Leadership
Dr. Terry Hargrave
Founder
Terry Hargrave, Ph.D. is nationally recognized for his pioneering work with intergenerational families and is the founder of Restoration Therapy.
Dr. Hargrave has authored over 35 professional articles and sixteen books including Restoration Therapy: Understanding and Guiding Healing in Marriage and Family Therapy (co-authored with Franz Pfitzer), Advances and Techniques in Restoration Therapy (co-authored with Nicole Zasowski and Miyoung Yoon Hammer) and The Mindful Marriage: Create Your Best Relationship Through Understanding and Managing Yourself (co-authored with Ron and Nan Deal and Sharon Hargrave).
Dr. Hargrave has presented nationally and internationally on the concepts and processes of family and marriage restoration, intergenerational families, reconciliation and aging. His work has been featured on ABC News 20/20, Good Morning America and CBS This Morning as well as several national magazines and newspapers. He was selected as a national conference plenary speaker and as a Master’s Series Therapist by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Dr. Hargrave was selected as the 2022 C. Davis Weyerhaeuser Faculty Award recipient for outstanding faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary.
Dr. Hargrave was the Evelyn and Frank Freed Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, California before retirement and is president of Amarillo Family Institute, Inc. You may contact Terry Hargrave at drtdhargrave@gmail.com
Sharon Hargrave
Sharon Hargrave, LMFT, is known for her work in developing RelateStrong, a small-group curriculum designed to help couples and individuals build strong and rewarding relationships, and her contributions to the development of Restoration Therapy. She is currently a licensed therapist in Arizona, California and Texas.
Along with her husband, Terry Hargrave, PhD, Sharon has helped develop the concepts of Restoration Therapy based on the principles of attachment, self-regulation, and mindfulness. Believing that how we are loved, what coping we use when faced with pain, and how we think about ourselves and our experiences, shapes who we become. Empowering clients to develop skills that determine their future and connection in relationships are the main outcomes Sharon believes makes a successful therapy experience.
As a therapist in private practice, she worked with individuals, couples, and families who faced difficult situations and wanted to strengthen positive relationships with their loved ones. Couples who experienced tension or communication challenges learned how to resolve conflict and improve their relationship with each other. She also worked with families facing parenting and intergenerational issues to find hope and healing in a safe, nurturing environment. Today, Sharon works in the development of training therapists in the Restoration Therapy model and helps design courses and trainings that continue the successful work of her private practice and restoration therapists around the country.
In her passion for her work, Sharon strongly believes healing and hope come from connecting with others. Research reports that these connections greatly increase life satisfaction.
Sharon received her undergraduate degree from Biola University and her Masters in Marriage and Family from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. In her professional career, she developed a private practice with Terry, served as the Executive Director of the Boone Center for the Family at Pepperdine University and worked as an Associate Faculty member in the Marriage and Family Therapy Department at Fuller Theological Seminary. She is a co-author of 5 Days to a New Self with her husband and The Mindful Marriage with Terry and Ron and Nan Deal. She has been a therapist for over thirty-five years and has shown compassion and understanding with those she serves. You may contact Sharon at sashargrave@gmail.com.
Megan Lundgren, MS, LMFT
Training & Registration Coordinator
Megan Lundgren, LMFT has been the Director of Relationships for Better since 2010. With her team of ten Restoration Therapists, Megan Lundgren supports clients in the San Gabriel Valley and the broader Los Angeles area who want practical tools for how to thrive in their closest relationships. Megan and her team of clinicians are available for in-person therapy sessions at their center in Monrovia, CA as well as telehealth sessions for clients across California.
Megan is the initial contact person for all Restoration Therapy trainings across the United States and manages registration.
You may contact Megan Lundgren at restorationtraininginfo@gmail.com