David Paul

Adjunct Faculty (SAY)

Department: Mind-Body Medicine
Institution: Saybrook University

Office Phone: 805-699-6543
Email

Biography

David specializes in teaching skills to healthcare professionals that heal burnout and build psychological resilience. He works as a professional coach with both individuals and organizations, including a focus on changing the organizational culture to support self-care and burnout prevention. Clients include Kaiser Permanente, PeaceHealth, Bozeman Health and numerous individuals. More information can be found at this website: https://innerleveragepoint.com

David has a small clinical practice in Mind-Body Medicine focusing on a psycho-educational approach to emotionally influenced illnesses, including auto-immune diseases, chronic fatigue syndrome, and chronic pain.

He co-founded (with Bonnie Paul, Ph.D., fellow Saybrook graduate) the Freedom to Choose Project, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit that has helped thousands of incarcerated men and women live more peaceful and productive lives, including successfully returning to society when released from prison. More information can be found at this website: https://freedomtochooseproject.org/

David's service work, in addition to the Freedom to Choose Project, includes volunteering for the California Medical Reserve Corps, assisting Santa Barbara County Public Health in Covid-19 community immunizations.

David's hobbies include baking whole grain sour dough bread, bicycle riding, and beach walks with Bonnie and our two dogs.

Areas of Expertise

Area	Expertise
Addiction/Substance Abuse	Substance Abuse and Addiction
Business/IO Psychology	Executive Coaching
	Organizational Culture
Coaching	Executive and Career Coaching
	Health and Wellness Coaching
	Life Coaching
Consciousness & Spirituality Studies	Spirituality
Counseling	Work/Life Balance
	Mindfulness and Meditation
Integrative Medicine	Pain and psychosomatic medicine
Leadership & Management	Organizational Change and Transformation
	Transformative Learning
Psychology	Health Psychology
	Transpersonal Psychology
Transformative Social Change	Social Justice
	Socially Engaged Spirituality
	Violence Prevention

Education History

Degree	Institution
Ph.D.	Saybrook University
M.A.	University of Santa Monica
M.D.	Stanley Kimmel Medical School
B.S.	Pennsylvania State University

Professional Memberships

Role	Organization
Member	APA
Member	AMA
Member	California Medical Association

Licenses

M.D., Santa Barbara, California

Community Involvement

Role	Organization
Co-Founder, Director of Research	The Freedom to Choose Project

Research

• Healing professional burnout

• Building psychological resilience

• Resolving shame

• Psychosomatic medicine

• Forgiveness and health

• Chronic pain

• Social justice