School of Psychology Family and Community

 

Discovery, Integration, and Application

 

All faculty members in the School of Psychology, Family, and Community (SPFC) are committed teachers and mentors, active scholars and practitioners.  We seek students who are excited to learn, prepared to work hard, and desire to make a difference in the world.

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Ready to transform your marriage?

Don't miss this entertaining, thought-provoking, and immeasurably practical seminar — now in its 19th year — with two of America's leading relationship experts — SPU's own professor of psychology Les Parrott and marriage and family therapist Leslie Parrott.

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Vision Statement

The faculty, staff and students of the School of Psychology, Family and Community (SPFC) at Seattle Pacific University strive to become a community of learners:
  • Guided by Faith Exploring the implications of vital expressions of Christian faith for the human condition as well as for emotional and relational healing and health.
  • Rooted in Academic Discipline Fostering rigorous and creative learning environments as well as contributing primary scholarship to the scientific study of psychological and social processes.
  • Committed to Service Grounding our learning community in the theory, research and application of our disciplines in order to produce skilled graduates who can serve with character and competence in a broken world.
  • Nurturing creative partnerships with our local community and beyond in order to serve in and learn from socially and culturally diverse settings.

Centers and Initiatives

Initiative for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Living Well Initiative

Center for Relationship Development

SPFC Advisory Board

 

Programs & Events

2012-13 Speaker Series

Medical Family Therapy Training Seminars

Graduate Program Open House

 

Highlights

Is Beauty In the Eye of the Beholder?

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Mindfulness and Brain Scans

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Psychological First Aid

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The Healthy Workplace

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