Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Jonathan Dimos

Meet Dr. Jonathan Dimos

Degrees and Experience
  • Ph.D., Counseling Psychology (University of Denver)
  • M.A., Professional Counseling (Colorado Christian University)
  • B.A., Psychology (Taylor University)
  • Licensed Psychologist
Biography and Professional Achievements

Dr. Jonathan Dimos is a licensed psychologist with over 4,000 hours of clinical experience doing counseling and psychological assessment. He has experience working with a wide variety of clients including missionaries, missionary candidates, adolescents, college students, adults, couples, families, chronically mentally ill, and incarcerated populations.

Dimos has taught psychology and counseling courses at Bethel University, Metro State University of Denver, Denver Seminary, and the Regis University MA in Counseling Program. He has taught full-time at SIAS University in China and in the undergraduate psychology department at Regis University.

Publications
  • Dimos, J. & Scardina, A. (2017, November) Is there a missionary personality? Should there be? Presented at Mental Health and Missions Conference at Angola, IN.
  • Dimos, J., Edwards, B. O., Vana, K., Hasz, M. (2016). Psychological type of American Evangelical missionary candidates. Mental Health, Religion, and Culture.
  • Dimos, J. & Hasz, M. (2015, April) Missionary candidate generational differences on the MMPI-2: Maintaining a competent psychological assessment process. Poster presented at 2015 Christian Association for Psychological Studies at Denver, CO.
  • Dimos, J. K., & Hasz, M. (2017). Missionary candidate differences on the MMPI-2: Maintaining a competent psychological assessment process during the ongoing generational shift. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 36(1), 63-69.
  • Dimos, J. (2012). Establishing a normative profile on the MMPI-2 for missionary candidates (Doctoral Dissertation). Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering, Vol 74(3-B)(E).
  • Aguilar, D.R., Riva, M.T., & Dimos, J. (2007, August). Understanding Themes in Group Counseling with Ethnically Diverse Populations. Poster session presented at 115th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association at San Francisco, CA.
  • Johnson, A. J., McGuire, D., Dimos, J. (2005, August) Korean American Perceptions of Wisdom and Compassion. Poster session presented at 113th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association at Washington, DC.