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Vitae:
Royal E. Alsup, Ph.D.
P.O. Box 5128
Arcata, California 95518
Phone: (707)822-5219
Fax: (707)822-5219
Email: royal@liberation-psychology.com
Objective
The goal of my life's work has been to
bring synergistic understanding between the individual and the
community in healthy dialogue, working constantly to overcome
monologues that create fear, anger, and to bring creativity to
the healing space. My work is a person-centered science that considers
the self-actualization of the individual to be important, as well
as a healthy community that supports nonviolence and dialogical
understanding.
Education
1975 Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology
Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center
San Francisco, California
1971 Master of Arts in Psychology
(Humanistic Psychology)
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
1969 Bachelor of Arts
(Humanistic Psychology)
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
Magna cum Laude

Licenses and Credentials
1975 Marriage and Family Therapist
February 1, 1975, License #MFT6588
California Community College Teaching Credential
Special Education and Psychology

Experience
1992 to Present
Co-founder
Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychotherapy Center
Arcata, California
- Provide individual, family, and marriage therapy to children,
adolescents, and adults
- Provide community education through bi-monthly magazine articles
about children, spiritual development and Liberation Psychology
- Provide community education and organization through meeting
with parents and teachers to discuss student-centered ways to
teach a child to learn successfully without punishment
- Provide community organization and education through collaborative
projects involving community members
October 1992 to Present
Adjunct Faculty
Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center
San Francisco, California
- Areas of teaching: Consciousness and Spirituality, and Social
Transformation
- Working to develop an Interdisciplinary Humanistic Curriculum
in Community Development
- Working to develop courses in Liberation Psychology Education
August 2000 to Present
Founding Member of Q'o:so:s Networking Project
A program that focuses on improving the overall health
and wellness of the Klamath-Trinity Valley communities in eastern
Humboldt County
- Consult with Project members concerning mental health concerns
in building healthy communities and promoting community member
bonding among all tribes and races
August 2000 to Present
Book Reviewer for AHP Perspective
- Write reviews on books of current interest in the field of
Psychology
1997-1999
Host of "Rapping with Dr. Royal"
Weekly interview show on community access television
Arcata, California
- Interviewed community members working for peace and nonviolence
to help shape a Beloved Community
1984-1992
Mental Health Director
United Indian Health Services
Trinidad, California
- Expert witness for Native American mental health issues
- Clinical Supervisor
- Held regular meeting with medical staff
- Held regular meetings with California Indian Legal Service
- Trained hospital staff personnel to work with Native Americans
- Trained probation officers to work with Native American youths
1978-1984
Consulting Psychologist
Humboldt County Mental Health
Humboldt County, California
- Created the American Indian Mental Health in Humboldt County
- Native American Mental Health Specialist
- Expert witness for Native American mental health issues
- Provided community psychology with Native Americans including
traditional ways, rituals, medicine people and culturally centered
psychotherapy
- Created and organized the Psychology and the Law Committee
(an alternative diagnostic committee and an activistic community
intervention committee)
1977-1978
Director of Education
Indian Action Council, Psychology and Education Center
Eureka, California
- Consulted with area schools concerning Native American children
- Devised many different learning strategies for Native American
children that were person-centered and culturally based
- Trained Native American educators
- Trained Native American parents in culturally based positive
parenting skills

Professional Positions
1992-present
Adjunct Faculty
Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center
San Francisco, California
Fall, 1992
Instructor
Humboldt State University
Arcata, California
"Native American Transpersonal Psychology"
1983-1990
Faculty Member
International College, Sierra University
Costa Mesa, California
1983-1990
Board Member
Native American Traditional Health Board of Sacramento
California Rural Indian Board
1978-1980
Instructor
Sonoma State University
Rohnert Park, California
External Degree Masters Program in Psychology for Native American
students
1978
Instructor
College of the Redwoods
Eureka, California
Psychology, Special Education, and Early Childhood
Education
1973-1977
Instructor
Shasta Junior College
Redding, California
Psychology, Special Education, Early Childhood Education,
and Developmental Psychology
1973-1977
Co-founder and Program Director
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Psychology
and Child Development Center
Redding, California
1973-1975
Consultant
Wintu and Pit River Tribes
Concerning Native American children in the Shasta
County Schools
1971-1972
Consultant
Oakland School District
Development Center for Handicapped Minors
1967-1972
Student Professional Assistant
Sonoma State Hospital
Eldridge, California
"Behavior Therapy with Self-Destructive Children"
1969-1970
Teaching Assistant in Psychology
Sonoma State University
Rohnert Park, California
1969-1970
Teaching Assistant in Psychology
Sonoma State University, Extension School
Napa, California
1968-1971
Student Teaching Assistant
Sonoma State Hospital
Eldridge, California
"The Mentally Retarded Child"

