Darby A Strickland

Darby A. Strickland is a faculty member and counselor at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF), where she has served since 2003. She holds a Master of Divinity with a counseling emphasis from Westminster Theological Seminary. Darby brings particular passion and expertise in caring for the vulnerable and oppressed, especially women in abusive marriages. She has served in missionary church contexts and women’s ministry leadership, and has contributed to key resources like Becoming a Church That Cares Well for the Abused and the PCA’s Domestic Abuse & Sexual Assault training materials.

She is the author of Is It Abuse? (P&R, 2020), When It’s Trauma: A Biblical Guide to Understanding Trauma and Walking Faithfully with Sufferers (P&R, 2025), and several minibooks. She also writes for the Comfort for Children in Hard Times series, helping families walk together through suffering with biblical wisdom and care. Darby’s writing and teaching reflect her deep commitment to bringing Christ’s comfort to those in dark and complex places. She and her husband have particularly enjoyed homeschooling their three children and are now taking joy in launching them into the world.