Faculty
Dan Allender, Ph.D. – President and Professor of Counseling, Mars Hill Graduate School at Western Seminary; Senior Editor, Mars Hill Review; Founder and Director, Wounded Heart Ministries; private counseling practice; Ordained Presbyterian minister; Best-selling Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Daniel Amen, M.D. – Director and Founder of The Amen Clinic for Behavioral Medicine; Nuclear Brain Imaging Specialist; Board-certified in General Psychiatry and Child Psychiatry; Best-selling Author; has appeared on numerous television and radio programs; Seminar Leader.
Neil Anderson, D.Min., Ed.D. – President Emeritus of Freedom in Christ Ministries; Best-selling Author of The Bondage Breaker and over 20 other books; speaker; Seminar Leader.
David Arp, MSSW – Co-founder and Co-director, Marriage Alive International; Best-selling Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader; TV/Radio Personality and Co-host, The Family Workshop.
Claudia Arp, B.S. – Co-founder and Co-director, Marriage Alive International; Best-selling Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader; TV/Radio Personality and Co-host, The Family Workshop.
Stephen Arterburn, M.Ed. – Founder and Chairman of New Life Ministries; Host of the nationally syndicated “New Life Live!” daily radio program; Best-selling Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Kay Arthur – Co-founder Precept Ministries; Author; Media Personality; Speaker.
Dwight Bain, M.A. – Nationally Certified Counselor, Professional Counselor, Executive/Life Coach; Certified Family Law Mediator; Chairman, Christian Coaching Alliance; Executive Director, Board of Christian Life Coaching; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
John Baker, M.B.A. – Founder, Celebrate Recovery; Author; Speaker.
Chaplain Charles C. Baldwin, M.Div. – Major General, U.S. Air Force, Retired; Former United States Air Force Chief of Chaplains; Member of the Armed Forces Chaplains Board.
Leigh Bishop, M.D., M.A. – Staff Psychiatrist, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine; Naval Reserve Officer with the U.S. Navy Medical Corps.
Katie Brazelton, M.Div., Ph.D. – Life Coach; Founder, Life Purpose Coaching Centers International; Best-selling Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Jill Briscoe – Author; media personality; Board Member, World Relief and Christianity Today.
Beth Fletcher Brokaw, Ph.D. – Psychologist; Adjunct Professor, Biola university; Author; Speaker.
Rolfe Carawan, M.Ed. – Founder and President, Life Matters, Inc.; Leadership Team, Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation; Motivational Speaker; Consultant; Author.
David Carder, M.A. – Associate Pastor and Director of Lay Counseling, First Evangelical Free Church in Fullerton, CA; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Gary Chapman, M.R.E., Ph.D., Senior Associate Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, NC; Best-selling Author of the Five Love Languages; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Jennifer Cisney, M.A. – Director of Professional Relations, AACC; National Coordinator, AACC Crisis Response Team; Certified CISM Trainer, International Critical Incident Stress Foundation; Executive Director, Board of Christian Crisis & Trauma Response; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader
Chap Clark, Ph.D. – Associate Professor of youth, family, and culture, Fuller Theological Seminary; Team Leader and Pastor, Emmanuel Church in Burbank, CA; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Todd Clements, M.D. – Board Certified Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist; SPECT Brain-imaging Specialist; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Julie Clinton, M.Ad., M.B.A. – President, Extraordinary Women; Author, Extraordinary Women: Discovering God’s Dream for Your Life and Live God’s Dream Devotional; Speaker.
Timothy Clinton, Ed.D. – President, AACC; Professor of Counseling and Executive Director, Liberty University Center for Counseling and Family Studies; Licensed Professional Counselor; Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist; Best-selling Author; National Speaker; Host, Turn It Around radio program; Seminar Leader.
Mark Crawford, Ph.D. – President, Lyles, Crawford, and Petronella Clinical Consulting; Licensed Psychologist; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Mark Crear, Ph.D. – Two-time Olympic Medalist; Motivational Speaker; Consultant; Chair, Black African American Christian Counselors, AACC; Author; Speaker.
Freda V. Crews, D.Min., Ph.D. – Licensed Professional Counselor; Host, Time for Hope TV program; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
William Cutrer, M.D. – Obstetrician/Gynecologist; infertility specialist; ordained pastor; Associate Professor, Bioethics and Spiritual Formation and Gheens Chair, Family Ministry at Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, KY.
