How the Story is Told: A Response to Jacobs & Starr

Clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst, and professor of psychology at the Rosemead School of Psychology, Biola University in La Mirada California. He primarily teaches clinical courses in the area of psychoanalytic psychotherapy, clinical theory, and the integration of psychology and religion. Earl is also on the faculty of the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles. He is the co-author/editor of Christianity and Psychoanalysis: A New Conversation as well as numerous other publications in the areas of psychoanalytic treatment and the intersection of psychology/psychoanalysis & religious faith. He maintains a private practice where he treats individuals and couples.

Licensed counselor with a doctoral degree in counselor education and supervision from Regent University. He is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, having graduated from the Greater Kansas City Psychoanalytic Institute, and has received specialized training and credentialing in working with adolescents with sexual behavior problems. An approved clinical supervisor, he has provided mental health counseling as well as clinical supervision in the USA, Ukraine, and Turkey. He served on the State of Kansas Multi-Disciplinary Team responsible for evaluating potential sexually violent predators. Currently, he holds a position as an assistant professor in counseling psychology at The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology. His research and scholarly work primarily focus on the intersection of perpetration trauma, sexuality, eucontamination, white-body supremacy, and adolescent mental health. Dr. Hoard also provides outpatient mental health counseling and clinical supervision services.