Author: Doug Bower

Doug Bower maintains a multi-disciplined career. He received an A.A. degree in nursing from Manatee Community College in 1969. He also was awarded a B.S. degree in pre-med from Oglethorpe University in 1972. That same year he began seminary studies and eventually obtained a M.Div. from Columbia Theological Seminary, in Decatur, Georgia. Later, he completed a Ph.D. in counseling from the University of Georgia. He qualified as a R.N. and maintains his license focusing on sports medicine consultationss. He is an ordained United Methodist clergy though now in retirement status with the North Georgia Conference. He is a licensed professional counselor now primarily focusing on sports psychology coaching while also providing counseling to individuals. These were all part-time positions allowing Dr. Bower to tend to mind, body, and soul with his helping practices. Dr. Bower is the author of 5 books including: The Person-Centered Approach: Applications for Living; Person-Centered/Client-Centered: Discovering the Self that One Truly Is; Revising the Person-Centered Approach: Pushing on the Envelope, but not very Hard; From Saddlebags to Satellites: Homilies of a Circuit Rider in the New Millennium; and From Horseback to Desktop PC: Aspects of Faith Expressed by a Circuit Rider in an Age of Skepticism.