Stephen Lambert, PsyD

Professor, Department of Psychology

Video Introduction

Rev. Stephen S. Lambert, MDiv, PsyD, has taught more than 5,000 students since coming to APU in 1996. He won the 2009-10 APU Inspirational Faculty of the Year Award and in 2011 he was voted Faculty of the Year by student government. He is an ordained minister, certified pastoral psychotherapist, and licensed marriage and family therapist with over 15,000 hours of clinical and pastoral counseling work, primarily with socially and economically disadvantaged populations. Lambert's primary passion is for the synthesis of pastoral theology and practice with psychological theory and practice. He is especially interested in existential psychotherapy and family psychology and research related to how world religions and cultures affect family structure and process. He is well liked by students, as he considers his mentoring and relational roles with students his primary commitment, viewing them as co-partners in a quest to bring hope and greater meaning to a suffering world.

Education

PsyD, California School of Professional Psychology
MDiv, Fuller Theological Seminary
MS, California State University, Fullerton
BS, Liberty Baptist University

Credentials/Certifications

AA Site Approved Supervisor
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (L), California
Certified Pastoral Counselor (Fellow Level), American Association of Pastoral Counselors
Certified Pastoral Counselor, National Ministries Division, American Baptist Churches of America (ABCUSA), accompanied with Associate Missionary Status in National Ministries
Ordained American Baptist Minister

Academic Area

School of Behavioral Sciences

Expertise

Pastoral Teaching Ministries
Existential Psychotherapy
Systems-based Work with Couples and Families
Christian Psychotherapy and Religious Mental Illness
Bowenian Family Systems Therapy

Courses Taught

ENGL 110 – Freshman Writing Seminar
MIN 401 – Christian Ministry Internship I (Small Group Leader)
MIN 402 – Christian Ministry Internship II (Small Group Leader)
PSYC 110 – General Psychology
PSYC 355 – Psychology of Adult Development
PSYC 360 – Abnormal Psychology
PSYC 380 – Psychology of Personality
PSYC 445 – Psychology of the Family