Christian Counseling Today Vol. 21, Iss. 2

christian counseling today

Vol. 21 no. 2

contributors

Christian Counseling Today

is published by

the American Association of Christian Counselors, Inc.

President and Publisher: Tim Clinton

Managing Editor: Mark Camper

Senior Editor: Eric Scalise

Art Director: Edwana Coleman

Advertising: Randy Meetre

AACC National Advisory Board

Dan Allender, Ph.D.

Daniel Amen, M.D.

Steve Arterburn,

M.Ed.

William Backus, Ph.D.

Gary Chapman, Ph.D.

Chap Clark, Ph.D.

Mark Crawford, Ph.D.

Glen Havens, M.D.

Rosemarie Hughes, Ph.D.

Mark Laaser, Ph.D.

H.B. London, Jr., D.D.

James Mallory, M.D.

Sharon May, Ph.D.

Paul Meier, M.D.

Linda Mintle, Ph.D.

Gary Moon, Ph.D.

George Ohlschlager, J.D., BCPCC

John Ortberg, Ph.D.

Les Parrott, Ph.D.

Cliff Penner, Ph.D.

Joyce Penner, MRN

Daniel Sweeney, Ph.D.

Siang-Yang Tan, Ph.D.

John Trent, Ph.D.

Catherine Hart Weber, Ph.D.

Everett Worthington, Jr., Ph.D.

H. Norman Wright, M.A., MRE

Mark Yarhouse, Psy.D.

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Chap Clark, Ph.D.,

is Associate Provost for Strategic Projects and Professor and Chair of the Youth, Family,

and Culture department in the School of Theology at

Fuller Seminary

. He also serves as director of the Student

Leadership Project and is the School of Theology’s representative on the executive board of the

Fuller Youth Institute

Chap is the author of many books, including

Hurt 2.0: Inside the World of Today’s Teenagers

Tim Clinton, Ed.D., LPC, LMFT,

is President of AACC, Executive Director of the Center for Counseling and

Family Studies/Professor of Counseling and Pastoral Care at

Liberty University

, and cofounder of

Light Counseling,

Inc.

, a clinical practice serving children, adolescents, and adults. He is the author or coauthor of several books,

including

Break Through

The Fight of Your Life

and

Don’t Call It Love

Henry Cloud, Ph.D.,

is a clinical psychologist, leadership consultant, and the author of

Boundaries for Leaders:

Results, Relationships, and Being Ridiculously in Charge

Jennifer Cisney Ellers, M.A.,

is a professional counselor, life coach, crisis response trainer, author and speaker. She

conducts training, counseling and coaching in the field of grief, crisis and trauma through the

Institute for

Compassionate Care

. Jennifer is an approved instructor for the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation,

teaching several CISM courses. In addition, she serves as Director of the Grief, Crisis and Disaster Network of

the

American Association of Christian Counselors

and provides divorce coaching, training and speaking through

Emerge Victorious

Kevin Ellers, D.Min.,

is the Territorial Disaster Services Coordinator for

The Salvation Army

in the U.S.A. Central

Territory. He is also president and founder of the

Institute for Compassionate Care

, which is dedicated to education,

training and direct care. Kevin is a chaplain with the

Illinois Fraternal Order of Police

, serves as faculty for the

International Critical Incident Stress Foundation

, and is an adjunct professor at

Olivet Nazarene University

Ian F. Jones, Ph.D., Ph.D.,

is Professor of Psychology and Counseling at

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

where he is chairman of the Division of Church and Community Ministries and holds the Baptist Community

Ministries’ Chair of Pastoral Counseling. He serves as the Executive Director of the Board of Christian Professional

& Pastoral Counselors (BCPPC), International Board of Christian Care (IBCC). In addition, he is the author of

The Counsel of Heaven on Earth: Foundations for Biblical Christian Counseling

Harold G. Koenig, M.D.,

is Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Professor of Medicine at

Duke University Medical

Center

. He is also Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine at

King Abdulaziz University

, Jeddah, Saudi

Arabia, and in the School of Public Health at

Ningxia Medical University

, Yinchuan, People’s Republic of China. In

addition, Dr. Koenig is the director and founder of the Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health at

Duke

Diane M. Langberg, Ph.D.,

is a practicing psychologist with

Diane Langberg and Associates

in suburban

Philadelphia, chairs

AACC’s

Executive Board, and is the author of

Counseling Survivors of Sexual Abuse

and

On the

Threshold of Hope

H.B. London, Jr., D.D.,

has served 33 years in pastoral ministry—20 as Pastor to Pastors with

Focus on the Family

H.B. and his wife, Beverley, are now “retired” and live in LaQuinta, California, where he will continue his ministry

to the clergy through

H.B. London Ministries

(hblondon.org

Focus on the Family

has conferred on H.B. the title of

Pastor to Pastors Emeritus.

