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Bede Healey

Adjunct Professor

Part-Time Faculty
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Biography

Dr. Healey has devoted his professional life to the study of the integration of spirituality and psychology and working with religious issues in psychotherapy. In addition to being a clinical psychologist, he has been a Benedictine Monk for over 40 years, most recently residing at New Camaldoli Hermitage in Big Sur CA, and now residing and serving as Prior at Incarnation Monastery in Berkeley, CA.

Expertise

  • Christian monasticism
  • Psychoanalytical psychotherapy
  • Psychological assessment

Research Areas

  • Projective assessment
  • Integration of spirituality and psychology

Education

  • Postdoctoral Fellow in Clinical Psychology, The Menninger Clinic, Topeka, KS
  • PhD in Clinical Psychology, Derner Institute, Adelphi University 
  • MA in Counseling, Webster University

Prior Experience

  • Adjunct Professor Jesuit School of Theology/Santa Clara University
  • Staff Psychologist, Menninger Clinic
  • Director Religion and Psychiatry Menninger Clinic

Awards & Distinctions

  • William Smith Award for Outstanding Young Alumnus, The Menninger Foundation Alumni Association, 2000
  • William C. Menninger Award for outstanding contribution to residents' psychiatric education Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry and Mental Health Sciences,1995
  • Ishak Ramzy Professor, Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry and Mental Health Sciences, 1994-1995
  • Paul W. Pruyser Award for Professional Writing,  Menninger Alumni Association, 1992

Selected Publications

  • Healey, B. (2002). Psychological Investigations and Implications for Living Together Alone. In The Privilege of Love Camaldolese Benedictine Spirituality Peter-Damian Belisle, O.S.B. Cam., Editor; Introduction by Michael Downey Liturgical Press. Collegeville, MN 
  • Healey, B. (2001). On the re-creating of desire and purity of heart: an exploration. In Purity of heart and contemplation: a monastic dialogue between Christian and Asian traditions.  Edited by Bruno Barnhart and Joseph Wong. Continuum.
  • Grame, C.; Tortorici, J.; Dillingham, J.; Healey, B.; and Winklebaur, P. (1999). Addressing Spiritual Issues Among Clients with Dissociative Disorders in the Context of Religion and Psychotherapy. In press: The Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic