About
FrancisA. Martin, Ph.D., has been inprofessional service as a professor, mental health counselor, academicadministrator, health care administrator, and a volunteer in mental health andmedical agencies. He has written widely, with several books, includingCoping with Cancer, Prayers from Where You Are, Coping with Personal Crises,Vocational Guidance, Prayers for Recovery, and several others. He is afrequent presenter at professional meetings, along with holding offices inprofessional associations. With degrees from Hannibal LaGrange College,Oklahoma Baptist University, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, he alsocompleted studies at the University of Missouri, University of Louisville, andVanderbilt University.
Dr.Martin has maintained his early commitment to the effective delivery ofprofessional mental health services. He has concentrated on his ownprofessional development, but also on the professional development of hisstudents, his colleagues, and members of his professional associations. In addition, he has demonstrated his long commitment to understanding andarticulating a sensible, realistic, and meaningful understanding ofspirituality.
