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Pauline E. Doty
Pauline Doty grew up in rural Crown Point, Indiana. She is oldest of seven children. In sophomore year of college, she suffered a mental breakdown and was able to get the help she needed. In the ne...view morePauline Doty grew up in rural Crown Point, Indiana. She is oldest of seven children. In sophomore year of college, she suffered a mental breakdown and was able to get the help she needed. In the next year, she made gains in her healing and recovery journey, and her vocation goals changed from nursing to pastoral care and counseling. At Anderson University (Anderson, Indiana), Chicago Theological Seminary (MDiv), and Columbia Theological Seminary (ThM), she studied theology, philosophy, pastoral care, and counseling, integrating her work as chaplain with her own psychotherapy and healing journey.
Pauline has been a certified Pastoral Care Specialist with American Association of Pastoral Counselors. She is retired member of the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education. (AAPC merged with ACPE in 2019). Her graduate thesis was completed for Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia, 1987: Responding to Persons in Despair; A Process Theology of Hope for Pastoral Care and Counseling.
Attentive to faith issues and questions in the midst of crisis, loss, illness, tragedy, and mental health issues, Pauline has served in counseling and service programs, hospitals, hospice, homes, and homeless shelters. She is committed to overcoming divisions and prejudice caused by racism, mental illness, poverty, and homophobia. She has been a member of Church of God (Anderson, IN), Presbyterian, USA, and United Methodist congregations.
Pauline is a certified NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Connections and Peer to Peer facilitator. She leads Forgiveness/Spirituality groups, NAMI Connections support groups, and provides peer counseling.
Pauline lives in Columbia, South Carolina with her cat, Majesty.view less