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The Seattle School formally installed Dr. Craig Detweiler as President on Friday, March 9. Watch the full inauguration ceremony here.

The Seattle School community came together on a Monday evening last month for the State of the School address. The annual gathering is an opportunity for students, staff, and faculty to hear updates from the school’s president about changes, challenges, and opportunities facing The Seattle School, and to ask questions and share feedback. “Since its […]

The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology has received a grant of $1 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish the new Resilience for Sustainable Leadership program.

The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology welcomes Dr. Craig Detweiler as its new president, effective January 1. Dr. Detweiler is The Seattle School’s third president and succeeds Dr. Keith Anderson, who served for 12 years before retiring in October.

The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities will conduct a site visit on the campus of The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology, April 16-18, 2018.

In this issue of The Other Journal, we will explore the valences of identity, both individual and communal, personal and public. We will take up the theme of identity in multiple ways, examining its interconnections with sexuality, pluralism and authenticity, the dissolution and reconstitution of borders, racial divisions, and, yes, even the 2016 presidential campaign.

Fall is always a season of transition as an academic institution, but this fall holds a particular gravitas for The Seattle School community. Together we are holding the tension of endings and new beginnings: We are celebrating the story, labor, and vision that has carried us to our 20th birthday.

Here, we share the video footage of the decommissioning of Dr. Keith Anderson. Stories of gratitude and celebration were shared. Keith offered his final address and homily as President, “Fidelity, Conviction, and Holy Work.” Wendy offered prayers for The Seattle School, Keith returned the sextant to the Board of Trustees, and The Seattle School community […]

On October 18, 2017 faculty, staff, students, alumni, trustees, donors, and distinguished guests gathered to decommission and send The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology’s second President, Dr. Keith Anderson and his wife, Wendy. Stories of gratitude and celebration were shared by: Mike and Myra McCoy, Board of Trustees Founding Chairs Dr. Stephanie Neill, Associate […]

Dr. Roy Barsness, Professor of Counseling Psychology, has released a new book, Core Competencies of Relational Psychoanalysis: A Guide to Practice, Study, and Research. Inspired and challenged by his students, Dr. Barsness embarked on a significant qualitative research project with the aim of demystifying the what and the how of relational psychotherapy.

The Board of Trustees of The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Craig Detweiler as the school’s third president. Dr. Detweiler will succeed Dr. Keith R. Anderson on January 1, 2018. In April Keith announced his plan to retire after 12 years as Dean/President effective October 2017.

Dr. Dan Allender and a team from The Allender Center at The Seattle School spent last weekend partnering with Ecclesia church in Houston. They spent time speaking and ministering to individuals who had experienced many levels of trauma during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Here, Dan Allender and Rachael Clinton (MDiv ’10) share a message with the Ecclesia community entitled “A Path Through the Waters,” based on Psalm 77.