“Whatever Became of Theology?”

Mark McMinn, Ph.D. is a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP); and Professor of Psychology at George Fox University in Oregon. Prior to returning to George Fox, he taught at Wheaton College in Illinois, where he was the Dr. Arthur P. Rech and Mrs. Jean May Rech Professor of Psychology (1996-2006), Founder and coordinator of the Center for Church-Psychology Collaboration; and Director of the Psy.D. program. Dr. McMinn was given the CAPS Narramore Award (2007), for excellence in integrative writing. He now serves as the Academic Representative to Board of Directors of CAPS. He was the President of Division 36 (Psychology of Religion) of the American Psychological Association from 2006-07. Dr. McMinn has authored and published numerous journal articles and books, including Sin and grace in Christian counseling: An integrative paradigm; Integrative psychotherapy: Toward a comprehensive Christian approach; Finding our way home: Turning back to what matters most (Award of Merit in the 2006 Christianity Today book awards); Why sin matters: The surprising relationship between our sin and God’s grace (2005 ECPA Gold Medallion Award finalist), and Psychology, theology, and spirituality in Christian counseling.

“Thriving & Resiliency: Strength Based Clinical Work with Youth”

Linda Mans Wagener, Ph.D. is the Associate Dean and Co-Director, Center for Research in Child Development, Travis Research Institute at the School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. Dr. Wagener is a widely published scholar; she recently published “Lessons learned: The role of religion in the development of wisdom in Adolescence”, a chapter in Understanding Wisdom: Sources, Science, and Society. Topics of recent professional presentations range from: parenting pediatric cancer survivors, adolescent moral identity, and brain development in Down’s Syndrome children to building multigenerational churches and spiritual development in children and adolescents. Dr. Wagener is a scientific advisor for the Center for Spiritual Development at Search Institute, and is a member of the Advisory Council for the Youth Purpose Project at the Center for Adolescence at Stanford University.

“Working with Spiritual Themes in Psychotherapy”

Winston Gooden, Ph.D. is the Dean of the Graduate School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He holds both the Ph.D. in clinical psychology and Masters of Divinity from Yale University, where he won the Walcott Calkins’ Prize for Distinction in Pulpit Speaking and the Richard Allen Achievement Award for Black Seminarians, Yale Divinity School. Dr. Gooden is a frequent speaker at ministry and professional psychological conferences on topics such as shame and intimacy across ethnic groups, attachment styles in black and Asian communities, marriage and self esteem, and African American men and the church. He has published many journal articles and book chapters, including a chapter in Faith in Leadership: How leaders live out their faith in their work and why it matters.

“Understanding and Treating Spiritual Abuse”

Edward Cumella, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and Executive Director of the Remuda Centers for Anorexia & Bulimia in Wickenburg, Arizona. He is the Senior Editor of The Remuda Review: The Christian Journal of Eating Disorders and serves as the principal investigator responsible for methodological design and execution of treatment outcome studies at Remuda. Dr. Cumella is on the editorial board for PSYCRITIQUES: Contemporary Psychology—APA Review of Books. He is a widely published author in the area of eating disorders, one recent work being “Review of the Eating Disorder Inventory-3” in the Journal of Personality Assessment (2006). Dr. Cumella is a frequent guest on radio and television talk shows.