Art Bennett

By Art Bennett

Art Bennett is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with more than 35 years of clinical experience, currently practicing at Bennett Consulting and Therapy, LLC. For ten years, he was President and CEO of Catholic Charities, Diocese of Arlington; he was co-founder and Director of the Alpha Omega Clinics in Northern Virginia and Maryland for 8 years; and Vice President on international mental health with SAIC for 15 years. Together with his wife, Laraine, he is the author of seven books: The Temperament God Gave You, The Temperament God Gave Your Spouse, The Temperament God Gave Your Kids, and The Emotions God Gave You, as well as Tuned In: The Power of Pressing Pause and Listening and Catholic and Married: Leaning into Love. Their newest book, Anxiety: A Catholic Guide to Freedom from Worry and Fear, was co-authored with their eldest daughter, Dr. Lianna Haidar. Art and Laraine are frequent speakers on marriage and family issues. They have four adult children and eleven grandchildren.