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Helen LaKelly Hunt, PhD
Helen LaKelly Hunt, PhD, is cofounder of The Institute for Imago Relationship Therapy, and together with her husband, Harville Hendrix, developed Imago Relationship Therapy and the concept of “conscious partnership.” She is coauthor of seven books with Hendrix: The Couples Companion, The Personal Companion, Giving the Love That Heals, The Parenting Companion, Getting the Love You Want Workbook, Receiving Love, and Receiving Love Workbook. She and Hendrix also cocreated a video for couples seen on more than 300 public television stations.
Hunt has been active within the women’s movement for more than 18 years. She is founder and president of The Sister Fund, a private women’s fund dedicated to the social, political, economic, and spiritual empowerment of women and girls, and has helped to found a number of other women’s funding institutions, including the Dallas Women’s Foundation, the New York Women’s Foundation, and the National Network of Women’s Funds (now Women’s Funding Network). Hunt also has served on the boards of directors of the Ms. Foundation for Women, Women and Foundations, and the New York City Women’s Agenda. Among her major civic activities have been active memberships on the Childcare Commission for the Mayor of the City of New York.
Committed to building society that invites the full participation of all, Hunt has long recognized the need to strengthen women’s rights and leadership. She sees the unearthing of women’s contributions throughout the ages, within both the social and religious spheres, as being a crucial aspect to achieving justice in society. In 2004, she completed a doctoral degree at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, where she further explored how theology or a spiritual perspective has strengthened the work of women’s activism. Her doctorate built on her past academic studies, which include three degrees from Southern Methodist University—a bachelor’s degree in secondary education, a master of liberal arts degree, and a master’s degree in counseling—along with an honorary doctorate from the Chicago Theological Seminary. Hunt’s dissertation, “The Religious Roots of American Feminism,” became the basis of her book, Faith and Feminism: A Holy Alliance.
Hunt has been recognized for her leadership in building the women’s funding movement, including the following honors: the National Creative Philanthropy Award from the National Network of Women’s Funds, Gloria Steinem’s Women of Vision Award through the Ms. Foundation for Women, the Equity Leadership Award from Nontraditional Employment of Women (NOW), the Laura Parsons Pratt Award for Outstanding Achievement on Behalf of Women and Children from the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, and as an honoree of the Center of the Elimination of Violence in the Family. She is also an inductee in the National Women’s Hall of Fame, in Seneca Falls, New York.
Feeling strongly that our ability to function with integrity and wholeness within our communities and larger lives begins with our family connections, Hunt focuses a great deal of her time and energies on sustaining connections with her husband, their six children, and three grandchildren.
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