Human Sciences Institute

Institute of Human Sciences

The Institute of Human Sciences is an institution of higher learning on the Salève Adventist Campus. It works in close collaboration with the Protestant association Empreinte formations to offer training in helping relationships, a Graduate Diploma in Christian Helping Relationships and certificates.


Our mission

The Institute of Human Sciences, as a teaching department of the Salève Adventist Campus, wishes to train professionals in helping relationships based on a Christian approach to psychology.  It wishes to foster in each student the acquisition of academic knowledge, the development of interpersonal skills, a spiritual commitment and a spirit of service. 


Our vision

  • To train students in the professional accompaniment of people in psychological suffering.
  • To transmit to students knowledge and interpersonal skills so that they can be put into practice in the service of others.
  • To learn how to promote the individual and relational growth of the person being helped, and thus enable him or her to achieve greater well-being.

Our values

The ISH wishes to value :

Academic excellence, intellectual inquiry, personal growth.

Spirit of service, through caring relationships and commitment to the service of others.

Spirituality, through the development of a closer relationship with God.             

Respect, through relationships marked by tolerance, honesty, freedom and acceptance of diversity.


Our motto

"Learning to Serve"

Degrees and certificates

Graduate Diploma in Christian Counselling

Continuing education certificates : 

  • marital specialization
  • family specialization
  • specialization in the world of work
  • specialization in communication barriers

Duration

The program is taught in ten one-week modules, spread over three years. It is possible to follow the program while continuing to work.

The teaching team

Jean Philippe Lehmann

Jean Philippe Lehmann

Directeur

Cosette Febrissy

Cosette Febrissy

Directrice pédagogique

Psychologue clinicienne, psychopédagogue

Chantal Gourbeyre

Chantal Gourbeyre

Assistante

Valérie Duval-Poujol

Valérie Duval-Poujol

Pasteure, théologienne

Jacques Poujol

Jacques Poujol

Conseiller du programme

Alain Charpilloz

Alain Charpilloz

Théologien, coach

Bernard Davy

Bernard Davy

Médecin psychiatre

Paul Mayoka

Paul Mayoka

Sociologue, anthropologue

Roland Fayard

Roland Fayard

Médecin