Dr. Paul Loosemore Named Director of Counseling Department

Covenant Seminary is pleased to announce that Dr. Paul Loosemore, who joined Covenant Seminary’s Counseling Department in 2020, will be stepping into the role of Director of the Counseling Department in January of 2024.

Dr. Loosemore completed a PhD in counselor education and supervision from Regent University, is a graduate of Covenant Seminary’s Master of Arts in Counseling program (MAC ’15). He holds a Bachelor of Advertising from Gloucestershire University, and an MA in Interior Design from Portsmouth University—both in England. Dr. Loosemore has worked as a professional counselor since graduating from Covenant’s program, including co-founding the St. Louis Counseling Center.

He has previously taught counseling courses as an adjunct professor of counseling at various institutions. He is active in the broader academic discussion surrounding counseling and has published articles in the Journal of Psychology & Theology, the Journal of Psychology and Christianity, and the EMCAPP Journal. His PhD research focused on the impact of a relationship with God and how it relates to character growth and well-being. As a counselor, he has experience working with individuals, couples, and groups, with special focus on marriage concerns, trauma and abuse, relational distress, and grief and loss.

Dr. Loosemore succeeds Dr. Mark Pfuetze and Dr. Jeremy Ruckstaetter, who have co-led the department very well since 2020. Dr. Pfuetze indicated his desire to rotate out of the co-Director role to focus more on teaching, while Dr. Ruckstaetter will continue his excellent oversight of CACREP Accreditation by transitioning from co-Director of the department to become Director of CACREP Accreditation within the department.

Of this appointment, Covenant Seminary President Rev. Dr. Tom Gibbs comments, “The MAC program at Covenant Seminary is a central and highly valued part of our institution. We are so grateful for the capable leadership that has been exercised throughout the challenges of COVID and the CACREP application process and are very excited to see the ways that Dr. Loosemore can continue this positive trajectory forward into the future. Please join me in giving thanks to God for what has come before in the MAC program and in praying the Lord would continue his good work going forward.”