Scott Knapp:  

I left Pettisville for Toledo in 1983, and got my Bachelor's Degree in Education from the University of Toledo in 1988. I was involved with Campus Crusade for Christ while at UT, and this profoundly impacted my views on God and spirituality. I also met my wife, Shari, while at UT, and we got married in 1989. I worked in several capacities in business after graduation. In 1994 we had our first son, David. At the pinnacle of my business career in Quality Management, I made a poor decision to leave a stable company and join a sinking ship, and after that my business career tanked! I reluctantly got into mental health, working with behaviorally and emotionally disturbed children and adolescents, in residential treatment. This put me on the road to becoming a therapist. After five years in front-line treatment as a staff member at a treatment center, I moved my family to Philadelphia. I pursued a Master's Degree in Counseling from Philadelphia Biblical University (Langhorne, PA) and worked in various capacities in mental health while living there. We also had an unexpected addition to our family, our second son, Matthew! I continued to do contractual work via the Internet for my former employer in Toledo, and upon graduation, the Exec Director offered to allow me to do my counseling internship on-the-job back in Toledo, while I pursued my license as a Professional Counselor (LPC). For the last year, we've been living in Perrysburg, Ohio and I've worked as a counseling intern for my former employer at the residential ce...Expand for more