Paul Hoard, PhD, LMHC, is a licensed counselor, psychoanalytic psychotherapist, and associate professor of counseling psychology at The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology. His work brings together Lacanian psychoanalysis, theology, and culture, with attention to desire, disgust, purity culture, trauma, and the formation of Christian communities. Paul writes and speaks internationally on faith, embodiment, and the practices that shape who we become. His work on board games as liturgy explores how games form desire, cultivate communal imagination, and rehearse ways of being together. He is the co-author, with his sister Billie Hoard, of Eucontamination: Disgust Theology and the Christian Life. He is also the co-founder of PraxPlay, a relational AI training platform, and serves as Chief Strategic Officer of SavvyTech, guiding the development of technology designed to deepen—not replace—human connection.  


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