Dr. Matthew Peck is a faculty member in psychology concentrating in counseling and human development. His work grounds empirical research with philosophical and theological anthropology. He has contributed to multiple projects supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and was previously a faculty at the University of Arkansas, where he spearheaded interdisciplinary research in bullying prevention and intervention through a holistic, community-oriented framework as part of the university's "Whole Schools" initiative.
His scholarship examines the limits of psychological research and contemporary therapeutic models and seeks to resituate the study of psychology within a broader account of the human person grounded in a liberal arts perspective. His work emphasizes a distinction between function and formation, advancing a critique of therapeutic culture while proposing a more integrated vision oriented toward the full development of the person in community and in relation to truth.
His current work develops a Catholic approach to accompaniment and formation that extends beyond clinical paradigms, orienting toward virtue, relationality, and authentic human flourishing in light of the person’s ultimate end.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Counselor Education and Supervision (CACREP), Boise State University
M.S., Marriage and Family Therapy, Fuller Theological Seminary
B.S., Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison