Shadows of the Cross

Craig Cashwell: Craig S. Cashwell, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, CSAT, ACS, is Professor in the Department of Counseling and Educational Development at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has over 100 publications on various topics with a primary focus on spirituality in counseling. He is the co-editor of Integrating Spirituality and Religion into Counseling: A Guide to Competent Practice, published by the American Counseling Association. Craig has received numerous awards, including outstanding mentor awards from UNCG and the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools, the Chi Sigma Iota International Thomas J. Sweeney Professional Leadership Award, and the Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling (ASERVIC) Lifetime Service Award. In 2011, Craig received designation as an ACA Fellow. Additionally, Craig is a CSAT who maintains a part-time private practice focused on sex addiction and couple counseling.

Pennie Johnson: Pennie Johnson, LPC, LCDC, CSAT, CMAT, has a passion for working with congregations and their church members who are suffering with addiction, primarily sexual addiction. She is employed full time by New Freedom Holdings as a project manager and is currently a doctoral student at Walden University in the Counselor Education and Supervision program.

Patrick Carnes: Dr. Patrick J. Carnes is a nationally known speaker on addiction and recovery issues. He is author of Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction (1992), Contrary to Love: Helping the Sexual Addict (1989), The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships (1997), Open Hearts (1999), Facing the Shadow (2001), In the Shadows of the Net (2001), A Gentle Path Through the Twelve Principles (2012), A Gentle Path Through the Twelve Steps (1993)(2012), and Clinical Management of Sex Addiction (2002).