This scholarship honors Fuller School of Psychology
graduate, Randall Lehmann Sorenson (1954-2005) who modeled for the Evangelical
community creative integration of faith convictions and psychological
practice. This scholarship will be
awarded to the student submitting the best essay written on the integration
theology and psychology. The awardee
will be selected by the integration committee. The awardee will be announced at
the student’s graduation banquet. The student will need to be present to
receive the award and in order to give a summary of the essay. The scholarship
amount is $350.
Dr. Randall Lehmann Sorenson, 51,
Rosemead Professor of Psychology and licensed psychologist died Friday morning,
January 21st. Randy was a brilliant scholar and clinician, a much loved
colleague, teacher and mentor, a devoted husband and father, and a faithful
Christian. Randy has been an annually contracted, part-time faculty member in Rosemead for 13 years and
served as a clinical supervisor in the Biola Counseling
Center for 8 years prior.
So Randy has been an integral part of the Rosemead
graduate training program for over 20 years. Due to his part-time appointment,
Randy may not be known by very many within the wider Biola community, however,
he presented a very strong voice for integration of faith and field across the
psychological scholarly community.
Randy held both a PhD in clinical
psychology from Fuller and a PsyD in psychoanalysis from the Institute of
Contemporary Psychoanalysis. Besides his faculty position at Rosemead, Randy also taught for the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and carried
a thriving private practice through Doulos, Inc. His vita includes over 35
publications in journals such as Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytic Dialogues,
Journal of Psychology and Christianity, Journal of Consulting and Clinical
Psychology, and our own Journal of Psychology and Theology; about 50 scholarly
presentations at conferences of the American Psychological Association and the
Christian Association for Psychological Studies; as well as invited speaking
engagements across the country. Randy's most recent book, Minding Spirituality,
was published in 2004 by the Analytic Press.
Randy's instruction and mentorship
were eagerly sought by Rosemead
graduate students. He engaged both mind and heart and extended students' work
into the scholarly arena via co-authorship in both publications and conference
presentations. Randy's commitment to Christ and to excellent scholarship in
glory to God resonated throughout
his interactions with us and with many others in the psychological community.
His warm and engaging personality in classes as well as within the faculty will
be sorely missed. Please pray for us at Rosemead
as well as for Randy's wife, Anita, and his two daughters, Alden (16) and
Morgan (14), as we grieve the loss of a unique and gifted servant of God. http://www.rosemead.edu/news_events/
Papers awarded the Sorenson Scholarship
The authors of the following papers were given the Sorenson award for excellence in integrative work. To contact the author or to see a copy of the text, follow the links below.
2012
- Chloe Teller, Welcoming
the Christian Story in Narrative Therapy with Children
2011
- Lisa Finlay, Death Anxiety and the Self-Transcending Drama: Considerations for Christian Therapists
2010
- Darcy Miller, Reformulating God the Mother: Mutual Recognition, the Divine and Therapeutic Applications
2009
2008
- Martin Hsia,(Contact author for copy) Dím Sūm: “ABC” Integration of Christianity and Psychology
2007