Dan Allender is a professor at the Department of Biblical Counseling at Colorado Christian University in Morrison, Colorado. He is the founder of Wounded Heart Ministries, where he regularly speaks and conducts seminars on a variety of Christian life topics. Dan also maintains a private counseling practice.

Dan and Bible scholar Tremper Longman III combined their expertise to tackle the subject of marriage in their books Bold Love and Intimate Allies, as well as their 1994 Gold Medallion finalist, The Cry of the Soul. Dan Allender's other book, The Wounded Heart, was released in 1990.

Dan holds a bachelor's degree in Philosophy/Religion, a Master of Divinity from Westminster Theological Seminary, a Master of Science in Counseling, and a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Michigan State University. He was ordained by the Presbyterian Church in America in 1978 and is currently affiliated with an independent Bible Church in Littleton, Colorado. He and his wife, Rebecca, reside in Littleton, Colorado, with their three children and are involved in a small group commitment to help other couples and families grow in Christ as a community.