Biography
Dr. Acha Goris is married to Rachel and they have two adult sons Ike and Ingam. Dr. Goris holds a bachelor’s degree from West Africa Theological Seminary in theology, two master’s degrees from the Theological College of Northern Nigeria in Missiology, and Cincinnati Christian University in counseling, as well as a doctorate in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of Cincinnati in 2008. Dr. Goris has been training counselors since 2009, first at Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, Kentucky and at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, Kansas. He stepped away from teaching full time in August 2022 to work full time with the US military as a military family life counselor. Dr. Goris has been a licensed counseling supervisor in Ohio, Kentucky and currently in Missouri and Kansas. Dr. Goris was the facultysupervisor for the honor society Chi Sigma Iota at MNU until August 2022. Dr. Goris is a master ,trainer with the NBCC in their efforts to facilitate and destigmatize global mental health. Dr. Goris’ counseling interests are to integrate psychological and theological concepts in order to provide holistic help to clients, mentor counselors in-training, strengthen the marriages of the African Diaspora, and help to demystify/destigmatize mental health in Africa. One of his long term goals is to create a concise manual for Counselor Education in Africa. Dr. Goris enjoys sports, travel, history and working on cars.
Degrees Earned
- B.A. Theology, West Africa Theological Seminary
- M.A. Missiology, Theological College of Northern Nigeria
- M.A. Counseling, Cincinnati Christian University
- Ed.D. Counselor Education and Supervision, University of Cincinnati