Dr. Ridley N. Usherwood is an adjunct professor in the Marriage and Family Therapy program at Edgewood College. Ridley is an Ordained Bishop in the Church of God (Cleveland, TN) and also holds credentials with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America. He has a rich background of 42 years of combined ministry as a Senior Pastor, consultant, pastoral counselor, university professor, USAFR Air Force Chaplain and Missionary Educator. He did his clinical internship at the Hiwassee Mental Healthy Center in Cleveland TN, he is a founding member of the Manna House Counseling Center in Northamptom England, and served as a Staff Counselor for the Washington Pastoral Counseling Service in Silver Springs MD. Ridley provides individual, couple, group, and family grief counseling. He also does training and consulting in Pastoral Theology and Biblical Counseling, leadership development, diversity, cultural competence, and reconciliation training. Understanding faith traditions, God’s Plan for the Church, calling, missions, and personal evangelism, he also provides spiritual direction in the development of Christian growth and maturity.