"Spirituality is a powerful dimension of human experience, with growing importance and diversity in today's changing world." -- Froma Walsh
Jamie D. Aten, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM).
He is also the Assistant Director of Health and Mental Health for the Katrina Research Center at USM and director of the Church Disaster Mental Health Project.
His primary research and teaching interests include spirituality, supervision, rural psychology, and qualitative methods.
Prior to USM he worked with spiritual and religious clients as a therapist and supervisor. He also taught as an adjunct instructor for Indiana Wesleyan University and St. Mary-of-the-Woods College.