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.jpg) November
16, 2008 Guest – Everett Worthington
Program:
Everett
Worthington, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of the Department of
Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he has been on the
faculty since 1978. He is also a licensed Clinical Psychologist in
Virginia. He has published 17 books and over 150 articles and scholarly
chapters, mostly on forgiveness, marriage, and family topics. The most
recent books are Five Steps to Forgiveness: The Art and Science of
Forgiving (Crown Publishers, 2001) and Hope-focused Marriage Counseling
(InterVarsity Press, 1999).
He directs “A
Campaign for Forgiveness Research” (www.forgiving.org),
which seeks to raise money to support research into forgiving. He was
founding editor of Marriage and Family: A Christian Journal. He has
spoken internationally at conferences and universities in Brazil, South
Africa, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and Canada. He considers
his mission as "to bring forgiveness into every willing heart, home, and
homeland." Committed to teaching, he has previously served as Director
of Undergraduate Studies in Psychology, Director of Training of VCU's
APA-accredited Counseling Psychology program, and Director of VCU's
MidLife Counseling Services. He has also been committed to public
teaching, through public speaking, videotape and magazine writing, and
working with media to educate people widely about forgiveness and
reconciliation. He has made over 250 appearances in different media.
Television appearances include Good Morning America, The Iyanla Show,
The Leeza Show, CNN, The 700 Club, and others. |
