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ELIJAH INSTITUTE

Integrating Faith, Meaning, and Mental Health

Integrating Faith, Meaning, and Mental HealthIntegrating Faith, Meaning, and Mental HealthIntegrating Faith, Meaning, and Mental Health

CCSIP Certification™ — Training clinicians and chaplains in Catholic Christian Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy

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What we believe, and how we live it

Before we had a name, we had a conviction: the people sitting across from clinicians are not diagnoses to manage. They are whole persons, and they deserve care that honors all of who they are.

We saw what happens when care falls short: a clinician senses a spiritual dimension but has no training to go there, or a client’s deepest wound is the moral weight they carry. We couldn’t look away. So we started building.

We grounded our work in Catholic anthropology: the Church’s understanding of the human person as body, soul, and spirit, made in the image of God for flourishing. From it we built the BPSS-M model, giving clinicians structure, language, and evidence-based tools.

We lead with accompaniment, because people must feel safe before they can grow. We stand in the neglected middle, where most people live: not falling apart, but not thriving. The moral life is central to mental health, and healing bends toward flourishing.

 ETHICAL, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE CARE

Faith isn’t a side conversation in your client’s healing.

Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. adults (19%) identify as Catholic, and almost half (47%) have a personal, family, or cultural connection to Catholicism (Pew Research Center, 2025).

For many clients, faith is where the deepest work happens. They need care that honors the whole person: faith, meaning, conscience, relationships, and dignity.

Most clinical training never teaches it. The Elijah Institute does.

 

THE BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL-SPIRITUAL-MORAL MODEL

One model. Five dimensions. The whole person.

Rooted in Catholic anthropology, the Church’s understanding of the human person as body, soul, and spirit, made in the image of God and created for flourishing. BPSSM adds the dimension most clinical models leave out: the moral.


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Trusted Voices

Most Reverend Bernard A. Hebda Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis

 “I support the mission of the Elijah Institute in its dedication to the integration of Catholic faith and evidence-based psychotherapy.” 

Anthony Isacco, PhD Program Director, Professor, Head of Clinical Research Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

 “I look forward to deepening our collaboration with the Elijah Institute in service of this shared mission.” 

Thomas G. Plante, PhD, ABPP Professor of Psychology, Santa Clara University; Director, Applied Spirituality Institute; Emeritus Adjunct Professor, Stanford Medicine.

Thomas G. Plante, PhD, ABPP Professor of Psychology, Santa Clara University; Director, Applied Spirituality Institute; Emeritus Adjunct Professor, Stanford Medicine.

  “I fully and enthusiastically support the mission of the Elijah Institute.” 

Fr. James M. Perkl Pastor, Mary, Mother of the Church, Archdiocese of Minneapolis St. Paul

Thomas G. Plante, PhD, ABPP Professor of Psychology, Santa Clara University; Director, Applied Spirituality Institute; Emeritus Adjunct Professor, Stanford Medicine.

   “There is no contradiction between the wisdom of the Church and the science of mental health.” 

The Bridges Institute promotes research on spiritually integrated psychotherapies and provides top-q
  • The Bridges Institute promotes research on spiritually integrated psychotherapies and provides top-q
  • The Bridges Institute promotes research on spiritually integrated psychotherapies and provides top-q

Your support equips clinicians and strengthens community.

The Elijah Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

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Tended Within

People are not meant merely to survive. They are meant to flourish. The journey is too great to walk alone. We are honored to walk it with you. Our free monthly newsletter Practical tools for healing and resilience, the latest research on faith and mental health, and upcoming courses and events, delivered once a month.


This website provides education, not treatment. It does not replace therapy, diagnosis, or professional care.

This website provides education, not treatment. In a crisis, call or text 988.


 For Catholic-specific pastoral support, contact your local diocese or pastor. 

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SECOND ANNUAL COMMUNITY BREAKFAST

No one flourishes alone.

Many in our pews are getting by, but not yet thriving. Join community and business leaders to hear Karen Doll of the Harvard Flourishing at Work Network — and help build care that brings faith, science, and community together.

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