Rev. Dr. Tom Martinez is the Senior Minister here at Desert Palm.  Prior to transitioning into the ministry he worked in a variety of mental health settings in the Pacific Northwest.  His lifelong academic passion is the  interface of depth psychology and religion, ecotheology and the relationship between spirituality and social action.  Pastor Tom recently earned his Ph. D. in depth psychology through  Pacifica Graduate Institute (with an emphasis in Community Psychology, Liberation Psychology, Indigenous Psychology and Ecopsychology, Pacifica's CLIE track).  He has served churches in New Jersey, Brooklyn (NY), and is now here with us in Arizona.