Faculty and Administration

Kelvin teaches courses in counselling and spiritual care and has taught at MDC since the Winter of 2006. Kelvin’s academic and clinical training is in the fields of Counselling & Spiritual Care, and Marriage & Family Therapy. Kelvin’s teaching is informed by his experience as both a pastor and a psychotherapist. His pastoral experience includes two full-time pastorates and three interim ministries in churches affiliated the Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec. Since 1995, Kelvin has focused on the work of counselling individuals, couples & families and has worked in both private practice and as a staff therapist within an agency setting. Kelvin continues to provide counselling to people when he is not teaching at MDC.

Kelvin is married to Jan and they have three adult children.

Research Interests:

Kelvin is interested in the personal and professional formation of professional formation of psychotherapists and spiritual care providers. His current area of interest focuses on the use of narrative therapy in cases of traumatic loss.

Kelvin’s recent practice-led research project focused on the collaborative development of alternative narratives to help children who experience sleep disturbances. An outgrowth of this study was an awareness of presence of an implicit and explicit spirituality within these children’s dream stories.

Lastly, Kelvin is interested in the interface of faith, spirituality and theology with the practice of spiritual care and counselling. This research is less theoretical than it is focused on the in-the-moment use of religious and spiritual interventions in counselling. His reflections on his work with children who experience sleep disturbances are also contributing to his third research interest.

Recent Lectures and Conference Papers:

K. F. Mutter. “The Role of Children’s Spirituality in Countering Night Terrors.” Children’s Spirituality Summit, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN. June 27 – 29, 2018.

K. F. Mutter. “Use of Practice-Led Research in the Practice of Psychotherapy.” 61^st Annual Conference, Christian Association for Psychological Studies. Chicago, IL. March 30 – April 1, 2017.

K. F. Mutter. “Ephesians 5:21–33 as Christian Alternative Discourse.” ETS Ontario/Quebec Region, 4th Annual Meeting. Cambridge, ON. Oct 1, 2016.

K. F. Mutter. “God and Family: A Theological Framework for Ministering to Families.” Evangelical Theological Society, 67th Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA. Nov 2015.

K. F. Mutter. “Spirituality, Religiosity and the Practice of Mindfulness.” Society for Pastoral Counselling Research, 18th Annual Conference. Waterloo, ON. May 2013.

K. F. Mutter & C. Hanenberg. “The Role of Case Notes in Clinical Training and Professional Formation.” 6th Social Work Research Forum, Wilfrid Laurier University, Faculty of Social Work, Kitchener, ON. Jan 28, 2013.

K. F. Mutter. “Seminary-Based Pastoral Counseling Education For Ministry Generalists: An Evaluation of Pedagogy.” Society for Pastoral Counselling Research, 17th Annual Conference. Waterloo, ON. May 2010.

Recent Publications:

Mutter, K. F. (2020). Working with Spiritual, Religious and Cultural Diversity. In Mohammed Taher (ed.), Multifaith Perspectives in Canadian Spiritual & Religious Care, p. 383–391. North York, ON: Canadian Multifaith Federation.

Mutter, K. F. (2019). Re-Storying Children’s Nightmares and Night Terrors. International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work, 2, 52–63.

Mutter, K. F. (2018). A supervisor’s journey through middle earth. Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling, 72(3), 217–218.

Mutter, K. F. (2018). Ephesians 5:21–33 as Christian alternative discourse. Trinity Journal, 39NS, 3-20.

Mutter, K. F. (2016). Marriage. In David A. Leeming (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion, 2nd edition. Springer. Online. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-27771-9_200083-1

Mutter, K. F. (2016). Brief Counseling. In David A. Leeming (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion, 2nd edition. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-27771-9_200,038-1

Mutter, K. F. (2016). Christian Fundamentalist Pastoral Care. In David A. Leeming (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion, 2nd edition. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-27771-9_200,027-1

Mutter, K. F. (2015). Mindfulness or The Peace of Christ. Christian Psychology Around The World, 7, 72-82. http://emcapp.ignis.de/pdf/journal_7_web.pdf

Mutter, K.F. (2014). Case notes in the work of spiritual care and counselling. Counselling et Spiritualité / Counselling and Spirituality, 33(1), 71-92.

Mutter, K.F. (2014). The practice of mindfulness in spiritual care. In Thomas St. James O’Connor (Ed.), Kris Lund (Ed.), & Patricia Berensden (Ed.). Psychotherapy: Cure of the Soul, p. 131-138. Waterloo, ON: Waterloo Lutheran Seminary.

Mutter, K.F. (2013). Pastoral and Christian marital therapies: Complementary and divergent traditions. Christian Psychology, 7(1), 51-74. http://christianpsych.org/wp_scp/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/Christian-Ps…

Mutter, K. F. (2012). Apologies and the art of saying “I am Sorry”. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 31(4), 345-353.

Mutter, K. F. (2012). The practice of integration with postmodern therapies: Exploring the use of Ingram’s (1995) model with Emotionally Focused Therapy. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 40(3), 179-187.

Mutter, K. F. (2012). Seminary-based pastoral counseling education for ministry generalists: A preliminary assessment of pedagogical methods. Biblical Higher Education Journal, 12, 67-80.

Mutter, K. F. (2011). Confronting abuse: Fostering a sense of healthy responsibility in the abuser. In Andrew Schmutzer (Ed.). The Long Journey Home: Understanding and Ministering to the Sexually Abused, p. 262-276. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock.

Mutter, K.F., Ande, T., & Hugo, C.J. (2010). Christians’ perceptions of hypothetical case studies of five pastoral approaches to marital therapy: An exploratory study. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 29(4), 326-333.