Religion & Spirituality
Roy Petitfils is a Catholic psychotherapist specializing in work with teens. After a fatherless childhood of poverty, obesity and bullying (described poignantly in his TED talk), Roy experienced a hope-awakening college conversion which ultimately led to five years in seminary, almost a decade of teaching and youth ministry, and finally to professional counseling specializing in teens. Roy is a sought-after Catholic speaker well-known nationally in youth ministry circles. His podcast ‘Today’s Teenager’ is a must-listen, go-to resource for adults seeking to better understand, reach, and positively influence the teens in their lives. In this conversation, Roy takes us through his story from alienated teenager to one of the most insightful and wise voices of advocacy for youth in today’s church. Roy employs ’Empathic evangelization’ to describe his experience as both recipient and giver of the Good News of Jesus Christ.