Richard Winter, MB, BS, MRCS is currently Professor of Practical Theology and Director of Covenant Seminary’s Counseling program. Dr. Winter is British, and before coming to Covenant served as a worker at the English L’Abri Fellowship. He is a qualified clinical physician with a specialty in psychiatry who served as Senior Resident in Psychiatry at Bristol General Hospital in England. As an elder, he has served in a variety of ministry and leadership roles in the church. He is the author of The Roots of Sorrow: Reflections on Depression and Hope, Choose Life: A Christian Perspective on Abortion and Embryo Experimentation and Still Bored in a Culture of Entertainment.