Masters in Making
Masters in Making
Dr. Brian Fidler
This podcast is intended for students in and alumni of the School of Counseling program at Colorado Christian University, and is designed to supplement your coursework as well as your interaction with faculty, staff, and your peers as you progress through the program. Our hope in this podcast is to help you on your own spiritual journey as you navigate your own life with God throughout these coming years in the counseling program while you are training to become, as CCU President Holder has said, “competent, courageous, and convicted” counselor. Throughout this podcast, we will be discussing topics related to Christian spirituality and Christian integration, the intersection of counseling psychology and Christian theology and Biblical worldview. You will have opportunity to hear from the faculty and staff at CCU, as well as other experts in the counseling world, as we offer some of our stories and wisdom from our work within the mental health counseling field, as well as share about our own journeys with God along the way – our fumbles and foibles, as well as our service and successes, and the gracious fathering of God as we stumble after Him. We are a community of professionals, seeking to offer competent, ethical, and informed counseling to our communities. We are also a community of believers, of followers after the God who has inaugurated His Kingdom through the coming, the death, the resurrection, and the promised return of the Lord Jesus Christ. Empowered by His Spirit, we seek together to walk with Him in our profession and our respective roles in offering Spirit-led, Christ-anchored, and character-driven help to those we serve. This is the heart behind our efforts here in this Podcast, to invite you, dear listener, to sit at the table with us as we explore our work in the light of Christ’s work on our behalf.
Episode 6: Dr. Mark Bolte and Dr. Gregg Elliott discuss formative practices for the with-God life
In this episode, Dr. Mark Bolte and Dr. Gregg Elliott discuss what M. Robert Mulholland Jr. refers to as “one-sided spirituality,” in which based on personality and preferences, we may lean into elements of spiritual formation that are more comfortable for us due to our preferences, more available to us due to our circumstances, or otherwise more accessible, and neglect those other disciplines, virtues, and formative values that are equally important but maybe less understood and embraced. We explore some of the formative practices that are available to us, and understand better how they apply to our work with clients. For more information about Colorado Christian University's School of Counseling and to connect with an enrollment counselor, click here. More on Dr. Brian Fidler can be found on his CCU faculty spotlight. More on Dr. Mark Bolte can be found on his CCU faculty spotlight. More on Dr. Gregg Elliott can be found on his CCU faculty spotlight.  
Feb 16, 2024
53 min
Episode 5: Dr. Ela Cassellius and Dr. Kateryna Kuzubova Discuss the Role of Personality in Spirituality
In this episode, Dr. Ela Cassellius and Dr. Kateryna Kuzubova explore the human personality and the ways in which our unique creation intersects with God’s purposes and Kingdom mission. We focus on how God has shaped our personalities as educators and therapists in ways that are unique and uniquely gifted and graced in our work with clients to offer help and healing. For more information about Colorado Christian University's School of Counseling and to connect with an enrollment counselor, click here. More on Dr. Brian Fidler can be found on his CCU faculty spotlight. More on Dr. Ela Cassellius can be found on her CCU faculty spotlight. More on Dr. Kateryna Kuzubova can be found on her CCU faculty spotlight.
