Faculty and Staff

John Thoburn, Ph.D., ABPP

Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology

B.A., University of Kansas, 1976; M.Div., Fuller Theological Seminary, 1984; Ph.D., Fuller Graduate School of Psychology, 1991. At SPU since 1998.

Specialty: Family and Consulting Psychology
Areas of Scholarship: Interpersonal research; family psychology; International and disaster psychology
Areas of Teaching: Family psychology; human sexuality; individual, couple, and group psychotherapy

Recent Publication: Collaborative Treatment for the Psychosomatic Couple

Curriculum Vitae: CV Document (PDF)
Office: 107 Marston Hall

Email: thoburn@spu.edu
Phone: 206-281-2908

Dr. John Thoburn is a licensed psychologist in the state of Washington. He is board certified in couple and family psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology, and he is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.

Dr. Thoburn received a Master of Divinity degree from Fuller Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. from Fuller Graduate School of Psychology. He is currently past president of the American Academy of Couple and Family Psychology, a specialty of the American Board of Professional Psychology, and he is president-elect of the Society for Family Psychology, a division of the American Psychological Association.

Dr. Thoburn is associate professor of clinical psychology in Seattle Pacific University’s APA accredited graduate psychology program. He teaches courses in individual, couple, and group psychotherapy, family psychology, and human sexuality.

His research is in the areas of relational psychology and international psychology.

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