Dr. Dan Allender has pioneered a unique therapy centered around his innovative theory and training in transforming betrayal, ambivalence, and powerlessness into faith, hope, and love. He is a professor of counseling psychology at The Seattle School and founder of The Allender Center, speaking on trauma, sexual abuse recovery, love and forgiveness, and intimacy.

He’s a popular podcaster on The Allender Center Podcast and the author of Healing the Wounded Heart, The Wounded Heart, The Healing Path, To Be Told, and God Loves Sex.

Cathy Loerzel MA, is cofounder and executive vice president of The Allender Center. 

Cathy has spent the last decade working with Dan Allender to develop Trauma Informed Narrative Theory and is a popular speaker and instructor. She and her husband live in Seattle with their two children, two dogs, and thirteen chickens.