James N. Sells

Dr. James Sells is a professor, a licensed psychologist, and the Hughes Endowed Chair of Mental Health and Christian Thought at Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA. For three decades he has prepared clinicians to do the work of therapy, sat with thousands of couples and families pursuing relational healing and restoration, and authored books and articles to address human need. His interests include marital and family therapy, supervision/professional identity formation, international applications of counseling, and forgiveness/reconciliation. As a scholar, researcher, and therapist, he strives to consider the great influences of culture and individual need as he attends to the grand theme of reconciliation and redemption. Sells is enthusiastic about helping the Church increase its impact in response to its mission to “the least of these …” Matthew 25:45.

He is married to Heather, they spend live in the Tidewater region of Virginia and North Carolina. They have three adult children who are married and are building their families.