been in school continuously since age 4. A critical step in career discernment came when a colleague asked me to meet with the Black and White principals of schools in a small North Carolina town to facilitate them in integrating their schools. I asked for mutual respect and direct address and they accomplished their task.

At age 30 I ventured to Philadelphia to join a pastor friend, Dick Broholm, engaged in facilitating Christian men and women committed to walking their faith in their institutions of employment (Metropolitan Associates of Philadelphia, MAP). This approach met my vision of a whole life, faith lived each moment, in all facets of life. When funding for this project waned I reached to Barbara Krasner, then at Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute (EPPI) in Family Psychiatry, seeking to reconnect with my passion for family therapy and the healing of relationships. She welcomed me, introduced me to Ivan Nagy (Family Psychiatry Chair), who then hired me. There Barbara and I, along with Margaret Cotroneo, shared our passion for integrating spirituality and psychotherapy and for the healing of relationships. I was privileged to be tutored in Contextual Family Therapy by Ivan, Barbara and Margaret.

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For years (1976 - 2014)I practiced the integration of spirituality and psychotherapy as part of the Institute for Christian Healing, in Narberth, PA and Westchester, PA, with long time colleagues, Frances Schoeninger, Julie Wegryn, Eileen Schrader and Charles Zeiders.

Today I practice psychotherapy as a clinical psychologist out of my home in Coatesville, PA. I grew up in the American Baptist Church and joined a Presbyterian congregation in 1972, where I was introduced to the baptism of the Holy Spirit and healing prayer. My private psychotherapy practice integrates spirituality and prayer as healing resources and is focused on the healing of persons and relationships within an intergenerational perspective. I have been blessed with years of collaboration with Kenneth McAll in the field of family tree healing (generational healing) and Russ Parker in applying the insights of generational healing in families to healing wounded history in organizations, communities, institutions and nations. I have been a member of the Association of Christian Therapists (ACT) since 1977, over the years serving as editor of The Journal of Christian Healing, Chair of the Spiritual Life Committee, Chair of the Governance Council, interim Coordinator of Region 3, and President. I currently coordinate the work of the ACT Healing Manual Team, and edit The Journal of Christian Healing. And I continue to be nourished by dialogue with Barbara Krasner, Karen Krasner Allen, Russ Parker and Ernie Szoke our Community in Dialogue.

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Publications:

  ●  Schoeninger, D.W. and Schoeninger, F.E. (1994).Tending family roots part 3: healing inherited tendencies. Journal of Christian Healing. 16, 3-15.

  ●  Schoeninger, D.W. and Schoeninger F.E. (1995). Tending family roots. West Chester, Pennsylvania: Institute for Christian Healing.

  ●  Schoeninger, D.W. (2000). Healing Culture: A Generational Approach. Paper prepared for the Association of Diocesan Liaisons to the Catholic Charismatic Renewal

• Schoeninger, D.W. and Shelly, J.A. (2015). Healing Generational Wounds. Maitland, FL: Xulon Press.

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