P. Scott Richards received his PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Minnesota. He is a professor of counseling psychology at Brigham Young University. His areas of scholarly interest include religious and spiritual issues in psychotherapy and the role of spirituality in eating disorder treatment and recovery. Dr. Richards thanks Rev. George F. Handzo and Rev. Martin G. Montonye at the HealthCare Chaplaincy in New York City, Rev. Dr. Leonard M. Hummel at The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, and Rick Gabbitas at Brigham Young University for their helpful suggestions and assistance with this commentary. The work on this commentary was supported in part by funding from the John Templeton Foundation.
