Dr. Timothy Lock

Goretti Center for Healing and Forgiveness

Dr. Timothy Lock is a Catholic father, husband, Franciscan tertiary, clinical psychologist, lecturer, educator, and author. He is the founder and director of the Goretti Center for Healing and Forgiveness.  He served on the faculty of St. Joseph’s Seminary (Dunwoodie) for five years as the Director of Psychological Services.  Dr. Lock has recently published Choosing Forgiveness: Unleashing the Power of God’s Grace, with Fr. Thomas Berg. In addition, Dr. Lock has published professional articles and book chapters in the area of clergy sexual misconduct, same-sex attractions, psychological trauma, and traumatic memory. He has lectured nationally and internationally to seminarians, clergy, mental health practitioners, and the general public on issues including the treatment of anxiety, forgiveness, Catholic psychology, Catholic psychotherapy, clergy sexual misconduct, and the psychology of same-sex attractions.