R. Timothy Kearney, PhD earned his BA with a combined major in Psychology and Spanish Literature at Yale University and pursued graduate work at Fuller Theological Seminary where he earned his MA (Theology) from the Graduate School of Theology and his PhD (Clinical Psychology) from the Graduate School of Psychology. He has also completed the post graduate Primary Care Behavioral Health training program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester. He is a licensed psychologist in Connecticut. He joined the Community Health Center behavioral health staff in 1998, becoming Chief Behavioral Health Officer in 2000. He is the author of Caring for Sexually Abused Children: A Handbook for Families and Churches (Intervarsity Press, 2001). In addition to administrative and clinical leadership of the Behavioral Health programs at CHC, Dr. Kearney supervises and trains postdoctoral psychology residents in CHC’s APA Accredited Post Doctoral Psychology Residency, is PI on a HRSA Graduate Professional Education for training practicum level psychology doctoral candidates,  and provides direct clinical care to children and adolescents and their families, especially those impacted by medical illness, trauma, and abuse.