| 12/14/1988 | M. Div. w specialty in Pastoral Care & Counseling | The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY | Pastoral Care & Counseling |
| 6/30/1990 | Pastoral Counseling & Marriage and Family Therapy Residency | Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center | Pastoral Counseling & Marriage and Family Therapy |
| 7/14/1990 | Clinical Pastoral Education | Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center | Chaplaincy |
| 5/14/1994 | M.A. in Pastoral Counseling | Wake Forest University | Pastoral Counseling |