A counselor for over thirty years and a veteran professor of twenty-eight years, Dr. Welch has been invited to lecture at four different universities and is in private practice and previously employed as a marriage and family therapist staff member at Charter Behavioral Health System of Kansas City, a psychiatric hospital. For fourteen years, Don served as Professor of Christian Education and Family Studies at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, Kansas where he was honored as Teacher of the Year (voted by faculty and student body) and included in several Who鈥檚 Who Among America鈥檚 Teachers.
He is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a Kansas Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist and a Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor in the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.
For the past twelve years, Dr. Welch has served 国产剧麻豆剧 as an adjunct psychology professor. As a thirty-two year ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene, Dr. Welch has served as senior and associate pastor as well as the preaching/interim pastor at six rural and suburban churches in Kansas, Missouri, and California. For the past twelve years, he continues at the Skyline Wesleyan Church in La Mesa, California as their part-time counseling pastor where he has produced 119 broadcasts of 鈥淢y Therapist 鈥楽ez鈥欌︹ a live-streamed production where medical doctors, psychotherapists, and other relationship specialists interact with a live audience while discussing relationship issues.
For years Dr. Welch owned and directed Family Counseling Services, San Diego鈥檚 first and oldest professional Christian Psychotherapy center. Along with his wife, Robin, Don founded the , a nonprofit professional Christian Psychotherapy center now partnering with 国产剧麻豆剧鈥檚 Master of Arts in Clinical Counseling program, where he gives leadership to 30 psychotherapists who are dedicated to serving San Diego鈥檚 under-resourced populations at 20 sites from North County to East County to South Bay.
As a prolific author, Dr. Welch has written extensively in books, magazines, biblical commentaries and methodologies, and newspapers including 国产剧麻豆剧鈥檚 Viewpoint Magazine, Group Publishing, The Preacher's Magazine, Bible Study Methodologies for Word Action Publishing, World Mission Magazine, the Kansas City Star newspaper, including the Evangelical Dictionary of Christian Education (Baker Books) and Introducing Christian Education (Baker Books), Nazarene Publishing House and Beacon Hill Press. His most recent pending book is The Screen-Smart Kid: Equipping Children to Live in a Media-Saturated World. As a versatile and accomplished communicator, Dr. Welch has spoken about relational issues at academic conferences, revivals, churches, and retreats around the world.
Dr. Welch and his wife, Robin, are happily married and have two adult children. Having a heart for ministry to the underserved, Don and Robin have led eight Work and Witness teams to places like Mexico, the Philippines, the former Soviet Union, and the Caribbean where evangelism was conducted, buildings constructed, relief supplies distributed, and medical assistance provided.
Education
- Ph.D., Education, University of Kansas, 1994
- M.S., Family Therapy, Friends University, 1998
- M.Div., Theology, Nazarene Theological Seminary, 1986
- M.A., Religion, 国产剧麻豆剧, 1980
- B.A., Religion (Psychology Minor), 国产剧麻豆剧, 1978
Courses Taught
PSY601 Issues in Psychotherapy: Theology Integration
PSY625 Counseling Theories and Faith Integration I
Experience in Field
- Private Practice, LMFT, 1998鈥揚resent
- Family Counseling Services, Inc., Owner/Director, 2011鈥揚resent
- Center for Enriching Relationships, Founder and Executive Director, 2008鈥揚resent
- Skyline Church, Counseling Pastor, 2006鈥揚resent
- Charter Behavioral Health System of Kansas City, MFT Staff Member, 1998鈥1999
- MidAmerica Nazarene University, Director, Freshman Seminar Program, 1998鈥2000