Awards and Honors
June 4, 2000 - Peacemaker Prize 2000 Nominee
Eureka Interfaith Fellowship and KEET-TV, Eureka, California.
For significant contributions to the well-being of the community.
1986 - Recipient of Book Dedication
Christianity as Psychology: The Healing Power of the Christian
Message, by Morton T. Kelsey
November 11, 1986 - Veteran of the Year
Board of Supervisors and the Veterans Selection Committee
of Humboldt County. In recognition of exemplary service and outstanding
community achievement over the past years.

Presentations
and Workshops
Presentation on Liberation Psychology and Ten Categories
of Basic Needs given at "Building a Liberation Curriculum
Workshop at Stanford University, hosted by the Martin Luther King,
Jr., Papers Project.
July 13-14, 2000
Workshops presented at Saybrook Graduate School yearly residential
conferences at Rohnert Park, California, from June 1992 to June
2000 included "The Multicultural Child," "Existentialism,"
"Building Healthy Communities," "Is Evil Socially
Constructed?" "The Life and Times of Martin Luther
King, Jr.," and "Creativity and Youth at Risk."
"Ancient Native American Wisdom: Restoring our Balance,"
lecture given to the Saybrook Society, Reflections on Being Human,
San Francisco, California.
February 16, 1994
Monthly workshops with medical staff and health aids about
the medical and psychological aspects of patients, United Indian
Health Services, Trinidad, California.
1978-1992
Facilitated a discussion group for ecumenical ministers and
priests of several different denominations that explored various
theologies and how they interface with the human sciences, Eureka,
California.
1978-1991
Co-founded "Native American Transformations,"
a group of American Indians who were developing Native American
thought and religion, along with western philosophy and psychology.
Arcata, California.
1982-1990
"Alcohol and the Client," weekly workshops
with staff. Weekly groups with residents and individual therapy
with clients, United Indian Lodge, Eureka, California.
1978-1990
"Masks of Evil: The Dark Side of Reality,"
lecture given at The Healing Circle of Knowledge Conference, Native
American Transformations, St. Sabina Center, San Rafael, California.
May 25-27. 1989
"Dreams and Native American Healing Process,"
lecture given at Wellness and Sobriety through Tradition and Spirituality
Conference, Ninth Annual Traditional Indian Health Educational Program,
Indian Grinding Rock, Pine Grove, California.
June 2-4, 1989
Co-organizer and co-creator: "The Mural of Love and
Justice for Children," a community wall of individually
painted ceramic tiles unveiled at the Bayshore Mall in Eureka, California.
November 4, 1987
Founding member: Morton Kelsey Religious Studies Group,
Arcata, California.
1985-1987
"An Ecological Systems Approach in the Native American
Community in Dealing with Alcohol and Drug Addiction,"
lecture at Substance Abuse and the Indian Patient, Third Annual
Clinical Conference, California Indian Health Service, Asilomar,
California.
April 20-23, 1986
Classes on psychological theology. Taught eight classes
at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and four classes at Immanuel Lutheran
Church, Eureka, California.
1986
"Laughing, Loving, and Healing," a workshop
on American Indian mental health issues, presented at Native American
Transformation, Shasta County Mental Health, and Shasta-Trinity
Rural Indian Health Project, Redding, California.
May 16, 1986
Co-organizer and small group leader, "A Retreat with
Morton Kelsey," Eureka, California.
September 26-27, 1985
"American Indian Individuation," workshop presented
at A Traditional Approach to Mental Health, Fifth Annual Traditional
Indian Health Education Program, El Portal, California.
May 30 -June 2, 1985
Monthly meetings with Indian Child Welfare workers, Hupa
Indian Child Welfare, Hoopa, California.
1982-1984
Monthly meetings with Indian Child Welfare workers,
Consortium of Coastal Indian Rancherias, Humboldt County, California.
1982-1984
Monthly workshops on staff communications and child development,
specifically directed toward Native American children, Johnson
O'Malley Program, Humboldt County, California.
1978-1984
