-5822
counseling@antiochian.org |
| Street Address |
2579 Luciernaga St,
La Costa,
California
92009-5822 |
| Contact Person |
Fr. George Morelli, Ph.D.,A.B.P.N. |
| Email |
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| Web Site |
Website |
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| Professional Associations |
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| Other Professional Associations |
OTA |
| Age Groups Served |
- Adults
- Adolescents / Teens (10-18)
- Children (2-10)
- Senior Adults
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| Types of Therapy Offered |
- Couples / Marital
- Cognitive Behavioral
- Pastoral Counseling
- Psychiatric / Psychological Evaluation
- Psychological Testing
- Individual
- Psychotherapy
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| Notes about Therapies Offered |
Psychology is a tool that describes the dynamics that make up behaviors and can be used to free a person or oppress him. Consequently, the practice of psychology is never a morally neutral enterprise. A psychologist, or any counselor for that matter, is under a mandate to apply his craft in conformity with God's will and purpose for mankind.
All behavior change must be for love of God and love of neighbor as fully revealed to us by Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ. For Orthodox Christians this means that psychological knowledge and praxis must reference the mind of the Orthodox Church. In other words, psychology must always serve the individual in ways that promise him greater freedom to be able to choose God; a path already revealed through the Orthodox Christian spiritual and intellectual tradition.
God as both the source and end of a person's healing and sets the precepts of sound psychological practice squarely where it belongs: in the tradition of the Church. For this reason Bishop Hierotheos Vlachos a contemporary bishop-psychologist concludes that, "Pastoral care is the work of the Church...it is the Church's method for guiding men toward deification."
Scientific psychology is not a substitute for the asceticism, the spiritual wisdom of the Church Fathers, hesychaism (silence), prayer, the Holy Mysteries (sacraments), all the constituents that make up life in the Church. Rather it complements the teachings about how the Christian life ought to be lived. Scientific psychology is a tool, based on our God given intelligence, to foster communion with God. In the spirit of St. Luke and all the physicians of the Church: healing should lead to thanksgiving and blessing towards God. |
| Therapeutic Specialties |
- Trauma Recovery
- Sex / Relationship Addiction
- Relationship Problems
- Post Divorce
- Personality Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Marital Sexual Problems
- Job / Work
- Integrate Orthodox Christian Anthropology
- Grief and Loss
- Faith / Spiritual Issues
- Domestic Violence
- Divorce Prevention
- Depression
- Children and Parenting
- Child Abuse Recovery
- Anxiety / Fear / Phobias
- Anger
- Attention Deficit Disorder
- Addictions
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| Religious Background |
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| Licenses Held |
Psychol/MFT: NJ. MFT: CA |
| Years of Experience |
38 |
| OCAMPR Member? |
OCAMPR Member?: Yes |
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