Todd Hardin, Ph.D.

Counseling Faculty

Dr. Hardin joined the HLG faculty in 2025 and teaches in the counseling program. In addition to his work at HLG, since 2010, Hardin has served as a counseling pastor overseeing his church’s counseling center.

He also teaches counseling and psychology at other educational institutions and has been a professor since 2012.

Educational Background

  • PhD in Biblical Counseling, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017
  • DMin in Biblical Counseling, Westminster Theological Seminary, 2012
  • MDiv in Pastoral Counseling, Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, 2007
  • MAR in Pastoral Counseling, Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005
  • BS in Accounting, Carson-Newman College, 1989

Publications

  • Becoming a More ‘Biblical’ Counselor: A Guide for Lay Counseling Students.” Puritan Reformed Journal 7, no. 1 (January 2015): 195–206.
  • The Fall Festival Fiasco: A Case Study in Scripture Application.” Journal of Pastoral Counseling. 46 (December 2011): 93–110.
  • Redeeming Emotion-Focused Therapy: A Christian Analysis of Its Worldview, Epistemology, and Emphasis.” Religions 5, no. 1 (March 2014): 323–33.
  • Unlocking the Attic: Reintroducing Christianity to Christian Counseling.” The Gospel Witness 95, no. 1 (June 2016): 6–10.