Thomas Moore
Psychotherapist, former monk, writer
Thomas Moore is an American psychotherapist, former monk and writer on spirituality. His book Care of the Soul was a New York Times bestseller.
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American Born 1940 in Detroit, United States
About Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1940. His working life has included time as a monk, as well as music, university teaching and psychotherapy. He holds a Ph.D. in religion from Syracuse University. Care of the Soul came out in 1992 and became a New York Times bestseller. Moore writes and lectures on archetypal psychology, mythology and imagination, and his work draws on Carl Jung and James Hillman. He also writes fiction and music, and plays the piano daily as a form of meditation.