William Scar
The Reverend Dr. William C. Scar, DMin, is founding diplomate in pastoral psychotherapy of the Nautilus Pacific Chapter and the past president (2015-17) of the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy.
Bill is a diplomate of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, a clinical member and approved supervisor of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, and a clinical chaplain and pastoral psychotherapist certified by CPSP.
He received his BA from Kenyon College and studied graduate-level psychology at St. Louis University and the University of Missouri, St. Louis. He received his Master of Divinity degree from Concordia Seminary, and his Doctor of Ministry degree in pastoral counseling from the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago. He completed the Pastoral Care and Counseling Training Program in the Division of Religion and Psychiatry, as well as the two-year Marriage and Family Therapy Training Program for Community Practitioners, at The Menninger Foundation and Clinic.
From 1994 through 2015, Bill was Director of The Good Samaritan Counseling Center, sponsored by the South Coast Interfaith Council, in Southern California.