Michael R. Lyles, M.D.,

is a board-certified psychiatrist, an

AACC

Executive Board Member and has a private

practice with

Lyles & Crawford Clinical Consulting

in Roswell, Georgia.

Gary W. Moon, M.Div., Ph.D.,

is the Executive Director of the

Martin Family Institute for Christianity and Culture

and the

Dallas Willard Center for Christian Spiritual Formation

Westmont College

. He founded, with David G.

Benner and Larry Crabb,

Conversations Journal

; directs the

Renovaré Institute for Christian Spiritual Formation

; and

has authored several books.

Frank S. Page, Ph.D.,

is president and chief executive officer of the S

outhern Baptist Convention Executive

Committee

. In this role, he oversees the convention work of 46,000 plus churches and more than 16 million

members. He has also served in pastoral ministry for the past 34 years. Dr. Page is the author of several books,

including

The Nehemiah Factor

and

Melissa: A Father’s Lessons from a Daughter’s Suicide

Rev. John Sandy, J.D., M.A.B.C., M.S.J.,

is an attorney, pastoral counselor and educator. He is a licensed attorney

in California and Illinois and has a private legal practice in Riverside, California, where he concentrates in church

law, business law and counseling law. John is also an ordained minister, a Board Certified Pastoral Counselor

and Board Certified Christian Counselor with the Board of Christian Professional and Pastoral Counselors, and

maintains a pastoral counseling ministry that is a Ministry Partner of the

Inland Empire Southern Baptist Association

Eric Scalise, Ph.D., LPC, LMFT,

is the former Vice President for Professional Development with the

American

Association of Christian Counselors,

the former Department Chair for Counseling Programs at

Regent University

, and

the President of

LIV Enterprises & Consulting, LLC

. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Marriage

& Family Therapist with more than 35 years of clinical and professional experience in the mental health field.

Amy Simpson, M.B.A.,

is author of

Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and the Church’s Mission

and

Anxious: Choosing

Faith in a World of Worry

. She’s also a life and leadership coach, editor of

Christianity Today’s

Gifted for Leadership,

senior editor of

Leadership Journal

, and a frequent speaker.

Matthew S. Stanford, Ph.D.,

is CEO of

The Hope and Healing Center & Institute

(HHCI) in Houston, Texas,

and adjunct professor in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at

Baylor College of

Medicine

and the Department of Psychology at the

University of Houston

. He is the author of two books,

Grace for

the Afflicted: A Clinical and Biblical Perspective on Mental Illness

and

The Biology of Sin: Grace, Hope and Healing for

Those Who Feel Trapped

Ed Stetzer, Ph.D.,

is the Executive Director of

LifeWay Research

, a prolific author, and well-known conference

and seminar leader. He has planted, revitalized, and pastored churches, trained pastors and church planters on six

continents, holds two master’s degrees and two doctorates, and has written dozens of articles and books.

Siang-Yang Tan, Ph.D.,

is Professor of Psychology in the Graduate School of Psychology at

Fuller Theological

Seminary

in Pasadena, California, and Senior Pastor of

First Evangelical Church Glendale

in Glendale, California. He

is also a Licensed Psychologist, ordained pastor, and Fellow of the

American Psychological Association

. Dr. Tan has

written numerous articles and books, including

Lay Counseling: Equipping Christians for a Helping Ministry

and a

major text,

Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Christian Perspective

Mark A. Yarhouse, Psy.D.,

is the Rosemarie Scotti Hughes Chair of Christian Thought in Mental Health Practice

and Professor of Psychology at

Regent University

, where he directs the

Institute for the Study of Sexual Identity

(sexualidentityinstitute.org

). He is author or co-author of several books, including

Homosexuality and the Christian:

A Guide for Parents, Pastors, and Friends.

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