The students are also offered courses designed to sharpen their understanding of the issues involved in their particular discipline. However, cognitive theorems are only part of the holistic approach applied to the training of our students.

The spiritual aspects of the behaviors manifested by individuals caught up in the destructive cycle of dependency-chemical, sexual, familial or otherwise-are addressed assertively to counseling, prevention, and addiction recovery students. The ministry student is led into the deeper things of God that give rise to the unconditional love and compassion that must be resident in a man or woman of God.