PETER HUME HUNSBERGER, Ed.D.
Licensed
Psychologist
(Washington
State Psychologist License #783)
1900 N. Northlake Way, Suite
#127
Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 547-1704
Licensed Psychologist with 25 years of psychotherapy experience working with adults, teens, couples and families. Specialties: grief and loss, couple and family therapy.
Experienced practitioner of clinical hypnosis and EMDR (Eye Movement
Desensitization and Reprocessing). Hold
highest level of certification awarded by the American Society of Clinical
Hypnosis, and Level II Certification in EMDR.
Invited speaker at workshops and trainings for professionals and the
public. Topics include helping men,
couples and families deal with loss and trauma; gender differences in grief;
couple communication; and self-care for caregivers.
Additional
experience
includes teaching, supervision, consultation, publications, and work in
organizational settings.
Boston University, Boston MA
Ed.D. in Counseling
Psychology,
1980
Ed.M.
in Counseling Psychology, 1977
-Graduate
Scholar Award: full tuition, 1977-78.
-Courses
included neuropsychology and psychopharmacology.
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
A.B. in Government, 1966
-Courses
with Erik Erikson and Paul Tillich.
Private Psychotherapy
Practice,
Seattle, WA, 1982-present
-Work
with children, adolescents, adults, couples, families and men's groups.
-Specialties
are grief and loss, couple and family therapy, clinical hypnosis, EMDR.
-Clinical
consultation to psychotherapists.
Clinical Consultation Group,
Seattle, WA, 1985-present
-Member of weekly multidisciplinary psychotherapy
peer consultation group, discussing problematic clinical, ethical and
professional issues.
St. Mark’s Episcopal
Cathedral,
Seattle, WA
Staff Group Meeting
Facilitator,
1989-1999
-Facilitated
monthly team-building meetings of core staff.
Seattle-area Hospices, Seattle, WA
Hospice consultation and
training,
1982 to 1990
-Led
long-term professional staff support groups at Hospice of Seattle, Hospice
Northwest, Community Hospice, and Group Health Hospice.
-Started
and led three-year clinical consultation group at Community Hospice.
-Training
of staff and volunteers in grief counseling at Evergreen Hospice.
Greater Lakes Mental Health
Center,
Lakewood, WA
Psychologist, 1982-84
-Outpatient
psychotherapy, clinical supervision of staff therapists, and psychological
testing.
Hospice of Seattle, Seattle, WA
Clinical Consultant, 1981-83
-Co-founded
Seattle’s first hospice bereavement team, including program development, clinical
supervision, and counseling of the dying and their families.
Seattle Mental Health
Institute,
Seattle, WA
Mental Health Staff Member, 1980-81
-As
staff member of day treatment program for acutely disturbed young adults,
performed family and group therapies, multiple family therapy, Multiple Impact
Therapy, and started phototherapy group with grant from Polaroid Corporation.
Seattle Mental Health
Institute,
Seattle, WA
Supervisor, Emergency and
Community Support Services, 1980
-Supervised
walk-in and telephone crisis interventions.
-Developed
crisis outreach, screening and referral program.
-Designed
and supervised case management program.
Massachusetts General
Hospital, Department of
Psychiatry, Boston, MA
Clinical Fellow in
Psychology,
1977-78
-Performed
intake evaluations, psychological testing and play therapy with children, and
adult individual and group psychotherapy.
Lindemann Mental Health
Center, Boston, MA
Psychotherapist, 1976-77
Outpatient
therapy, including James Mann’s Time Limited Psychotherapy model.
McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA
Mental Health Worker, 1975-76
-Nursing
staff member on 26-bed locked psychiatric ward for patients age 13-60.
-Designed
and led patient phototherapy group and basic living skills group.
-Elected
to Nursing Education Committee, helped plan staff continuing education.
EMDR (Eye Movement
Desensitization and Reprocessing) Institute
-Level
I Training completed January 1996.
-Level
II Training completed and Certification received June 2001.
American Society of Clinical
Hypnosis
-Introductory
Training completed and Membership awarded 1983.
-Intermediate
Training completed 1986.
-Advanced
Training completed 1993.
-Certification
and Approved Consultant in Clinical Hypnosis awarded 1994.
Additional training includes:
-Sports
hypnosis
-Attention
Deficit Disorder
-Anorexia
nervosa and bulimia
-Critical
Incident Stress Debriefing
-Integrating
spirituality into psychotherapy
-American
Red Cross "Disaster Mental Health" training
Invited member of local
panel of experts, "Living With Grief": four annual national teleconferences
sponsored by Hospice Foundation of America, 1997-2000.
Washington State Father’s
Network,
“Big-Time Daddy” Award, June 5, 1999.
Planning Committee and
Faculty Member for “The Impact of Grief and Trauma on Couples”,
professional conference sponsored by Virginia Mason Medical Center’s Separation
and Loss Services, Seattle, WA, October 10, 1997.
Elected Ethics Committee
Member of American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, 1990-93.
Elected Advisory Board
Member of
World Gathering on Bereavement, 1990-91.
Co-Chairman of Public
Information Committee of Washington State Psychological Association, 1988-90.
“Good Grief: Learning to Let Go”: Yearly
grief workshop at St. Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, WA, 1985 to present.
