Ph.D. in Psychology and Counseling, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
Dissertation: "Faith from our Fathers? A Study of the Relationship between Childhood
Father Involvement and Adult Faith Maturity"
Th.M., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
M.A. in Christian Counseling, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
B.S. in Mathematics, Frostburg State University
Selected Publications
“Beyond the Faith: Counseling Clients Who Don’t Know Jesus” in Soul & Spirit, Society
for Christian Psychology, AACC, 11(1), pp. 6-7.
“A Reconsideration of Faith Development: Faith Identity” in Soul & Spirit, Society for Christian Psychology, AACC, 10(3), pp. 4-5.
"A Biblical Perspective on Coping with Anxiety" in Transformation, AACC, 2013, 5(4), pp. 1-3
Selected Presentations
Quantifying Faith Identity Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS)
International Conference, Virtual, March 2022
Sufficiency of Scripture as Applied to Counseling Poster Presentation with C. Dinwiddie,
Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS) International Conference, Atlanta,
GA, March 2020
"Faith States: A Dynamic Theory of Faith Development" - American Association of Christian
Counselors (AACC) World Conference, Nashville, TN, September 2015
"Dealing with Crisis in Resort Ministry" - Association of Resort and Leisure Ministers
(ARLM) Biennial Conference, Orlando, FL, April 2015
“Faith from Our Fathers? A Study of the Relationship between Childhood Father Involvement
and Adult Faith Maturity” – Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS)
International Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 2014
Related Experience
Professional Counselor, Trinity Family Counseling Services, 2008-2015
Deep Creek Lake Resort Ministries, North American Mission Board, MSC Missionary, 2007-2015
Deep Creek Baptist Church, Oakland, MD, member, Worship Leader, 2007-2015