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Kristine Lund

Director of Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy Programs; Principal-Dean (interim); Professor, Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy
klund@luther.wlu.ca
Waterloo, Ontario
Martin Luther University College
Kristine Lund is an expert in Chill with Dogs, death and dying, emotional support animals, grief, loss, coping, mental health, pet-assisted therapy, therapy dogs, professional ethics, psychotherapy and teaching and learning in graduate education.

Areas of Expertise

  • Mental Health
  • Palliative and End-of-Life Care
  • Pet-Assisted Therapy
  • Psychotherapy

Biography

I received my PhD in Secondary Education from the University of Alberta in 2004. My dissertation title was, “The Pastoral Counselling Students’ Experience Of Learning To Be Present With Their Clients.” I completed my Master of Divinity degree at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Saskatoon in 1980 and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Calgary in 1976.

Prior to coming to Martin Luther University College (formerly Waterloo Lutheran Seminary) I was the program co-ordinator for the Master of Arts in Pastoral Psychology and Psychotherapy at St. Stephen’s College in Edmonton, AB (1998-2005). I also had a private psychotherapy practice and supervised pastoral counselling students.

I am an ordained Lutheran pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. I am also a registered psychotherapist (RP) with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO), and am certified as a specialist and teaching supervisor in pastoral counselling education with the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care (CASC).