Mookie Manalili

Mookie Manalili, MSW, LICSW is a doctoral student in Practical Theology at Boston University School of Theology where Dr. Steven Sandage is his advisor. Mookie is interested in suffering, embodiment, meaning-making, narratives, trauma, memory, and ethics. In terms of formation, he has received an engineering degree from Loyola Marymount University, theological pedagogy degree from Notre Dame, and clinical social work and theological studies degrees from Boston College. Mookie trained as a Licensed Independent Certified Social Worker (LICSW) psychotherapist, who blends narrative therapy, psychoanalysis, logotherapy, body-based techniques, and mindfulness traditions. In terms of communities, Mookie is involved with the Psychology and the Other conference, the Center for Psychological Humanities & Ethics, the Morality Lab, and the Danielsen Institute. In all his various roles, Mookie hopes to participate in our duty to better our society: particularly for folks who suffer injustices; for the widow, orphan, and stranger; for a future and world beyond one’s self.