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The Reverend Dr. Willard Walden Christopher Ashley, Sr. is the President and CEO of Dr. Willard Ashley Sr., LLC. Through his LLC, Dr. Ashley is in demand as a keynote speaker, preacher, consultant, educator, psychoanalyst, marriage and family therapist, and group therapist.
Dr. Ashley is the second African American in the long history of the New Brunswick Theological Seminary to be granted tenure. He made history as the first African American Dean of the Seminary. Dr. Ashley is an Advisory Board Member of Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School. Ashley teaches Doctor of Social Work students at Rutgers University and New York University (NYU).
Since 1996, he has been the founder and senior pastor of the Abundant Joy Community Church in Jersey City, New Jersey. His pastoral journey began in 1982, and he has since served as senior pastor at four American Baptist churches.
Dr. Ashley has authored four articles in The Men of Color Study Bible, published four books, and contributed to numerous articles and chapters. His reach extends to the media, having hosted a Black Entertainment Television (BET) program and appeared on radio in New York City.
Rev. Ashley was a staff psychotherapist at The Riverside Church in New York City. He is a fellow in The American Association of Marriage Family Therapists. Ashley also holds memberships in Black Psychoanalysts Speak, the American Group Psychotherapy Association, and the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis.
Dr. Ashley has received numerous awards. He is in Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare, Who’s Who in America, and Who’s Who in the World. He is the proud father of an adult son, Chris, and is married to Tanya Pagan Raggio-Ashley, MD, FAAP, MPH. Dr. Ashley and his wife, Tanya, are emotional support humans to Serafina, their 13-pound Shih Tzu.
- Senior Pastor, Abundant Joy Community Church, Jersey City, New Jersey
- Author, New Rules for Radicals, Judson Press
- Co-Editor, Contributor, Disaster Spiritual Care, Revised, 2nd Edition Skylight Paths
- President & CEO, Dr. Willard Ashley, Sr LLC
- Member, Black Psychoanalysts Speak
- Retired Dean & Professor of Pastoral Theology, New Brunswick Theological Seminary
- Advisory Board Member, Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School
- Adjunct Lecturer, New York University (NYU), Silver School of Social Work, DSW Program
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Instructor, Rutgers University, School of Social Work, DSW Program
- Training & Supervising Analyst, Blanton Peale Institute & Counseling Center
- Vocational Coach, Center for Career Development and Ministry
- Certified Psychoanalyst & Certified Group Psychotherapist
- Professional Member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
- Clinical Member, New Jersey Association For Marriage & Family Therapy
- Member, International Association for Psychoanalytic Self-Psychology
- Member, The International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis, USA
Email: dr.wwca@icloud.com
Mobile: 201-400-3166
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