Biography

Rev. Dr. Siang-Yang Tan (Ph.D. In Clinical Psychology, McGill University) is Senior Professor of Clinical Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, and Senior Pastor Emeritus of First Evangelical Church Glendale. He is also Research Professor of Psychology and Counselling at Tyndale. He is a licensed psychologist and Fellow of the American Psychological Association. He has published over a hundred articles and over 50 chapters, and 17 books, including a major and widely used textbook  Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Christian Perspective, 2nd ed. (Baker Academic, 2022), and two other textbooks Lay Counseling (2nd ed., with Eric Scalise, Zondervan, 2016) and Shepherding God’s People: A Guide to Faithful and Fruitful Pastoral Ministry (Baker Academic, 2019). 

His other books include A Christian Approach to Counseling and Psychotherapy: Christ-Centered, Biblically-Based, and Spirit-Filled (Cascade Books, 2022), Full Service: Moving from Self-Serve Christianity to Total Servanthood (Baker Books, 2006), Coping with Depression (2nd ed., with John Ortberg, Baker Books, 2004), Rest: Experiencing God’s Peace in a Restless World (Regent College Publishing, 2003), and Disciplines of the Holy Spirit (with Douglas Gregg, Zondervan, 1997). He is married to Angela and they live in Pasadena, California. They have two grown children Carolyn and Andrew who is married to Jenn, with two grandchildren Brooklyn and Asher. He is originally from Singapore.