Ron Deal, M.MFT. – Family Life Minister, Southwest Church of Christ in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and a therapist with the Better Life Counseling Center Degrees, Inc.; Author; Speaker.
Sandra Dopf, B.S. – Certified Life Coach; Certified Family Mediator; Mediation Trainer; Speaker.
Robert F. Dees, M.S. – Major General, U.S. Army, Retired; Executive Director, Campus Crusade for Christ Military Ministry; Graduate, U.S. Military Academy at West Point; Commanded airborne, air assault, and mechanized infantry forces from the platoon through division level; Former Executive Director, Defense Strategies, Microsoft Corporation.
Ralph Earle, M.Div., Ph.D. – Diplomate, American Board of Professional Psychology; Clinical Supervisor, AAMFT and AASECT; Associate, Psychological Counseling Services.
Marian Eberly, R.N., M.S.W. – Licensed Clinical Social Worker; Vice-President, Program Development and Clinical Advisor, Remuda Ranch eating Disorders Treatment Program; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Kevin Ellers, D.Min. – Territorial Disaster Services Coordinator, Salvation Army in the U.S.A. Central Territory; President, Institute for Compassionate Care; Faculty member, International Critical Incident Stress Foundation; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Richard Ely, Ph.D. – Certified Life Coach; Corporate Trainer; Speaker.
Kathie Erwin, Ed.D., Ph.D. – Professor and Director of the Pastoral Counseling program, St. Petersburg Theological Seminary in Sarasota, FL.
A. Keith Ethridge, M.Div. – Acting Director, Veterans Affairs National Chaplain Center; Member, Military Chaplains Association.
Kenneth L. Farmer, Jr., M.D. – Major General, U.S. Army, Retired; Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer, TriWest Healthcare Alliance; Served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps as Commander, Walter Reed Army Medical Center and North Atlantic Regional Medical Command; American Board of Family Practice certified; Fellow in the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Marnie Ferree, M.A. – Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist; Therapist, Woodmont Hills Counseling Center in Nashville, TN; Leader of the Bethesda Workshop Ministry; Specialist in sexual recovery; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Paris Finner-Williams, Ph.D., J.D., Esq. – Licensed Psychologist; Attorney; Forensic Examiner Diplomate; Certified Rehabilitation Counselor; Certified Trauma Services Specialist; Founder and Director, Finner-Williams & Associates; Author; Speaker.
Stephen Greggo, Ph.D. – Chair, Pastoral Counseling and Psychology Department and Associate Professor of pastoral counseling and psychology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, IL; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
W. David Hager, M.D., FACOG – Board-certified Obstetrician-Gynecologist; Professor, Department of OB-GYN and Consultant in Infectious Disease, University of Kentucky School of Medicine; Director of Continuing Medical Education, Department of OB-GYN at Central Baptist Hospital and Director of the OB-GYN Residency Training Program (a University of Kentucky affiliated program).
David Hall, M.A. – Member and Executive Assistant to the Board of Directors, Sexual Wholeness, Inc.; Author, Speaker, Seminar Leader.
Michelle McKinney Hammond – Author; Speaker; Singer; TV Show Co-host.
Laurie Hall – Media Personality; Author; Speaker.
Archibald Hart, B.Sc., Ph.D. – Licensed Psychologist; Professor & Former Dean of the School of Psychology, Fuller Graduate School of Theology; Certified Biofeedback Practitioner; Board Certified Diplomate Fellow in Psychopharmacology; International Director, AACC; Best-selling Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Kathleen Hart – Author; Chaplain, Fuller Theological Seminary; Speaker.
Donald Harvey, Ph.D. – Associate Professor of Psychology, Trevecca Nazarene University; Licensed Professional Counselor.
Glen Havens, M.D. – Director, Ark Psychiatric Services in Atlanta, GA; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Ronald E. Hawkins, D.Min., Ed.D. – Licensed Professional Counselor; Vice-Provost, Liberty University, College of Arts & Sciences; Executive Board Member, AACC; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Ed Hindson, D.Phil., D.Min., Th.D. – Professor and Dean, Institute of Biblical Studies and Assistant to the Chancellor, Liberty University; author; speaker; seminar leader.
