Dr. Ron Mumbower, Ph.D., LMFT is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in Mississippi with more than 35 years of counseling experience in Marriage and Family counseling, focusing on individual, couples, and family counseling. Dr. Mumbower earned his Master’s and Ph.D. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Soon after graduation, Dr. Mumbower became the director of the Summit Counseling Center of First Baptist Church in Jackson, MS, for over 35 years. He is a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors and the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy. Previously, he was the president of the Mississippi Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and an approved supervisor of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and a former member of the Mississippi Board of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists.  
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Dr. Mumbower operates from a spiritual approach, understanding that each person is a product of God. Theoretically, he uses an integrative approach to treatment, including interpersonal process psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and family systems approaches, with an underlying solution-focused orientation. He provides short-term and long-term psychotherapy to aid in the therapy process or collaboration with other physicians for diagnostic clarification.