Dr. Virginia Todd Holeman
Professor of Counseling
Expertise:
- Marriage
- Family Therapy
- Clinical Applications of Forgiveness
Education:
- B.S.Ed., Bloomsburg University, 1975; M.A., Wheaton College, 1979; M.A., Ashland Theological Seminary, 1986; Ph.D., Kent State University, 1994.
Dr. Holeman joined the Asbury Seminary faculty in 1995. Previously, “Toddy” taught at Ashland Theological Seminary and Kent State University. She is a psychologist in Ohio and a licensed marriage and family therapist in Kentucky. Additionally, Dr. Holeman is a clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and has extensive experience leading workshops and seminars around the country. Prior to joining the Asbury faculty, Dr. Holeman partnered the New Life Family Ministries in Akron, Ohio, with a long-time colleague, where she served as full-time staff counselor, extra-time administrator and counselor-in-training instructor. Although she has extensive experience in marriage and family therapy, Dr. Holeman’s particular passion is the resolution through forgiveness of issues of interpersonal betrayal, and as such she is part of a growing body of professional counselors who are reintroducing forgiveness as a viable concept outside theological spheres. She has made periodic contributions to The Family Journal, Marriage & Family: A Christian Journal and The Journal of Psycology and Christianity. She is the author of Reconcilable Differences: Hope and Healing for Troubled Marriages (2004, InterVarsity Press). She also speaks frequently at churches, conferences and universities on topics of forgiveness and family. Dr. Holeman lives in Lexington with her grown cat, Misha.