EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Haggai Leader Experience, Haggai International, 8 weeks – July 2023 – September, 2023 - VIRTUAL
Certification – AYUSH doctor for NOVEL CORONA VIRUS (COVID-19): Preparedness, Response and Containment, 12 April 2020
Vidyajyoti college of theology, 4 A Raj Niwas Marg, Delhi, India - Masters in theology, 2014 - 2017
Loyola College Maryland, Pastoral counseling program, 4501 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21210 - PhD Counselor Education and Supervision, May 2009 - May 2013
Jesuit Collaborative, 300 Newbury Street, Boston MA 0211 - Program for retreat masters in spiritual direction, for Jesuits March 2012 –December 2012
Social therapeutics online - East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy, 104-106 S. Oxford Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217 Jan 2012 – June 2012
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Maryland License number LC 4889, expiration date 01/31/2015
National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) – 3 Terrace Way, Greensboro, North Carolina 27403 – 3660 USA Passed NBCC exam – November 2009
Loyola University Maryland - Pastoral Counseling department MS Clinical Mental Health Counseling September 2007 - May 2009
Ed Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics - Georgetown Medical School, Washington DC Bioethics September 2007 – May 2008
TF-CBTweb – online course on Trauma-Focused Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy – February 2009
Vidyajyoti College of theology, 4 – A. Raj Niwas Marg, Delhi, India. Bachelors in Theology, 2002 – 2005
Jnana Deepa Vidyapeeth, Nagar Road, Ramwadi, Pune 411014, Maharashtra, India. Bachelors in Philosophy, 1998 – 2000
Loyola School Campus, Pashan, Pune, Maharashtra, India. One year of studies in literature, music, dance, in English and Marathi, 1997 – 1998
Sadhanalaya, Gangapur road, Nasik 422002, Maharashtra, India. Two years of studies in spirituality, 1995 – 1997
Dhondumama Sathe Homoeopathic Medical College, Karve Road, Pune- 4, Maharashtra, India. B.H.M.S (Bachelor of Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery) 1984 – 1989 Maharashtra Board of Homoeopathic Practitioners – License number 17761
St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, 400001, Maharashtra, India. First Year Bachelors in Science,1983 - 1984
Professor Konrad J. Noronha, PhD (USA), MS (USA), MTh (Delhi), BHMS (Pune), is the Director of the Center for Safeguarding and Human Formation (CSHF) at De Nobili College, Pune, India. He offers a number of programs through the center. He is the co-convener of the Safeguarding Team of the Jesuit Conference of South Asia (JCSA) and the convener of the Jesuit Counsellors and Psychologists Forum (JCPF). Professor Konrad is on the faculty of Jnana Deepa Pontifical Athenium of Philosophy and Theology, Pune, India.
He teaches in the Pastoral Management Program (PMP) program, the spirituality program, and in the theology and philosophy programs. He has a Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counselling from Loyola University Maryland, USA and a Masters in Systematic Theology from Vidyajyoti College of Theology, Delhi. His Doctorate is in Counsellor Education and Supervision from Loyola University, Maryland, USA. He is a visiting scholar to the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy. In India, he is a licensed homoeopathic physician (BHMS). He heads various committees at the local, national and international levels within his religious congregation.
He has worked at a number of places in America, including Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Centre, Baltimore, where he worked with persistent mental illness, and adolescents with mental health problems; the Fouse Centre, Maryland, where he worked with dual diagnosis and homeless clients; the counselling centre at Stella Maris, Maryland, where he worked with the bereaved of those who died in hospice and the counselling centre at Loyola University Maryland where he worked with a predominantly university population.
As a catholic priest, he belongs to the Society of Jesus (Jesuit). His work focuses on adult clients, especially seminarians, clergy, vowed religious and older adults. The intersection of psychology and spirituality/religiosity are among his research interests; the emphasis being on clinical applications of research findings. His approach to patients, clients and directees, is holistic and he uses integrated approaches in his treatment, therapy, and spiritual direction. He also conducts retreats and offers spiritual direction and counselling services at his center.
He has done extensive clinical work at sites that include among others the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland; Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland; the Counselling Center at Stella Maris, Timonium; Maryland; Loyola University, Maryland, and in his home country India. He has given talks, conducted workshops and retreats and has YouTube audibles, book chapters, articles and peer reviews to his credit.
His published book is ‘Spirituality in Practice: Thematic Frameworks for Counselling’ by Cognella Academic Publishers, USA. His refereed articles have been published in Pastoral Psychology, Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging, Encyclopaedia of Psychology and Religion, Counselling and Values, Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, Jeevadhara: A Journal for Socio-Religious Research, Vinayshadana - Dharmaram Journal of Psycho-Affective Formation, Asian Horizons: Dharmaram Journal of Theology, Vidyajyoti Journal of Theological Reflection, Word and Worship, Jnanadeepa: Pune Journal of Religious Studies and Indian Theological Studies.