Angella M. Pak Son
Associate Professor of Psychology and Religion
ason@drew.edu

Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary

Drew University
Madison, NJ 07940
973-408-3260
Fax: 973-408-3808

Private Practice in Pastoral Counseling
Leonia and Montville, NJ

Links:
- American Academy of Religion
- Person, Culture, and Religion Group
- Society for Pastoral Theology
- American Association of
Pastoral Counselors
- International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology
- Association of Practical Theology
- The Association of Theological Schools
- American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

Angella Son joined Drew University faculty in 2001, having been an adjunct professor in New Brunswick Theological Seminary and New York Theological Seminary. An ordained Presbyterian minister and a pastoral counselor, Dr. Son has been involved in both church and pastoral counseling in order to engage her theoretical work with practice. She currently serves on the editorial boards for four scholarly juried journals, including the Journal of Pastoral Theology. Within the fields of psychology of religion, pastoral care and counseling, pastoral theology, and spirituality, her main scholarly interest focuses on the research on the formation of psychological self and transformation of spiritual self. She generally works with Karl Barth's theological anthropology, Heinz Kohut's psychology of the self, and Family Systems theory. Particular topics of her research interest include issues of narcissism, shame, depression, atonement, women, the health of families, Confucianism, Korean-American cultural studies, and spirituality. In addition to her involvement in academic professional presentations, she is invited as a preacher and speaker to churches and other various organizations including TV media.