Donald Elmer Polkinghorne (November 8, 1936–January 17, 2018) was an American scholar and psychotherapist known for his contributions to

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. He was an

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and Chair of Counseling Psychology at the

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, at the

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. In 1975, Polkinghorne became the academic dean for The Saybrook Institute. He became the institute's president the following year and remained in the position for a decade. Polkinghorne taught counseling at

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for three years before transferring to the

, where he taught until his retirement in 2005. Three years later, he began teaching in the media psychology program at

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, holding a faculty position until his death in 2018.

Books

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