Donna Strachan-
Ledbetter, M.S.

Donna is a pastoral psychotherapist at the Brandywine Pastoral Institute in Wilmington. At Wilmington College she is an adjunct faculty member in the undergraduate Division of Behavioral Science and the graduate program in Educational Counseling and is also a member of the Faculty Senate. Additionally, she teaches at the graduate level in the Pastoral and Theological Studies Department of Neumann College.

Donna has been in the specialized ministry of pastoral psychotherapy for nearly 17 years and prior to this worked as a special education teacher with persons with severe mental retardation and multiple developmental disabilities.

As a pastoral therapist she works with individuals, couples and families and provides educational programs for congregations and for the local community. She leads courses and retreats that involve the interface of spirituality and psychotherapy. With her husband, Tom, also a pastoral psychotherapist with the Institute, she conducts workshops, seminars and consultations.

She is a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, Wilmington, and has served in a variety of leadership capacities. As a city resident she has been involved with the Wilmington Interfaith Network and has served on the Board of Directors and Advisory Board of the West Center City Day Care and Nursery. She and Tom have also served together on the Board of Directors of Columcille, a Celtic spirituality center neighboring the Kirkridge Retreat Center in Pennsylvania.

Donna is certified through the National Board for Certified Counselors. Professional memberships have included the American Association of Pastoral Counselors and the Association for Transpersonal Psychology.

For relaxation, Donna enjoys walking, biking, backpacking, swimming at the beach, reading, and has been active in two women’s groups—one a book group and the other a support and study group focusing on life-planning and personal growth. She is the mother of four adult children.

Particulars:

Pastoral Psychotherapist in full-time practice since 1990.

Adjunct Faculty, Dept. of Behavioral Sciences, Wilmington College

National Certified Counselor (National Board of Certified Counselors)

Adjunct Faculty, Dept. of Pastoral and Theological Studies, Neumann College.

Adjunct Faculty, Dept. of Behavioral Science and Educational Counseling, Wilmington College.

Education:

B.S., University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 1975.

Graduate work in special education, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.

M.S., in Pastoral Counseling, Loyola College, Columbia, Md. ,1990.

Graduate work at Lancaster Theological Seminary, Lancaster, Pa., 1993.