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