Les Parrott is an American author of Christian self-help books, a professor of
psychology
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at
Northwest University, and an ordained
Nazarene minister. He is the creator of the SYMBIS Assessment, and founder of the Parrott Institute for Healthy Relationships at Olivet Nazarene University. He and his wife, Leslie Parrott, are the founders of the Center for Relationship Development at
Seattle Pacific University
Seattle Pacific University (SPU) is a private Christian university in Seattle, Washington, United States. It was founded in 1891 in conjunction with the Oregon and Washington Conference of the Free Methodist Church as the Seattle Seminary. It ...
where they taught courses out of the Marriage and Family Therapy and psychology departments.
Early life
Parrott is the son of
A. Leslie Parrott Jr.,
[ ] former president of Olivet Nazarene University.
Media
Parrott has appeared on a variety of television shows.
He hosts a weekly radio program called ''Love Talk''.
Personal life
Parrott and his wife, Dr. Leslie Parrott, live in
Seattle
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, Washington. They married in 1984 and have two sons, John and Jackson.
Marriage Enrichment
Les Parrot along with his wife, Leslie Parrot, are the creators of th
SYMBIS(Save Your Marriage Before It Starts) assessment tool that guides pre-marital couples.
References
External links
LesAndLeslie.comMarriage MentoringLes and Leslie Parrott biography on Zondervan.com
*Pre-Marriage Assessment , SYMBIS.com
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Living people
American motivational speakers
Year of birth missing (living people)
American Christian writers
American Nazarene ministers
Seattle Pacific University faculty
University of Washington faculty
Fuller Theological Seminary alumni
Olivet Nazarene University alumni