Everett L. Worthington Jr. (Ph.D., University of Missouri) is chair of the department of psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University. A licensed clinical psychologist, he serves as director of VCU's Marital Assessment, Therapy and Enrichment Center and as executive director of the Templeton Foundation's Campaign for Forgiveness Research. He has published more than 150 articles and papers on marriage, family and forgiveness in a wide variety of journals and magazines. He is the author of many books, including Forgiving and Reconciling, To Forgive Is Human and Marriage Counseling.

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