Dan Allender
Consultant | Rider
Dr. Dan B. Allender (MDiv, Westminster Theological Seminary; PhD, Michigan State University) is professor of counseling psychology and former president of The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology in Seattle, Washington. He has pioneered a unique and innovative approach to trauma and abuse therapy over the past 30 years. Dan also co-founded The Allender Center in 2011.
He travels and speaks extensively to present his unique perspective on story, sexual abuse recovery, love & forgiveness, worship, and other related topics. Dan is the author of fifteen books, including To Be Told, Sabbath, Leading with a Limp, and he is coauthor of God Loves Sex. His newest release in 2016 is Healing the Wounded Heart: The Heartache of Sexual Abuse and the Hope of Transformation. Dan and his wife, Becky, live in Washington state and have three adult children and four grandchildren.