While much attention is given to the content of integration, less focus is placed on how we teach it. In this workshop, Dr. Christin J. Fort explores innovative pedagogical approaches for integrating psychology and theology through the lenses of relational psychoanalytic theory and intersectionality theory.
Designed for educators, clinicians, and doctoral training programs, this session provides practical frameworks and strategies to form reflective, socially conscious, and theologically grounded practitioners.
Ideal for those invested in cultivating holistic and justice-oriented training environments in clinical and academic settings.
BRIEF BIO
Christin J. Fort, PhD joined Fuller’s faculty in 2022 as an assistant professor of clinical psychology. In this role she specializes in the integration of clinical psychology and biblical theology. As a scholar invested in understanding the “why” behind the “what” of the human experience, Christin’s research and publications focus on exploring the reasons that people of faith often struggle to express a full range of emotions in a healthy manner (e.g. anger, sadness, disappointment, fear). She is especially interested in barriers to accessing emotional support for Black Christians.
As an African American woman of enslaved descent, Christin’s scholarship, research, teaching, preaching, and clinical practice lie at the intersections of faith, race, emotional health and relational wellbeing. Her academic work in these areas is regularly highlighted in her column on “Justice in Teaching, Research and Practice” in the Journal of Psychology and Christianity where she serves as an associate editor. She is the author of a range of academic articles published in journals such as the Journal of Psychology and Theology, Pastoral Psychology, and the aforementioned Journal of Psychology and Christianity.
Along with her calling to the academy, Christin is also deeply committed to her work as a practicing psychologist. As a therapist, her work with individuals, couples, and families focuses on matters of faith, race, gender, sexuality, and interpersonal and intergenerational trauma. She considers it a privilege to co- create sacred space for her clients to process their pasts, acknowledge the present, and anticipate the future with hope.
When Christin isn’t teaching, writing, preaching or practicing psychology, she can be found enjoying a chai latte at a café with a friend, listening to an audiobook on a long walk, sitting outside in the sun with her journal, or on a road trip (domestically or internationally) with her siblings.