Jan 16, 2024
47 min
Episode 4: Dr. Crystal Brashear and Dr. Joshua Kreimeyer on How God Redeems, Restores, and Trains Us
This podcast is intended for students in and alumni of the School of Counseling program at Colorado Christian University, and is designed to supplement your coursework as well as your interaction with faculty, staff, and your peers as you progress through the program. Our hope in this podcast is to help you on your own spiritual journey as you navigate your own life with God throughout these coming years in the counseling program while you are training to become, as CCU President Hogue has said, “competent, courageous, and convicted”  counselor. Throughout this podcast, we will be discussing topics related to Christian spirituality and Christian integration, the intersection of counseling psychology and Christian theology and Biblical worldview. You will have opportunity to hear from the faculty and staff at CCU, as well as other experts in the counseling world, as we offer some of  our stories and wisdom from our work within the mental health counseling field, as well as share about our own journeys with God along the way – our fumbles and foibles, as well as our service and successes, and the gracious fathering of God as we stumble after Him. We are a community of professionals, seeking to offer competent, ethical, and informed counseling to our communities. We are also a community of believers, of followers after the God who has inaugurated His Kingdom through the coming, the death, the resurrection, and the promised return of the Lord Jesus Christ. Empowered by His Spirit, we seek together to walk with Him in our profession and our respective roles in offering Spirit-led, Christ-anchored, and character-driven help to those we serve. This is the heart behind our efforts here in this Podcast, to invite you, dear listener, to sit at the table with us as we explore our work in the light of Christ’s work on our behalf. Dr. Crystal Brashear and Dr. Joshua Kreimeyer discuss the way in which God redeems, restores, and trains us not merely for our own sake, but also for the sake of others. His entire redemptive enterprise is based on Jesus’ finished work, the life of the Spirit of Christ abiding in the people of His bride, and Christ’s promised return. We are the hands and feet of Jesus to a broken and hurting world.  As counselors and therapists, we stand at an incredibly sacred juncture to be able to address the aches and anguish of people God brings to us. For more information about Colorado Christian University's School of Counseling and to connect with an enrollment counselor, click here. More on Dr. Brian Fidler can be found on his CCU faculty spotlight. More on Dr. Crystal Brashear can be found on her CCU faculty spotlight. More on Dr. Joshua Kreimeyer can be found on his CCU faculty spotlight.  
Dec 16, 2023
43 min
Episode 3: Dr. Corynne Keirnes and Dr. Mark Mayfield on Jesus Meeting Us in Our Broken Places
This podcast is intended for students in and alumni of the School of Counseling program at Colorado Christian University, and is designed to supplement your coursework as well as your interaction with faculty, staff, and your peers as you progress through the program. Our hope in this podcast is to help you on your own spiritual journey as you navigate your own life with God throughout these coming years in the counseling program while you are training to become, as CCU President Hogue has said, “competent, courageous, and convicted”  counselor. Throughout this podcast, we will be discussing topics related to Christian spirituality and Christian integration, the intersection of counseling psychology and Christian theology and Biblical worldview. You will have opportunity to hear from the faculty and staff at CCU, as well as other experts in the counseling world, as we offer some of  our stories and wisdom from our work within the mental health counseling field, as well as share about our own journeys with God along the way – our fumbles and foibles, as well as our service and successes, and the gracious fathering of God as we stumble after Him. We are a community of professionals, seeking to offer competent, ethical, and informed counseling to our communities. We are also a community of believers, of followers after the God who has inaugurated His Kingdom through the coming, the death, the resurrection, and the promised return of the Lord Jesus Christ. Empowered by His Spirit, we seek together to walk with Him in our profession and our respective roles in offering Spirit-led, Christ-anchored, and character-driven help to those we serve. This is the heart behind our efforts here in this Podcast, to invite you, dear listener, to sit at the table with us as we explore our work in the light of Christ’s work on our behalf. How does the Lord often initiate growth in us, including meeting us often in our brokenness? How do we participate with Him in that process? We also hope to explore the reality of the Imago Dei, the “image of Christ” that we bear, and to understand more of the impact of the imago Dei on student experiences within the program and upon the work of the counselor. Join guests Dr. Corynne Keirnes and Dr. Mark Mayfield as they dig deeper into how the Lord meets us and takes us onto a journey of restoration and re-formation. For more information about Colorado Christian University's School of Counseling and to connect with an enrollment counselor, click here. More on Dr. Brian Fidler can be found on his CCU faculty spotlight. More on Dr. Corynne Keirnes can be found on her CCU faculty spotlight. More on Dr. Mark Mayfield can be found on his CCU faculty spotlight.      