Linda E. Homeyer, Ph.D. – Licensed Professional Counselor; Nationally Certified Counselor; Registered Play Therapist; Professor, Professional Counseling Program, Department of Educational Administration and Psychological Services at Texas State University.
Donna Rice Hughes, B.A. – Internationally-known Internet safety expert and advocate; President, Enough Is Enough, a national non-profit educational organization whose mission is to make the Internet safer for children and families; Author; Speaker.
June Hunt, M.A. – Founder and CEO, Hope For The Heart, a worldwide biblical counseling ministry providing biblical hope and practical help in 20 languages and over 40 countries; Director, Biblical Counseling Library, Radio Personality; Accomplished Musician; Author; Speaker.
Mary Hunt, B.A. – Author; Columnist; Media Personality on finances; Debt-proof Seminar Leader.
Gregg Jantz, Ph.D. – Licensed Mental Health Counselor; Certified Chemical Dependency Professional; Certified Eating Disorder Specialist; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
David Jenkins, Psy.D. – Licensed Clinical Psychologist; Associate Professor of Counseling and Clinical Training Coordinator, Center for Counseling and Family Studies, Liberty University; Board Member, Society for Christian Psychology; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Stanton Jones, Ph.D. – Provost and Professor of Psychology, Wheaton College; Author; Speaker.
Debbie Laaser, B.S. – Sexual Addiction Counselor; Author; Speaker.
Mark Laaser, M.Div., Ph.D. – Co-founder and Executive Director, OASISS, a division of the Christian Alliance for Sexual Recovery, Inc. (CASR); Board Member, National Council on Sexual Addiction/Compulsivity; Board Member, Interfaith Sexual Trauma Institute; Adjunct Faculty Member; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Diane Langberg, Ph.D. – Licensed Clinical Psychologist; Founder and Director, Diane Langberg & Associates; Executive Board Chairperson, AACC; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Brooks Lines, M.A. – Counselor, North Atlanta Center for Christian Counseling.
Florence Littauer – Best-selling Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Ron Luce, M.A. - Founder and President, Teen Mania, one of America’s largest youth organizations; has worked with more than 12 million teens in more than 50 countries; Appointed to the White House Advisory Commission on Drug-Free Communities.
Michael Lyles, M.D. – Founding Partner, Lyles & Crawford Clinical Consulting in Atlanta, GA; Executive Board Member, AACC; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Ed Maynard, Ph.D. – Psychological Consultant, Lighthouse Counseling Service in Charlotte, NC; Co-author, Healing for the City: Counseling in the Urban Setting; Speaker.
Sharon Morris May, Ph.D. – Originator of the highly acclaimed Haven of Safety Marriage Relationship Intensives and Conferences at the Hart Institute in Pasadena, CA; Internationally-known expert in emotionally focused therapy; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Mary Ann Mayo, M.A. – Licensed Marriage Family and Child Counselor; Author; Speaker.
Christopher McCluskey, M.S.W. – Licensed Clinical Social Worker; Certified in sex therapy; National Consultant in sexual enrichment and sexual addictions; Certified Life Coach; Radio Personality; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Lisa McMinn, Ph.D. – Associate Professor, Wheaton College; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Gary Moon, Ph.D. - Professor of Counseling and Vice-President and Chair of Integration, Richmont Graduate University; Director of Research and Development; LifeSpring Resources; Best-selling Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Linda Mintle, M.S.W., Ph.D. – Licensed Clinical Social Worker; Eating Disorders and Infertility Specialist; Faculty Member, Eastern Virginia Medical School; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
David Murphy, Ph.D. – Professor, Dept. Chair and Economic Crime Chair Lynchburg College; Certified Public Accountant; Certified Financial Planner; Certified Fraud Specialist; Speaker.
Captain Jim Nelms – State Coordinator, Georgia Crisis Response Team; leader, Henry/Clayton CISM Team; Faculty Member, International Critical Incident Stress Foundation as an Instructor for CISM.
Connie Neal, B.A. – Author; Speaker; Toured with Women of Faith.
Tommy Nelson, M.A. – Pastor, Denton Bible Church, located in Denton, TX; Featured on Focus on the Family, Family Life Today, Josh McDowell, For Faith and Family, and other national broadcasts.
