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Erica Tan
Psy.D. Program
Undergraduate Major
Psychology
Hometown
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Having spent five years in Regent University's Doctoral Program in Clinical
Psychology, Erica Tan's experiences at the university have expanded her view
of God's role in her career as a clinician. "Here in the Psy.D. program at
Regent," says Tan, "I have learned that integration-of the Christian faith
and psychology-is not defined by a prescribed technique, but rather by a
way of life and interaction with others."
When Tan began her program, she asked a professor what it would take to
be successful in graduate school. "His response was, 'Grades don't matter.
It's who you are, what you do and how you relate to people,'" she recalls. "I
have been encouraged at Regent to relate to other s b y calling forth their 'Imago
Dei'-the Image of God in them. I have found that to be the essential truth
and it ha s b een the formative value that I work from."
Whether working with professors, other mental health
clinicians, clients, the church, Christian or non-Christians, Tan obtained
the tools she needed at Regent to integrate her faith with her practice as
a clinician. "Regent
University's Psy.D. program," Tan says, "has equipped me tremendously with
the skills and perspective that will enable me to engage in servant leadership
in anything I do."
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