Bede Healey

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.

• Christian monasticism
• Psychoanalytical psychotherapy
• Psychological assessment

• Projective assessment
• Integration of spirituality and psychology

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

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

• 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

• 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