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John Van Dixhorn started his professional life as the Basketball Coach and Athletic Director at Trinity College in Deerfield IL. He did his Theological training at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and was ordained with the Evangelical Free Church, pastoring churches in New City, NY, Naperville, IL, and Orange, CA. He went on to get a MA in Marriage and Family Therapy and a PhD in Clinical Psychology. He did his post-doctorate work in Psychoanalyses and became a Certified Psychoanalyst in California. He was an award winning faculty professor at the Newport Psychoanalytic Institute in Tustin, CA. He lives with his wife, Jana Holmer, in Palm Springs, CA where he has a private practice. He is also the author of the book, PRISONER OF BELIEF.