Everett L. Worthington Jr., Ph.D.
- Subject areas
- Forgiveness Psychology, Spiritual Formation, Group Psychoeducation · Group Therapy and Forgiveness Psychology · Group Therapy, Forgiveness Psychology, Psychoeducational Interventions · Psychotherapy and Counseling with emphasis on Forgiveness Interventions
Everett L. Worthington Jr., Ph.D., is Commonwealth Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), where he served on the faculty for nearly four decades before his retirement in 2017.
A native of Knoxville, Tennessee, Dr. Worthington earned his undergraduate degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville (1968) and an S.M. in Nuclear Engineering from MIT (1970) before turning to psychology.
His research focuses on forgiveness and other virtues, religion and spirituality in clinical practice, and the hope-focused approach to counseling couples. He has written over 30 books and published more than 350 scholarly articles and chapters. He developed the REACH Forgiveness method, one of the two most-studied methods to promote forgiveness, tested in over 22 randomized clinical trials worldwide.
From 1998 through 2005, he served as executive director of A Campaign for Forgiveness Research, raising $6.4 million to fund forgiveness research. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and in 2009 won VCU's top honor, the VCU Award for Excellence.
Recorded lessons
4 lessons
Psychoeducational Groups to Promote Forgiving and Reconciling - Tape 1 of 2 - Side A - groups
Psychoeducational Groups to Promote Forgiving and Reconciling - Tape 1 of 2 - Side B - groups
Psychoeducational Groups to Promote Forgiving and Reconciling - Tape 2 of 2 - Side A - groups
Psychoeducational Groups to Promote Forgiving and Reconciling - Tape 2 of 2 - Side B - groups