Meet the Instructors

Eric Scalise, PhD, LPC, LMFT, currently serves as President and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) with Hope for the Heart and ICCI. 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 earned his doctorate in Organizational Leadership, is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and a Credentialed Master Life Coach with over 45 years of clinical and professional experience in the mental health field. He served six years on the Virginia Board of Counseling under two governors. Specialty areas include professional/pastoral stress and burnout, combat trauma and PTS/PTSD, marriage and family issues, grief and loss, addictions and recovery, leadership development, and lay counselor training. 

As the son of a diplomat, Dr. Scalise was born in Nicosia, Cyprus, and has also lived and traveled extensively around the world. He is a published author (Addictions and Recovery Counseling, Lay Counseling: Equipping Christians for a Helping Ministry, and Called to Care: 30 Reflections on a Sacred Trust), adjunct professor at several universities, conference speaker, and frequently consults with organizations, clinicians, ministry leaders, and churches on a variety of issues. 
Dr. Scalise and his wife, Donna, have been married for 45+ years, have twin sons—who are combat veterans serving in the U.S. Marine Corps—and four grandchildren.