Ph.D William Thiele

William Thiele, PhD, serves as the founding director of the School for Contemplative Living and is a licensed professional counselor, a certified spiritual director, and author of Monks in the World: Seeking God in a Frantic Culture (2014). Thiele is certified by Stanford University and the Compassion Institute to teach Compassion Cultivation Training leading groups in person, with global online communities, and with men reentering society from the Angola State Prison in Louisiana.