Heather Davediuk Gingrich (Ph.D., University of the Philippines) is a counselor, scholar, teacher and former missionary. She is currently associate professor of counseling at Denver Seminary, Littleton, Colorado and a dissertation advisor and committee member at Asia Graduate School of Theology, Quezon City, Philippines. A member of the American Psychological Association and clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), Gingrich is also a mental health consultant at International Development and Educational Associates (IDEAS), where she conducts short-term, mid-term and long-term mental health evaluations of missionary candidates. She has published a… number of scholarly articles on subjects ranging from traumatic stress disorder to the spiritual implications of dreams.