Monthly workshops on child development and staff development
with Native American populations, Mi-Je-Din Day Care Center,
Hoopa, California.
1979-1984
"Loving and Healing," lecture given at Common
Clinical Presentation: Education for Health Care Practitioners Conference,
Eureka, California.
October 22, 1983
"Communications with Indian Families," lecture
presented at Six Tribal Nations Consortium Indian Child Welfare
Program, Ukiah, California.
October 7-9, 1983
"Psychological Types," lecture presented at
California Rural Indian Health Board Annual Meeting, Sacramento,
California.
January 1983
"Psychological Types," lecture presented at
Toiyabe Indian Health Project, Bishop, California.
April 11, 1983
"Workshop on Cultural Awareness for Medical Practitioners,"
presented at Shasta-Trinity and Pi-ma-pa Indian Health, Redding,
California.
December 11-12. 1983
"Birthing and Dying Beliefs in the Indian Community,"
workshop presented for medical personnel servicing Indian communities,
sponsored by General Hospital, Eureka, California.
October 16, 1982
"United Indian Health Service Native American Mental
Health," conference presentation for Medical Personnel
and community, Eureka, California.
October 8, 1982
"Interviewing Skills with Indian Families,"
presented at Indian Child Welfare Program, Hoopa, California.
October 1, 1982
"Alcohol and Drug Abuse in Siskiyou County," a
facilitated panel discussion on Indian mental health, Yreka, California.
June 11, 1982
"Emotion Workshop" and "Parenting Groups,"
presentations at Consortium of Coastal Indians, Indian Child
Welfare Program, Trinidad, California.
April 3 & 17, and May 8, 1982
"Native American Mental Health Issues," lecture
given at We, Who Walk the Earth Conference, Eureka, California.
April 23-24, 1982
"Psychology of Native American Families," four
day training session at Eagle Child Family Service Center, Sacramento,
California.
September 1981
"Indian Child and Family," four day training
session for Eagle Child Family Service Center, Sacramento, California.
June 1981
"Counseling with Indian Families," four day
training session for Inter-Tribal Council of California, Sacramento,
California.
January 1981
Four workshops on child development and parenting skills
presented for Native American families, Indian Action Council, Eureka,
California.
1980
"Jungian Psychology and Native American Thought,"
guest lecture, Ethnic Studies, Humboldt State University, Arcata,
California.
1978-1980
"Indian Early Childhood Education," lecture
presented at California Indian Education Association Conference,
Fresno, California.
1977
"Communications, the Invisible Environment,"
workshop given at Redwood Community conference, Eureka, California.
1977
"A Community Psychology and Education Program for a
Multi-Racial Society," lecture given at California Association
of Marriage and Family Counselors, Sacramento, California.
1976
"Ethnic Studies are Making Me Nervous," lecture
given to Western Council on Family Relations, University of Nevada,
Reno, Nevada.
1976
"How to Discipline Foster Children," lecture
presented at Methodist Church, Red Bluff, California.
1975
"Foster Parent Training," workshop presented
at Shasta College, Redding, California.
1975
"Creative Mind Workshop," presented at Shasta
College, Redding, California.
1975
"Sociological Aspects of Punishment with Children,"
workshop presented at Shasta College, Redding, California.
1975
"Self-Esteem in Minority Children," lecture
given at Pioneer High School, Redding, California.
1974
"Aversive Conditioning with Mentally Retarded Children,"
lecture given to Monte Vista School, Redding, California.
1974
"Self-Actualization through Positive Reinforcement,"
lecture presented at Religious Science Church, Redding, California.
1974
Panel member of "Symposium: The Applications of Humanistic
Psychology," Western Psychological Association, Portland,
Oregon.
1972
"Aversive Conditioning with Mentally Retarded Institutionalized
Children, Some Successes, Failures and Difficulties," paper
presented at Western Psychological Association, Portland, Oregon.
1972
"Encounter Groups Make Me Nervous," lecture
given to Golden State Group Psychotherapy Convention, San Francisco,
California.
1970

