Bruce is a social worker who lives in San Miguel de Allende, GTO, Mexico. His career in mental health spans 48 years and he has taught his psychotherapy model, an integration of psychodynamics, psychodevelopmental theory and humanistic psychology, in over 600 workshops throughout North and Central America and Europe.

SOME BACKGROUND:

Education

B.A. Louisiana College, Pineville, La., Psychology
M.S.W. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La
Ph.D. Rutgers University, Social Work, New Brunswick, NJ
NIMH Fellow: Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Faculty Appointments

Rutgers University, 1970-73: Center of Alcohol Studies
University of Arkansas - Little Rock: 1973 - 80: Graduate School of Social Work,
     Assistant Professor and Director, The MidSouth Center on Alcohol Problems
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences:1980 - 83: Department of Family and Community Medicine,
     Assistant Professor and Director, Addictions Training Prog.

Teaching

Since 1976, leader of over 600 workshops throughout the US, Canada, Europe, the Caribbean and Central America on topics of addictions, psychotherapy, character (personality) structure, psychological trauma and family functioning.
Faculty, since 1972, Rutgers Summer School of Alcohol Studies
Founding Director, MidSouth Summer School of Alcohol and Drug Studies

Author

Managing Depressive Symptoms in Substance Abuse Clients During Early Recovery.  TIP 48. US Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (2008). Expert Content Director
Addressing Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Substance Abuse Treatment.  TIP 50.  US Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (2008), Expert Content Director
Supervision and the  Professional Development of The Substance Abuse Counselor, TIP XX.  US Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (in press).  Expert Content Director.
Trauma and Substance Abuse Treatment. (working title).  TIP XX. US Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (in preparation).  Expert Content Director
Psychological Trauma and Addiction Treatment, Haworth Press, 2006
Co-dependency: Issues in Treatment and Recovery (with Warner Mendenhall, Ph.D.) Haworth Press, 1989.
Editor, Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, Haworth Press (1983-1970)
Editor, Journal of Chemical Dependency Treatment, Haworth Press (1987 – 1993).
Author of over 40 papers and manuscripts on addiction treatment, codependency, characterological dynamics and family treatment.

Honors and Awards:

Addictions Counselor of the Year, Arkansas, 1984
Marital and Family Counselor of the Year, Arkansas, 1992
Invited, Non-alcoholic speaker at 50th Anniversary World Convention of Alcoholics Anonymous,      Montreal, Canada, 1985

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