Professor of Psychology

Office: Culbertson Hall Room 210
Phone:619.849.2278
Fax:    619.849.7019
Email: michaelleffel@pointloma.edu

Education

Ph.D. Personality and Social Ecology, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
M.A. Personality/Clinical Psychology, California State University Long Beach
B.A. Psychology, Point Loma Nazarene University

Personal & Professional Interests

Dr. Leffel has been teaching at PLNU since 1992. Prior to joining the Psychology Department, he was a psychotherapist in private practice in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Leffel's specializations include personality psychopathology, psychoanalytic psychology and psychotherapy, and the integration of psychoanalytic developmental theory and spiritual formation.

As a PLNU Wesleyan Center Scholar and Fellow, Dr. Leffel is currently working on several books in the area of moral development and Christian spirituality. His wife's name is Donna and his son, Stephen, is beginning his second year in college.

Courses Taught by Dr. Leffel

PSY101 - Psychology of Personal Development
PSY300 - Personality and Adult Development
PSY320 - Social Psychology
PSY400 - History and Contemporary Issues in Psychology
PSY410 - Issues in Psychotherapy-Theology Integration
PSY420 - Moral Development
PSY460 - The Human Challenge