Nov 16, 2023
40 min
Episode 2: Dr. Jeff Cline and Dr. Mark Knox Discuss Spiritual Formation in CCU's School of Counseling
This podcast is intended for students in and alumni of the School of Counseling program at Colorado Christian University, and is designed to supplement your coursework as well as your interaction with faculty, staff, and your peers as you progress through the program. Our hope in this podcast is to help you on your own spiritual journey as you navigate your own life with God throughout these coming years in the counseling program while you are training to become, as CCU President Hogue has said, “competent, courageous, and convicted”  counselor. Throughout this podcast, we will be discussing topics related to Christian spirituality and Christian integration, the intersection of counseling psychology and Christian theology and Biblical worldview. You will have opportunity to hear from the faculty and staff at CCU, as well as other experts in the counseling world, as we offer some of  our stories and wisdom from our work within the mental health counseling field, as well as share about our own journeys with God along the way – our fumbles and foibles, as well as our service and successes, and the gracious fathering of God as we stumble after Him. We are a community of professionals, seeking to offer competent, ethical, and informed counseling to our communities. We are also a community of believers, of followers after the God who has inaugurated His Kingdom through the coming, the death, the resurrection, and the promised return of the Lord Jesus Christ. Empowered by His Spirit, we seek together to walk with Him in our profession and our respective roles in offering Spirit-led, Christ-anchored, and character-driven help to those we serve. This is the heart behind our efforts here in this Podcast, to invite you, dear listener, to sit at the table with us as we explore our work in the light of Christ’s work on our behalf. In this episode, Dr. Jeff Cline and Dr. Mark Knox discuss how Christian spiritual formation might come together for students within the CCU counseling program. For more information about Colorado Christian University's School of Counseling and to connect with an enrollment counselor, click here. More on Dr. Brian Fidler can be found on his CCU faculty spotlight. More on Dr. Jeff Cline can be found on his CCU faculty spotlight. More on Dr. Mark Knox can be found on his CCU faculty spotlight.
Oct 16, 2023
36 min
Episode 1: Dr. Brian Fidler with Dr. Andrew Wichterman on the Process of Spiritual Formation in Counseling
This podcast is intended for students in and alumni of the School of Counseling program at Colorado Christian University, and is designed to supplement your coursework as well as your interaction with faculty, staff, and your peers as you progress through the program. Our hope in this podcast is to help you on your own spiritual journey as you navigate your own life with God throughout these coming years in the counseling program while you are training to become, as CCU President Hogue has said, a “competent, courageous, and convicted”  counselor. Throughout this podcast, we will be discussing topics related to Christian spirituality and Christian integration, the intersection of counseling psychology and Christian theology and Biblical worldview. You will have opportunity to hear from the faculty and staff at CCU, as well as other experts in the counseling world, as we offer some of  our stories and wisdom from our work within the mental health counseling field, as well as share about our own journeys with God along the way – our fumbles and foibles, as well as our service and successes, and the gracious fathering of God as we stumble after Him. We are a community of professionals, seeking to offer competent, ethical, and informed counseling to our communities. We are also a community of believers, of followers after the God who has inaugurated His Kingdom through the coming, the death, the resurrection, and the promised return of the Lord Jesus Christ. Empowered by His Spirit, we seek together to walk with Him in our profession and our respective roles in offering Spirit-led, Christ-anchored, and character-driven help to those we serve. This is the heart behind our efforts here in this Podcast, to invite you, dear listener, to sit at the table with us as we explore our work in the light of Christ’s work on our behalf. In this inaugural episode, Dr. Brian Fidler and Dr. Andrew Wichterman discuss the process of spiritual formation in the context of the counseling profession. For more information about Colorado Christian University's School of Counseling and to connect with an enrollment counselor, click here. More on Dr. Brian Fidler can be found on his CCU faculty spotlight. More on Dr. Andrew Wichterman can be found on his CCU faculty spotlight.  
Sep 21, 2023
33 min