Daniel Pitchford
School: Psychology and Interdisciplinary Inquiry
Bio:Dr. Pitchford currently co-leads (with Dr. Jeannine Davies) the trauma specialization and certificate (in-development) programs. Foundational courses taught:
Trauma I: Global Perspectives and Foundations of Traumatic Stress;
Trauma II: Mind, Body, and Spiritual Dynamics of Trauma;
Trauma III: Traumatic Stress within Culture, Context, and the Self;
Trauma IV: Trauma Assessment, Risk, and Ethics in Practice;
Trauma V: Conventional and Non-conventional Healing Approaches to Trauma.
He has written and lectured on the fundamentals of suicide, PTSD, and traumatic stress, and received the Rollo May Scholarship Award for his humanistic work with traumatic stress. He is the consulting board member for the Existential-Humanistic Institute, and contributes the New Existentialist's Blog.
Dr. Pitchford's current clinical and research interests are in suicide, trauma experiences (acute, chronic, complex), loss, culture, death, and personal transformation. Recently, He, along with Drs. Stanley Krippner and Jeannine Davies, published the timely work on PTSD (by Greenwood Press), which is also a fundamental text in the trauma courses. Drs. Pitchford, Krippner, and Davies are now working on a book exploring the important issue of suicides in the military, focusing on the nature of soul loss and healing processes in veterans, soldiers, and families (in particular to recent wars and combat).
If you are interested in contacting him:
dpitchford@saybrook.edu
If you'd like to view current works, please visit: http://saybrook.academia.edu/DanielBPitchfordPhD"
