What is the role of emotion in soul care? More specifically, how can a Christian worldview inform the ways that we understand and work with emotion to facilitate healing and flourishing in the face of suffering? These are the core questions that motivate my academic and clinical interests. Through the rediscovery and application of the historical resources of the Christian church (e.g., Biblical wisdom, key theological insights, and spiritual disciplines), I hope to contribute to the development and testing of distinctively Christian theories and methods of counseling and psychotherapy in order to further equip the church in its calling to “speak the truth in love” (Eph. 4:15). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","acf":{"faculty_first_name":"Michael ","faculty_last_name":"Strating","faculty_classification":"full-time","related_programs":[{"ID":2108,"post_author":"4605","post_date":"2015-07-06 18:33:11","post_date_gmt":"2015-07-06 18:33:11","post_content":"","post_title":"Psychology","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"psychology","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-04-19 11:10:11","post_modified_gmt":"2024-04-19 15:10:11","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.redeemer.ca\/?post_type=programs&p=2108","menu_order":0,"post_type":"programs","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"school_of":"","res_faculty_titles":[{"res_title":"
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Ph.D. (2021), Adult Clinical Psychology, University of Windsor<\/span> M.A. (2016), Adult Clinical Psychology, University of Windsor<\/span> B.A. (2013), Honours Psychology, University of Guelph<\/span> <\/p>\n"}],"res_fac_courses":[{"ID":15165,"post_author":"8","post_date":"2017-08-17 11:41:54","post_date_gmt":"2017-08-17 15:41:54","post_content":"","post_title":"Abnormal Psychology","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"abnormal-psychology","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-05-19 10:29:41","post_modified_gmt":"2022-05-19 14:29:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.redeemer.ca\/?post_type=course&p=15165","menu_order":0,"post_type":"course","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":15171,"post_author":"8","post_date":"2017-08-17 11:46:39","post_date_gmt":"2017-08-17 15:46:39","post_content":"","post_title":"Theory and Methods of Counselling","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"theory-methods-counselling","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-05-19 10:39:10","post_modified_gmt":"2022-05-19 14:39:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.redeemer.ca\/?post_type=course&p=15171","menu_order":0,"post_type":"course","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"res_faculty_image":{"ID":41616,"id":41616,"title":"Michael-Strating.png","filename":"Untitled-design-82.png","filesize":102858,"url":"https:\/\/www.redeemer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Untitled-design-82.png","link":"https:\/\/www.redeemer.ca\/our-faculty\/dr-michael-strating\/untitled-design-82\/","alt":"","author":"4608","description":"","caption":"","name":"untitled-design-82","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":37407,"date":"2023-11-10 21:16:55","modified":"2023-11-13 21:40:52","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.redeemer.ca\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":500,"height":500,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.redeemer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Untitled-design-82-400x400.png","thumbnail-width":400,"thumbnail-height":400,"medium":"https:\/\/www.redeemer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Untitled-design-82.png","medium-width":500,"medium-height":500,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.redeemer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Untitled-design-82.png","medium_large-width":500,"medium_large-height":500,"large":"https:\/\/www.redeemer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Untitled-design-82.png","large-width":500,"large-height":500,"small":"https:\/\/www.redeemer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Untitled-design-82.png","small-width":500,"small-height":500}},"res_research_interests":" Strating, M. A., & Pascual-Leone, A. (2021). Working through lingering anger following interpersonal grievances: Examining mechanisms of change in rumination, reappraisal, and identification of unmet needs. Panel presented at the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration 37th Annual Meeting (virtual format).<\/p>\n Strating, M. A., & Johnson, E. (2019). Carditive therapy: Working with the heart in Christian counseling and psychotherapy. Workshop presented at the American Association of Christian Counselors 2019 annual World Conference, Nashville, TN, USA.<\/p>\n
\nDissertation: Working through lingering anger following interpersonal grievances: Examining mechanisms of change in rumination, reappraisal, and identification of unmet needs<\/span><\/p>\n
\nThesis: Alexithymia and expressive writing: Emotional awareness in working through distress<\/span><\/p>\n
\nThesis: Faith & cultural strengths and adolescent depression: The role of resilience<\/span><\/p>\n\n
Selected Publications & Presentations<\/h4>\n