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C.Psy - Covenant Psychiatry

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Overview.

The Covenant Psychiatrist (C.Psy.) credential certifies graduates in the full integration of psychiatry, neurobiology, and deliverance theology. It redefines psychiatry as the restoration of covenantal wholeness, where allegiance, biology, and conscience are governed together rather than treated as separate fields.

The Covenant Psychiatrist operates within a single discipline:

  • Circadian and metabolic law first,

  • Confession and restitution second,

  • Terrain Natural with pharmacologic precision third.

Graduates learn to read the body as a theological manuscript—to treat mind renewal as a physiological reality. The Covenant Psychiatrist does not reject modern psychiatry but reorders it: stabilizing glycemic rhythm, autonomic function, and sleep before engaging confession or repentance therapy.

They practice both medical and pastoral triage with sacred precision: choosing the smallest intervention the week can keep, honoring red-line safety, and documenting every act as worshipful stewardship.

Credential: C.Psy. — Covenant Psychiatrist
Length: 18–24 months (postdoctoral specialization)
Format: Hybrid (remote + supervised residency)
Credit Hours: 36
Format: Remote with required family practicum and live disputation defense
Fasting Requirement: 40-day

CEUs and Professional Path

Continuing Education Units (CEUs):
Accredited through the Council of Covenant Psychiatry and recorded by the Absurd Health CEU Registry.

Professional Credentials Upon Completion:

  • Full recognition as Covenant Psychiatrist (C.Psy.)

  • Eligible for appointment to Faculty of Covenant Psychiatry or Doctor of Covenant Psychology program supervision

  • Authorizes practice in terrain-based psychiatric settings, fasting clinics, and PMA-licensed facilities

Title Granted Upon Certification:
C.Psy. — Covenant Psychiatrist
Authorized to integrate biological psychiatry and deliverance-based psychology as one continuous discipline of mind, biology, and spirit.

Tuition

Standard Tuition: $18,000 total
Installment Plan: $900/month × 20 months

Scholarship Tracks:

  • Medical Conversion Track — $6,800
    For MDs or psychiatric professionals transitioning into covenantal psychiatry.

  • Faith-Clinical Fellowship — $9,500
    For pastoral counselors demonstrating clinical case experience.

  • Ordained Physician Path — Tuition-Free by Nomination
    Reserved for consecrated healers already active in covenantal clinical leadership.

Admissions

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The Covenant Psychiatrist (C.Psy.) credential is a postdoctoral and ministerial specialization for those called to practice psychiatry as a sacred science—where fasting, prayer, and physiology converge. Admission is reserved for disciplined, spiritually grounded practitioners prepared to unify the healing of the brain and the renewal of the conscience.

Candidates are evaluated for both biological fluency (terrain physiology, neurology, and nutrition) and spiritual discernment (deliverance, repentance, and inner healing). The Council admits only those who demonstrate reverence for the body as Yahweh’s instrument and humility under His law.

Eligibility

Applicants must hold one of the following:

  • A doctoral degree (Ph.D., Psy.D., M.D., D.N.N.M., R.D., or equivalent) in psychology, medicine, or theology; or

  • A master’s degree with significant clinical or ministerial experience (5+ years) in mental health, pastoral counseling, or fasting-based practice.

Additional requirements:

  • Demonstrated competence in fasting physiology, trauma recovery, and terrain diagnostics

  • Familiarity with neurochemical or circadian function in clinical settings

  • Commitment to practice psychiatry without psychopharmaceutical dependency models

Application Requirements

  1. Application Form + Fee
    Submit through the Absurd Doctoral Portal. Application fee: $75 (non-refundable).

  2. Statement of Purpose (1,500–2,000 words)
    Prompt: “What is the difference between a healed mind and a renewed mind? How does fasting bridge them?”

  3. Clinical Dossier (20–25 pages)
    Includes anonymized case summaries demonstrating integrative terrain-psychiatric care. Must show comprehension of fasting cycles, emotional release, and neurobiological regulation.

  4. Curriculum Vitae (Full Academic and Clinical History)
    List all relevant degrees, certifications, and prior healing work.

  5. Research Abstract or Publication Sample
    Submit one example of scholarly or theological writing related to psychiatry, terrain medicine, or fasting neuroscience.

  6. Two Recommendations

    • Clinical/Academic Reference: from a supervising physician or professor attesting to clinical excellence.

    • Spiritual Reference: from a pastoral or ministry leader confirming ethical integrity and spiritual discernment.

  7. Disputation & Diagnostic Evaluation
    Final interview with the Council of Covenant Psychiatry. Applicants must interpret a terrain-psychiatric case (provided scenario) and articulate both biological and spiritual interventions.