Kenneth Nichols, Psy.D. – Founder and President, ALIVE Ministries; Executive Director, Board of Christian Professional and Pastoral Counselors; Psychologist; Former Senior Associate Pastor, Shadow Mountain Community Church; Former Dean of Behavioral Science, Southern California Seminary; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
George Ohlschlager, M.S.W., J.D. – Executive Consultant to the AACC; Member, AACC Ethics Committee; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Gary Oliver, Th.M., Ph.D. – Professor and Executive Director, John Brown University Center for Relationship Enrichment; Executive Board Member, AACC; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
John Ortberg, Ph.D. – Teaching Pastor, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church; Member Board of Trustees, Fuller Theological Seminary; Best-selling Author; Speaker.
Jorge Prado – Family counselor and Spanish Ministry Director, Calvary Church, Charlotte, NC.
Les Parrott III, Ph.D. – Licensed Psychologist; Associate Professor of Psychology and Co-Director of the Center for Relationship Development, Seattle Pacific University; Best-selling Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Leslie Parrott, Ed.D. – Co-Director, Center for Relationship Development, Seattle Pacific University; Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist; Co-Editor of the NIV Marriage Devotional Bible; Best-selling Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Clifford Penner, M.A., Ph.D. – Clinical Psychologist; internationally recognized sexual therapist; educator; best-selling author; speaker; seminar leader.
Joyce Penner, M.R.N. – Clinical Nurse Specialist; Internationally recognized Sex Therapist; Educator; Best-selling Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Dennis Rainey, M.A., D.D. – President, CEO, and Co-founder of Family Life, a division of Campus Crusade for Christ International; Best-selling Author; Speaker; Seminar leader.
Doug Rosenau, Ed.D. – Licensed Psychologist and Marriage & Family Therapist; Sex Therapy Specialist; Adjunct Professor of Human Sexuality, Master’s in Counseling Program, Psychological Studies Institute in Atlanta, GA; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Barbara Rosberg, B.F.A. – Media Personality; Author; Speaker.
Steve Russo, M.A. – Best-selling Author; Internationally known communicator and drummer; Radio Host, Real Answers; Featured Speaker, music video TV show, 24/SEVEN; Featured Guest, ABC, CBS and NBC News broadcasts, as well as The O’Reilly Factor, Fox News.
Eric Scalise, Ph.D. – Licensed Professional Counselor; Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist; Vice-President for Professional Development, AACC; Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Light University; Senior Editor, Christian Counseling Today; Former Dept. Chair for Counseling Programs at Regent University, VA; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Leroy Scott, Jr., M.S., M.Div. – Licensed Mental Health Counselor; Minister; Founder, Agape Family Counseling Center in Eatonville; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
J. Mark Shadoan, M.S.W., Ed.D. – Licensed Clinical Social Worker; Clinical Director, Light Counseling, Lynchburg, VA; Author, AACC’s Christian Counselor’s Treatment Planner.
Barbara Shaffer, Ph.D. – Psychologist; Author; Speaker.
Georgia Shaffer, M.A. – Psychologist; Professional Life Coach; Producer, syndicated radio feature, The Mourning Glory Minute; Founder and Executive Director, Mourning Glory Ministries; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Gary Sibcy, Ph.D. – Licensed Psychologist and Professional Counselor, Piedmont Psychiatric Center in Lynchburg, VA; Assistant Professor, Liberty University’s Doctoral Program in Professional Counseling; Author; Speaker; Seminar; Leader.
Erin Smalley, B.S.N, M.A. – Registered Nurse; Best-selling Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Gary Smalley, M.Div., Ed.D. – President and Founder, Smalley Relationship Center; Best-selling Author; Featured Television and Radio Guest; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Greg Smalley, Psy.D. – Psychologist; President, Today’s Family Counseling Center; Director, Marriage Ministries for the Center for Relationship Enrichment, John Brown University; Best-selling Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Troy Snyder, M.S. – Nationally Certified Counselor; Licensed Professional Counselor, Paraclete Counseling Center in Alpharetta, GA.
Wesley K. Stafford, Ph.D. – President, Compassion International; Board of Directors, National Religious Broadcasters.
