Eric Scalise

Eric Scalise, Ph.D., serves as President and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) with Hope for the Heart, and is also the President of LIV Consulting, LLC. He is the former Senior Vice President for the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) and former Department Chair for Counseling Programs at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Dr. Scalise is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over four decades of clinical and professional experience in the mental health field. He is a published author (Addictions and Recovery Counseling, and Lay Counseling: Equipping Christians for a Helping Ministry), adjunct professor at several Christian universities, conference speaker, and frequently works with organizations, clinicians, ministry leaders, and churches on a variety of issues. Dr. Scalise and his wife, Donna, have been married for over 40 years, have twin sons—who are combat veterans serving in the U.S. Marine Corps—and four grandchildren.