Joseph S. Busey, Ph.D., ABPP — 2004 Curriculum Vitae

 

ACADEMIC

 

A.B. with honors, double major in Psychology and English Composition/Journalism, plus Senior Key Club (scholarship/leadership), DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, 1964. • Ph.D. in Psychology (Clinical), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1969. • Licensed Psychologist PSY3413, State of California, 1970. • Licensed Marriage, Family & Child Counselor ME5602, State of California, 1972. • Diplomate in Clinical Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology, #3094, 1978; • Fellow, Academy of Clinical Psychology, A.B.P.P., 1994. • Fellow and Diplomate, American Board of Medical Psychotherapists, #2012, 1995. • Diplomate, American Board of Forensic Examiners, #7550, 1996 • Certified by The Council for the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology (since its inception).

 

VOCATIONAL HISTORY

 

2004:  First recipient, annual Doris Foster Memorial Award for contributions to Domestic Violence awareness, training, and treatment, given by Alternatives to Violence (Red Bluff).

2002-on: Conservative-side of daily short debate, Point-Counterpoint, airing thrice daily on KQMS (Redding) 1400 AM at 6:50, 7:50, 11:50 a.m. (Redding attorney Dugan Barr is the bad guy).

1997-98-01: Tehama County Child Abuse Prevention Council; Good News Rescue Mission (Red Bluff) Advisory Board; monthly guest, Ch. 7 (Redding) Monday noon news.

1996-on: weekly columnist, the Tehama Trader Plus (advertising newspaper for the county)

1994-01: Talk-show host of Conversations from Rural America on KBLF (Red Bluff), 1490 AM, at 7:30 a.m. on Saturdays.

1994-on: Primary office in Red Bluff since 4/91 (ancillary San Francisco office ended 3/95). General psychology practice with adults, adolescents, children, & families, with subspecialities of family therapy, body therapy (Reich), post-traumatic stress treatment of victims of crime, and chronic pain-management psychotherapy; consultation to doctors, clergy, & attorneys; forensic (legal) psychology; consultant to adolescent group homes. Chairman, Board of Directors, HealthCrest, a non-profit adolescent treatment center (now inactive). Occasional guest and host, Issues & Answers TV program, Ch. 30, Chico.

1989-on: Board of Directors, Spiritual Counterfeits Project [SCP] in Berkeley; editor, SCP Newsletter (1991-94); associate editor, SCP Journal (1990-95).

1988-90: Talk-show host of Saturday Afternoon Live on KFAX (San Francisco), 1100 AM, a clear-channel 50,000-watt station, at High Noon on Saturdays. Board of Advisors, Berkeley Crisis Pregnancy Center.

1986-on: Consultant, various clergy, churches, and non-profit organizations in Bay Area (Berkeley Crisis Pregnancy Center; Crisis Pregnancy Center of San Francisco; sundry Baptist, Lutheran, Pentecostal, Assembly of God, Nazarene, Catholic, and ethnic Bible [Black and Chinese] churches); various churches, charity, and religious groups in Tehama/Shasta counties.

1986: Cited by the California State Psychological Association's Division of Education and Training in Psychology as an "instructor/supervisor whose excellence and impact were so substantial that a commendation was indicated."

1983-84: Entrepreneur, "Make Private Practice Your Business," statewide private financial seminars for therapists.

1982-90: Training classes for professionals, Intensive Somatic Psychotherapy [ISP] (a.k.a. Traditional Reichian Therapy).

1973-95: Full-time Private Practice in San Francisco and Marin County: ISP, Family Therapy, and Cognitive-Behavioral Models.

1973-77: Co-founder & Business Manager, Melange Institute (family therapy training), San Anselmo, CA (Marin County).

1973: Psychology Consultant, Hamilton Air Force Base Mental Health Clinic, Novato, CA (Marin County).

 

 

 

 

1972: Treasure & Conference Co-coordinator, original Continuing Professional Education Committee of the California State Psychological Association.

1971-73: Staff, Family Therapy Institute of Marin, San Rafael, CA (Marin County).

1971-73: Dean of Faculty [& Students], California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco.

1970-72: Private Practice, Gestalt/Existential Model, plus start of ISP (Reichian) Model.

1969-85: Instructor, various times: University of San Francisco; San Francisco State University; University of California (Berkeley) Extension; California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco (now in Alameda); and Dominican College of San Rafael.

1968-71: Staff Psychologist (Captain, Medical Service Corps) U. S. Army, Letterman General Hospital, San Francisco: Director, Inpatient Psychology, 2 years; Outpatient Staff & Assistant Chief; trained psychology interns, psychiatric residents, and nurses; Director, computerized MMPI Program; Consultant to Physical Medicine, to nuclear missile commands, and to Pediatrics (hypnosis for asthma). Certified Parent Effectiveness Trainer.

1967-68: Final year of Graduate School (begun in 1964); 2-day/week practicum at a state psychiatric hospital; prior practicum placements included a hospital for the retarded, a university hospital psychiatry department, and the V.A. Neuropsychiatric Hospital in Salem, Virginia.

1966-67: Volunteer, San Francisco Suicide Prevention Center.

1966-67: Psychology Intern, U. S. Army, Letterman General (U.S. Army) Hospital, Presidio of San Francisco.

 

SALIENT TRAINING

 

Training Analysis: Dr. Gerald S. Frank, 12+ years. Advanced ISP Training: Dr. Philip Curcuruto, 2 years; Dr. Gerald S. Frank, 10+ years. Additional Formal Training: Physiology, Anatomy, Embryology, Biochemistry, Massage, Homeopathy, Hypnosis, "Touch for Health," Chiropractic Theory, Parent Effectiveness Training, Public Health consultation, Group Therapy methods, Human Sexuality, Child Abuse, Child Therapy, Suicidology, plus a plethora of other courses, seminars, and workshops (over 30 year’s worth). Memberships: State and local psychological associations; NARTH; NARTSH; American Academy of Pain Management; former member: hypnosis and play therapy associations and Orthomolecular Medical Society; continuing professional education is a minimum of 18 documented hours per year, but usually much, much more; a list of courses taken would be both voluminous and devoid of almost anything but braggadocio.

 

PERSONAL DATA

 

Married 1985 to Patricia Joanne neé McChesney; Kathryn Anne born 1992; Luke Joseph born 1994; former music and publicity director, Trinity (Baptist) Fellowship of Berkeley (C.B.A.); member and former Moderator, Community Baptist Church, Red Bluff; avocations include music (keyboard instruments, acoustic bass, & voice), photography and cinematography, writing, computers & desktop publishing, home repairs and construction, stained glass, many sports (full-court basketball thrice weekly), private aviation (commercial license, SEL, with instrument rating), dog breeding (Standard Poodle), pro bono volunteer activities, and reading in many areas, such as history, politics, philosophy, theology, law, medicine, science, & psychology.

 

COMMUNICATIONS

 

Office at 12945 Peach Tree Lane, Red Bluff, CA 96080-7807; (530) 529-5868 voice; 529-4031 fax; cell phone (530) 200-2787 (while traveling); e-mail: jbusey@sunset.net; web site: www.drjoe.com.