Fr. Joshua Makoul worked in the counseling field for sixteen years in family-based, school-based, and outpatient settings and has served as the dean of St. George Cathedral in Pittsburgh since 2012. He received training in family therapy at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Center and in cognitive behavior therapy at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Fr. Joshua earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, his master’s in counseling psychology from Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, and his M.Div. from Holy Cross Seminary in Boston. He is licensed in the state of Pennsylvania for counseling.

Fr. Joshua is the author of Healing Your Wounded Soul: Growing from Pain to Peace and Healing Work: Giving Humanity a Second Chance, both from Ancient Faith Publishing, and the host of Healing the Unresolved, a podcast on Ancient Faith Radio.

AFP publications include: Healing Your Wounded Soul and Healing Work.