EXPERT ON:
◉ Church & Ministry Leadership
◉ Decision-Making & Emotional Intelligence
◉ Effective Communication
◉ Faith in Action
◉ Leadership Development
◉ Legacy & Calling
◉ Motivation & Mindset
◉ Overcoming Adversity
EXPERIENCE:
◉ Decades of experience as a pastor, educator, administrator, therapist, conference speaker, and Military Family Life Counselor with global assignments
◉ Author, program developer, and former prison therapist specializing in relationships, healing, and emotional health; currently an Emotionally Focused Therapist at Healing Hearts Counseling
◉ Lifelong learner with a mission to help people discover identity, become their best selves, and achieve what once felt impossible
Larry Pemberton, Ph.D., LPC/MHSP-S
I have been married to my High School Sweetheart since 1972. She is an Educator with a BA, Ma, and Ed.S. We have 3 grown children and 5 grandchildren.
I have been a Pastor, Administrator, Educator, Conference leader and speaker, Therapist in agency and private practice settings, and as a Military Family Life Counselor on 7 assignments to military bases around the world. I have been a therapist at a large prison where I daily encountered men who were the product of and themselves involved in unhealthy, even destructive relationships. Author of “Called to Care: A Youth Leader’s Guide to Counseling Teens, Program Developer, and Part-time Comedian. I am enjoying the best job of my life as part of the Healing Hearts Counseling family of Emotionally Focused Therapists.
I am a lifelong learner and am living my best life right now. My Elevator Speech: “I help people understand who they are; become who they’ve always been; and achieve what they’ve only imagined.”