Published Works
"Ceremonial Shamanism and the Mental Health Professional,"
in Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on the Study
of Shamanism and alternate Modes of Healing, R. Heinze, Editor,
Independent Scholars of Asia, Inc., Publisher, 1989.
"The Mask of Evil: The Dark Side of Shamanism,"
in Proceedings of the Sixth International conference on the Study
of Shamanism and alternate Modes of Healing, R. Heinze, Editor,
Independent Scholars of Asia, Inc., Publisher, 1989.
"The Medicine Path: The Healing Power of Love,"
in Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on the
Study of Shamanism and Alternate Modes of Healing, R. Heinze,
Editor, Independent Scholars of Asia, Inc., Publisher, 1990.
"The Hupa Boat Dance; Passage of Sorrow," in
Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on the Study
of Shamanism and Alternate Modes of Healing, R. Heinze, Editor,
Independent Scholars of Asia, Inc., Publisher, 1992.
"Love and Transformation: The Path of Love, Suffering
and Co-individuated Nonviolence," co-authored with Patricia
S. Alsup, Ph.D. in Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference
of the Study of Shamanism and Alternate Modes of Healing, R.
Heinze, Editor, Independent Scholars of Asia, Inc., Publisher, 1993.
"The Mythology of Evil Among North American Indian Yuroks
and Its Implications for Western Spirituality," in Anthropology
of Consciousness, Vol. R, No. 3, American Anthropological Association,
Publisher, 1996.
"Existentialism of Personalism: A Native-American Perspective,"
in The Psychology of Existence: An Integrative, Clinical Perspective,
K. Schneider and R. May, Editors, McGraw-Hill, Inc. Publisher, 1994.
Book Review on M. Friedman, Ph.D.'s The Affirming
Flame: A Poetics of Meaning, AHP
Perspective, Association for Humanistic Psychology, August/September
2000.
"Liberation Psychology: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Beloved
Community as a Model for Social Creativity," an
unpublished paper housed in the King Library and Archives, The Martin
Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta,
Georgia.
Articles published in "Sentient Times: Alternative for
Personal and Community Transformation," Sentient Press,
Publisher. Monthly and bi-monthly articles dated from August 1994
to present.
- The Being and the Life of the Child
- Empathy and the Altruistic Child
- The Moral Life of the Child and the
Family Unconscious
- The Spiritual Life of the Child
- Parenting for Peace in a Nonviolent
Society
- Love and the Development of the Social
Self of the Child
- The Celebration of Play
- The Wonder of Storytelling
- Family Television: Love or Violence?
- Liberation Psychology: The Self-Esteem
of Children, Part I
- Liberation Psychology: The Self-Esteem
of Children, Part II
- Liberation Psychology: The Child and
the sacred Unconscious
- Reincarnation: The Child's Way of Connecting
Us to the Universe
- Liberating Parents: Suffering and Love
- Adolescent Friendship and Loneliness
- Martin Luther King, Jr.: God's Messenger
of Love
- The End of Child Abuse, Part I
- Ending Child Abuse, Part II
- Our Meeting with Mother Teresa
- Dare to Love?
- Genocide American Style
- Living in Stepfamilies
- Walking in Beauty: Living an Unhurried
Life
- The Wonder of Mindfulness: Learning
How to Love
- Self Mastery: Love in action
- Repeating the Holy Name: A Weapon for
Nonviolent Soldiers
- Overcoming Loneliness: Spiritual Companionship
- Mysticism: Dialog Between Lover and
Beloved
- On Fire with Love: Putting Others First
- Meditation: The Path to Self-Deification
- The Emotions of Childhood and Adolescent
Depression
- The Emotions of Learning for Children
and Adolescents
- The Fears and Emotions of Children and
Adolescents
- The Family Hymn of Love and Joy
- The Happy Way of Living in Relationship
- Four Flavors of Friendship
- How Distortions Interfere with Non-violence,
Part I
- How Distortions Interfere with Non-violence,
Part II
- A New Way to Look at the Attention-Deficit/Hyperactive
Child or Adolescent
- Mysticism of Light
- A Holistic View of the Depressed Child
- Adolescent Suicide: Destruction of Essential
Qualities of a Good Life
- The Four Christmas Gifts of Parenting
for Soul-making
- "A Christmas Carol" and the Wisdom
of the Dream
- Commentaries on the Convention on the
Rights of the Child
- What Does Humanistic Psychology Have
to Offer Us as Parents?
- Children of Violence: A Look at Why?
- The Brush Dance: A Source of the Sacred,
- The Yurok Jump Dance: The Song of the
Celestial Earth
- Authentic Love
- Mahatma Gandhi: A Process Psychology
toward World Peace
- The Compassionate World
- Life as an Art Form
- Martin Luther King, Jr.: Global and
Social Shaman
- Cancer: An Unexpected Way to the New
Being
- Unity: A Practical Christianity
- Unity: A Practical Mysticism

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