Counseling Psychology

Emeritus

Tenured

Faculty

Education

• BSNE: Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1968
• SMNE: MIT, 1970
• M.A.: Psychology-Counseling, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1976
• Ph.D.: Psychology-Counseling, UM-C, 1978

Research Interests

• Forgiveness Interventions (REACH Forgiveness; Six Steps to Forgiving
• Forgiveness (within the Stress and Coping Forgiveness theory)
• Other Positive Psychology Topics (Humility, Political Humility, Gratitude, Hope, Patience, Self-Forgiveness--interventions in each)
• Religion and Spirituality (especially R/S in counseling and psychotherapy)

Select Publications

• Davis, E. B., Worthington, E. L., Jr., & Schnitker, S. A. (Eds.). (2022). Handbook of positive psychology, religion, and spirituality. Springer. [Open Access].
• Worthington, E. L., Jr., & Wade, N. G. (Eds.). (2020). Handbook of forgiveness, 2nd ed. New York, NY: Routledge.
• Worthington, E. L., Jr., & Allison, S. T. (2018). Heroic humility: What the science of humility can say to people raised on self-focus. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Woodyatt, L., Worthington, E. L., Jr., Wenzel, M., & Griffin, B. J. (Eds.). (2017). Handbook of the psychology of self-forgiveness. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature.
• Worthington, E. L., Jr., & Sandage, S. J. (2016). Forgiveness and spirituality in psychotherapy: A relational approach. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Affiliations

• Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Virginia

Awards

• Sharecare/Emmy Award for “Building Forgiveness around the World,” (Director, Richard Sergay); the story of REACH Forgiveness, 2021
• State Council of Higher Education in Virginia (SCHEV), Outstanding Faculty Award, February 16, 2016
• Elder Recognition Award for Distinguished Contributions to Counseling Psychology, Division 17, Society for Counseling Psychology, August 7, 2015
• Doctor of Humane Letters (Honorary Doctorate), Pepperdine University, May 17, 2014
• VCU University Award for Excellence, September, 2009

Links

• Forgiveness and Marriage Resources
• Forgiving Yourself
• The Hope Couples Project
• Everett L. Worthington Jr. Wikipedia entry