By Francesca Hangeior.
A team of experts from the National Universities Commission (NUC), paid an accessment visit on the management staff of the Psycho-Spiritual Institute of Lux Terra Leadership Foundation, and representatives of the Veritas University, Abuja, Senate.
The Acting Executive Secretary, Dr Chris Maiyaki who led the team said, the visit was geared towards the legal recognition and approval of the two postgraduate programmes of the Institute.
NUC Resource Verification Team visits Lux Terra
A statement from the Lux Terra Foundation on Tuesday commended the NUC leadership for recognising the the Psycho-Spiritual Institute.
According to the statement,graduates of the Psycho-Spiritual Therapy programme will be equipped to work as counsellors and chaplains, in formation houses, hospitals, hospices, drug rehabilitation centres, correctional centres, as well as schools, colleges and universities.
NUC Resource Verification Team visits Lux Terra
The statement read: ” The Psycho-Spiritual Therapy programme was subsequently accredited by the Kenyan Commission for University Education (CUE). In the 11 years of its existence, the Institute has trained over 150 experts from up to 27 different African countries, in Psycho-Spiritual Therapy.
“It is hoped that with this new development, the campus in Abuja will join the Nairobi campus in training and equipping many professionals in the humanitarian services, as well as religious leaders and sundry volunteers, who will help facilitate integral healing, wholeness, growth and transformation, in the many individuals, families and groups across the continent of Africa, who are today suffering from psycho-trauma, depression, confusion, burn-out, midlife crisis, family dysfunction, grieving disorders, addictive disorders, including addiction to alcohol and psycho-active substances, and suicide ideation.
NUC Resource Verification Team visits Lux Terra
“Graduates of the Psycho-Spiritual Therapy programme will be equipped to work as counsellors and chaplains, in formation houses, hospitals, hospices, drug rehabilitation centres, correctional centres, as well as schools, colleges and universities.
“The Psycho-Spiritual Institute is the pioneering initiative of Lux Terra Leadership Foundation, which is aimed at the wholesome integration of the tools and approaches of modern Psychological Sciences, with the rich resources of the Soul Care tradition of our religions, in the training of experts and volunteers for mental health care, within the African socio-cultural and religious context. Admission is now open for the pioneering students of the Abuja campus of the Institute”.
The program has Postgraduate diploma in Psycho-Spiritual Trauma Healing,and*the Master of Art’s degree in Psycho-Spiritual Therapy.
Earlier in April, 2024, an affiliation agreement was signed by the Institute with Veritas University, Abuja, for the award of the degrees in Nigeria.
It will be recalled that the first campus of the Psycho-Spiritual Institute was established in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2013, and it was affiliated to the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) in 2014.