- MidAmerica Nazarene University, Head of the Department of Christian Education, 1997鈥2005
- MidAmerica Nazarene University, Chairman of the Division of Management and Human Relations, 1992鈥1997
- Nazarene Theological Seminary, Associate Registrar, 1989鈥1991
- Church of the Nazarene International Headquarters, Pastoral Ministries Coordinator, 1987鈥1989
- Rainbow Boulevard Church of the Nazarene, Senior Pastor, 1983鈥1987
- 国产剧麻豆剧, Associate Dean of Students, 1980鈥1983
- 国产剧麻豆剧, Assistant Chaplain, 1981鈥1983
- San Diego First Church of the Nazarene, Director of College Ministries, 1981鈥1983
- 国产剧麻豆剧, Resident Director, 1979鈥1981
Professional and Community Involvement
Current Involvements
- Clinical Member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
- Kansas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
- California Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the State of California, 2011鈥損resent (LMFT #50129)
- AAMFT (American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists) Approved Supervisor, 2005鈥損resent (#77904 membership)
- Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist in the State of Kansas, 1998鈥損resent (#090)
- Ordained Minister, Church of the Nazarene, 1985鈥損resent
- Ordained Minister-Supply, Wesleyan Church, 2006鈥損resent
- For additional involvements and memberships, please refer to CV
Awards and Honors
- Strathmore's Who's Who, 2011
- Continental Who's Who, 2011
- Who's Who Alliance, 2010
- Distinguished Professionals Online, 2010/2011
- Presidential Who's Who, 2010
- Biltmore Who鈥檚 Who, 2007
- Cambridge Who鈥檚 Who, 2006
- National Registers Who鈥檚 Who In Executives and Professionals, 2006
- Who鈥檚 Who Among America鈥檚 Teachers, 2002, 2004, 2005
- Gamma Epsilon Donald S. Metz Award for Distinctive Academic Contributions (Teacher of the Year by vote of faculty and student body), MidAmerica Nazarene University, 2000-2001
- Psi Chi Honor Society, 1998
- International Who鈥檚 Who of Professionals, 1997
- Outstanding Young Men In America: 1983, 1984, 1986
Dissertations, Presentations, and Publications
Presentations
- Skyline Church, La Mesa, California, 鈥淢y Therapist 鈥楽ez鈥欌" monthly professional mental health panel moderator to live audience and 12,000+ Live Stream audience, May 2007鈥損resent
- Skyline Church, La Mesa, California, numerous preaching messages, 2006鈥損resent
- Skyline Church, La Mesa, California, Weekly 2B1 Marriage Class of 70+ couples, 2007鈥損resent
- Pacific Southwest District of the Wesleyan Church Young Leaders Retreat Keynote Speaker: California, August, 2012
- Ruth Institute: It Takes a Family to Raise a Village 4th Annual Conference, presenter, San Diego, California, August, 2012
- Pacific Southwest District of the Wesleyan Church: Young Leaders Retreat Keynote Speaker: California, 2011
- 国产剧麻豆剧, School of Theology and Christian Ministry, speaker, CMI-612: The Life of the Minister: Living Whole in Pastoral Service, Vocational Ministry: Hazards to a Healthy Marriage, October, 2010
- KPRZ 1210 AM (San Diego Christian Radio) numerous appearances with talk show host Keith Olson, Ph.D., 2005鈥2008
- For additional presentations, please refer to CV
Publications
- 鈥淢y Therapist 鈥楽ez鈥...鈥 119 broadcasts including audio and video 2007鈥損resent.
- The Screen-Smart Kid: Equipping Children to Live in a Media-Saturated World. Beacon Hill Press of Kansas (pending), 2016.
- Seven Deadly Sins, Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 2016.
- Are You Parenting with Empathy or Anxiety (How Parents Unwittingly Contribute to a Child鈥檚 Emotional Stress), Refreshed Magazine, November 2014, pp.16-17.
- When Prayer Isn鈥檛 Enough, 国产剧麻豆剧 Viewpoint, 2006.
- Intensive Care (Be the One to Prescribe God鈥檚 Love to Kids in Crisis) Children鈥檚 Ministry Magazine, Group Publishing, July/August 2006
- Word Action Adult Sunday School Methodologies, Nazarene Publishing House, 2006
- Foreword to The Marriage Manual, by Dee Shaffer, Tate Publishing, 2005
- For additional publications, please refer to CV