1. Allen Eric Bergin was an American clinical psychologist known for his research on psychotherapy outcomes and on integrating psychotherapy and religion.
11 Facts About Allen Bergin
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Allen Bergin was raised in a family that did not actively attend any religious services.
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Allen Bergin went to high school in Spokane, Washington, and began college at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Allen Bergin eventually earned a master's degree from BYU and then a Ph.
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Allen Bergin then became a professor in the clinical psychology program at Teachers College, Columbia University.
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In 1972 Allen Bergin joined the faculty of BYU in part as a result of the encouragement of Thomas.
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Allen Bergin served as president of the Association of Mormon Counselors and Psychotherapists in 1980.
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Allen Bergin has acknowledged the significant influence of colleagues who have collaborated with him, particularly Sol Garfield, Hans Strupp, Michael Lambert, and Scott Richards.
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Allen Bergin has a special place in the history of psychologists and researchers who were members of the LDS Church, who traditionally work hard to harmonize scholarship and religion and to reconcile any differences between the truths discovered in science with the truths they believe to be revealed by God.
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Allen and Marian Bergin were the parents of nine children, and had 18 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
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Allen Bergin died at home on February 15,2024, at the age of 89.