David Stoop, Ph.D. – Licensed Clinical Psychologist; Founder and Director, Center for Family Therapy in Newport Beach, CA; Executive Board Member, AACC; Author, Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Jan Stoop, Ph.D. – Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Josh Straub, Ph.D. – Director of Member Relations, AACC; Certified Trained Trainer, AACC National Crisis Response Team; Adjunct Faculty and Assistant Director of Practicum and Internships in the Center for Counseling and Family Studies, Liberty University; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Daniel S. Sweeney, Ph.D. – Professor in the Graduate Department of Counseling, George Fox University in Portland, OR; Director of the Northwest Center for Play Therapy Studies, George Fox University; Board Member, Association for Play Therapy; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Michael Sytsma, Ph.D. – Licensed Professional Counselor; Sexual Addiction Specialist; Speaker.
Joni Eareckson Tada – President, Joni and Friends; Founder, Joni and Friends Disability Center; Member, Disability Advisory Committee, U.S. State Department; columnist; Best-selling Author; Award-winning Artist; Media Personality.
Erica S.N. Tan, Psy.D. – Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Eden Counseling Center, Virginia Beach, VA; Author; Speaker.
Siang-Yang Tan, Ph.D. – Senior Pastor, First Evangelical Church in Glendale/Arcadia, CA; Professor of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Debra Taylor, M.A. – Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist; Certified Sex Therapist; Author; Speaker.
Basyle J. (Boz) Tchividjian, J.D. – Adjunct Professor, Stetson University and Daytona Beach Community College; Former Assistant State Attorney, Seventh Judicial Circuit; Former Chief Prosecutor, Sexual Crimes Division; Attorney and Advisory Board Member, I-Care Child Advocacy Center; Author; Speaker.
Chris Thurman, Ph.D. – Licensed Clinical Psychologist; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Judi Quilici Timmcke, Ph.D. – Clinical Nutritionist; Technical Consultant; Educator; Former Vice-President of Research and Development, Weider Nutrition International; Author; Speaker.
John Trent, Ph.D. – President, Encouraging Words and StrongFamilies.com; Educator; Best-selling author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Cynthia Ulrich Tobias – Founder, Manager and CEO of AppLe St. (Applied Learning Styles); Coordinates the AppLe St. education and commerce programs and administers various learning styles projects nationally and internationally.
Sara E. Trollinger, M.A. – Founder and President of House of Hope, a Christian, non-denominational residential program for troubled teenagers, located in Orlando, FL. Founded in 1985; Author; Speaker.
Leslie Vernick, M.S.W – Licensed Clinical Social Worker; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Glenn Wagner, Ph.D. – Former Board Member and Vice-President of Promise Keepers; Author; Speaker Lecturer.
Neil Clark Warren, M.Div., Ph.D. – Psychologist; Founder, Associated Psychological Services; Former Professor and Dean, Fuller Graduate School of Psychology; Founder, eHarmony; Best-selling Author; Speaker.
Chaplain Thomas E. Webb, Th.M. – President, Webb & Associates Chaplaincy Consulting; Former Navy Chaplain; CISM Team Member, Camp Pendleton, CA; Speaker.
Catherine Hart Weber, Ph.D. – Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist; Board Member, International Foursquare Church CARE Program; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Thelma Wells, M.Min. – President, A Woman of God Ministries; Author; Speaker; Media Personality.
Tom Whiteman, Ph.D. – Licensed Psychologist; Founder and Director, Life Counseling Services in Paoli, PA; Director of Fresh Start Seminars; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Michael Todd Wilson, M.S. – Licensed Professional Counselor and Life Coach with the Intimacy Counseling Center in Atlanta, GA; Member, American Board of Christian Sex Therapists.
Sandra Wilson, Ph.D. – Marriage & Family Therapist; Adjunct Seminary Professor; Author; Speaker.
Russell Willingham – Executive Director, New Creation Ministries in Fresno, CA; Ordained Minister with the Assemblies of God International Fellowship.
Kari Wolfe, M.S., C.P.C. – Program Director, Remuda Ranch Eating Disorders Treatment Center.
Everett Worthington, Jr., B.S.N.E., Ph.D. – Licensed Clinical Psychologist; Professor of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
H. Norman Wright, M.A., M.R.E. – Licensed Marriage, Family & Child Therapist; Former Director of the Graduate Department of Marriage, Family and Child Counseling, Biola University; Associate Professor of Christian Education and Director of the Graduate Department of Christian Education, Talbot School of Theology; Best-selling Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.
Mark Yarhouse, Psy.D. – Licensed Clinical Psychologist; Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist; Endowed Chair and Professor of Psychology at Regent University; Author; Speaker; Seminar Leader.



