Richmont Graduate University

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Richmont is a graduate institution aimed at providing a master's level degree in counseling, ministry, or psychological studies, from a Christian perspective. We believe that our students should walk into their future careers with a foundation based on Christ's values set before us.

Amid these goals, we strive to provide a strong community, real-life training, and approachable educators equipped to bring life and experience into every setting. Located on two beautiful campuses in Atlanta and Chattanooga, we believe Richmont is perfectly situated to enhance a culture of higher education and innovation.

Richmont Graduate University was founded by hardworking visionaries who desired to impact the world for Christ. Richmont's legacy began in 1933 when the Chattanooga Bible Institute (CBI) was founded by Dr. James L. Fowle, Reverend H.E. Wright, Mrs. Ellen Poindexter, Mrs. George Elder, Mrs. Mark Senter, Mrs. Hilda Spence, and Mrs. Howard McCall. CBI faithfully served the Chattanooga, TN community from these incredible visionaries by providing training, counseling, library resources, and support for clergy and laity of all denominations.

In 1973, a group of Christian mental health professionals who explored integrating Christian faith and professional counseling founded the Atlanta Clinical College. After opening a counseling center, they partnered with a major state university to offer advanced professional training and research within a Christian context at what became known as the Religious Consultation and Research Society before being incorporated as the Psychological Studies Institute (PSI). The individuals who were initially committed to the founding of PSI included: Dr. William J. Donaldson, Jr. – a faculty member at Georgia State University, Dr. Donald G. Miles– CEO of Georgia Mental Health Institute, Dr. John R. Richardson – pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church, and chaplain of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents and Dr. Paul L. Walker – pastor of Mount Paran Church of God.

For more than 25 years, PSI offered a Christian counseling diploma through its partnership with Georgia State University. In the fall of 1998, PSI began offering its own Master of Arts in Professional Counseling degree after receiving authorization from the Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission and the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.

In August of 2000, the Chattanooga Bible Institute merged with the Psychological Studies Institute formalizing a working relationship in 1997. Only three years after the merger in 2003, PSI received accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). In 2008, Psychological Studies Institute changed its name to Richmont Graduate University.

Today, Richmont provides graduate education that prepares compassionate and capable ministers and professional mental health counselors who serve and lead worldwide. Richmont's counselors work within behavioral health centers, homeless shelters, addiction rehabilitation facilities, churches, and other community-based programs that serve uninsured/underinsured populations.

Atlanta Campus 1900 The Exchange SE, Bldg 100, Atlanta, GA 30339 Phone: +1 404 2333949

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