As a student in the Fuller School of Psychology, I have been part of a diverse array of small groups. The School of Psychology uses small groups to offer students the opportunity to dialogue about the massive bombardment of information they receive in class lectures. The main purpose of many of these groups is to allow students to express and flesh-out their own journey of integrating psychology with theology and personal faith.

For example, during the first of year of doctoral study each student is part of an integration group. Students are placed into groups of about 5-8 people to discuss the integration of psychology and theology. The groups have a leader, usually a 3rd year student, who is in charge of facilitating discussion about the topic of integration. This group is a confidential safe-haven to talk about the feelings, paradigms, and theories that are being taught in the Introduction to Integration class and New Testament Gospels class. Students try to work through how to reconcile the views of their faith community with the views of the field of psychology. They ask big questions like: "How does psychology's view of the human person compare/contrast the Bible's view of the human person?" They also ask more personal questions like: "How does my Christian faith or understanding of God impact the way I conduct therapy?" These are some of the important questions that students and faculty wrestle with on a regular basis. These are also the questions that attract perspective students to come to Fuller. These groups are one way that Fuller approaches the questions and topics of integration.