"Healing
After Disaster": Public workshop on
coping with the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, at St. Marks
Cathedral, Seattle, WA, November 9, 2001.
“When the Dream Explodes: Coping with
Personal Loss” and “Balancing Work,
Family and Self: Making it Happen”:
Workshops presented at yearly statewide conferences of the Washington State
Fathers’ Network, for fathers with special-needs children, 1996-2001.
“The
Impact of Grief and Trauma on Marriages”: Presentation to professional
affiliate members of Virginia Mason Medical Center’s Separation and Loss Services,
January 23, 1997.
“Men Dealing with Loss: Finding our Own Ways
to Grieve”: Workshop for bereaved men, presented at World Gathering on
Bereavement, Seattle, WA, August 16, 1996.
Also presented at National Conference of The Compassionate Friends,
Seattle, WA, June 24, 1994.
“Survival Skills for the Caring Professional”:
Lecture-discussions at annual conventions of
Washington State Funeral Directors Association, Wenatchee, WA, September
19, 1994 and Spokane, WA, June 12, 1990.
“Grief at the Heart of Addiction”:
Presentation to Dual Disorders Coalition of Puget Sound training program for
chemical dependency counselors, Everett, WA, May 14, 1993.
“His and Hers: the Gender-Voiced Struggles
of Heterosexual Marriage”: Presentation with Barbara Wilson, Ph.D. at
Washington State Psychological Association statewide conference, Seattle, WA,
September 14, 1991.
Keynote
speaker on
“Men’s Grief” at Western Washington
Bereavement Coordinators Association annual meeting, Kirkland, WA, September 6,
1991.
“Helping Families to Cope with a Death”:
Workshop for professional caregivers at World Gathering on Bereavement,
Seattle, WA, August 15, 1991.
“Helping Individuals and Families to Cope
with a Death": Workshop
for professional caregivers, cosponsored by the Washington State Psychological
Association and Virginia Mason Medical Center's Separation and Loss Services,
Seattle, WA, February 9, 1991.
“Caring for the Professional Caregiver”:
Workshop for health professionals at Greater Western Conference of The Compassionate
Friends, Seattle, WA, June 24, 1989.
Also presented “When a Grieving Parent Becomes a Caregiver”,
workshop for lay caregivers who are bereaved parents.
“Who to See and When: Ethical Issues in Couples Work”:
Presentation with Barbara Wilson, Ph.D. at Washington State Psychological
Association convention, Burien, WA, November 12, 1987.
“Adolescent Depression/Adolescent Suicide: a
Tragedy That Can Be Prevented”: Lecture at All Schools Conference of
Pacific Northwest Association of Independent Schools, Seattle, WA, October 12,
1986.
“Grief: a Child’s Perspective”:
Presentation to Seattle Public Schools teachers, sponsored by Virginia Mason
Medical Center's Separation and Loss Services, November 14, 1985.
Jennifer
James radio show guest speaker on stress and grief reactions, April 14, 1984. Also co-led workshop with her for KIRO news
reporters, March 26, 1984.
Keynote
Speaker on
“Survival Skills for the Caring
Professional” at Bereavement Intensive conference sponsored by Community
Hospice, Seattle, WA, February 10, 1983.
“Uses of Instant-Print Photography in
Psychotherapy”: Poster session at American Psychological Association annual
meeting, Washington, DC, August 24, 1982.
Hunsberger,
Peter. Book review of Grove, D. and Haley, J. Conversations On Therapy:
Popular Problems and Uncommon Solutions. New York: Norton, 1993. American
Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, April 1994, Vol. 36 #4, p. 299.
Hunsberger,
Peter. “Creation and Evolution of the Hospice Staff Support Group: Lessons From
Four Long-Term Groups”. American Journal of Hospice Care,
May/June 1989, pp. 37-41.
Hunsberger,
Peter. “Uses of Instant-Print Photography in Psychotherapy”. Professional Psychology: Research and
Practice, December 1984, pp.884-890.
Hunsberger,
Peter. “Seattle Mental Health Institute’s Day Treatment II PM Program:
Evolution Toward a Family Focus”. Paper presented at national conference of the
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Seattle, WA, August 13, 1981.
Hunsberger,
Peter. “The Relationship of Ego Development to Counselor Training and
Counseling Effectiveness”. Doctoral dissertation, Boston University, May 1980.
American
Society of Clinical Hypnosis
Clinical Hypnosis Supervisor for members, 1994-present.
Seattle University,
Seattle, WA
Student Mentor,
spring, 1999
-Mentored student psychology major on professional
psychology.
Episcopal Diocese of Seattle, Seattle, WA
Lay Eucharistic Minister training course instructor, October, 1997
-Taught pastoral relationship skills.
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Clinical Assistant Professor
of Psychology,
1985-90
-Supervision
of clinical psychology doctoral students' psychotherapy work.
Presbyterian Counseling
Service,
Seattle, WA
Marriage and Family Training
Program faculty member, 1985
-Supervision
of graduate students’ psychotherapy work.
Antioch University, Seattle, Seattle, WA
Adjunct Faculty Member, 1982
-Taught
Comparative Family Therapy course.
-Field
Advisor on student degree committees.
LICENSURE
Washington
State Psychologist License #783
American
Psychological Association
American
Society of Clinical Hypnosis
EMDR
International Association
Washington
State Psychological Association