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John Burke, Ph.D.

 

John Burke, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and a post-doctoral resident at the Autism Spectrum Disorders Clinic, Kaiser Permanente, Health Management Organization of San Jose, California. He also serves as the United Presbyterian Pastor of the Bonny Doon Presbyterian Church of Santa Cruz, CA. He recently received his doctorate in clinical psychology with a dissertation entitled “Borderline Personality Disorder in Adult Males in Correctional Settings.” His clinical psychology Internship was in the Colorado Department of Corrections from 2002-2003. Previously, he has worked for the County of Santa Cruz Juvenile Probation Department as a Substance Abuse Counselor; he also served as a Board Member and Board Chair for many years on behalf of the New Life Community Services, Inc., a 33-bed, not-for-profit, social model, inpatient alcohol and chemical dependency treatment facility in Santa Cruz, CA. Dr. Burke previously taught at Bethany University in Scotts Valley, California as an Assistant Professor of Addiction Studies from 1993-2002. He is also the published author of Internet Databases with Cold Fusion 3, a book describing use of personal databases on the Internet published by McGraw-Hill and is a contributing author to Running the Perfect Web Server, 2nd. Ed., (MacMillan Publishing). He presently lives with his wife Barbara, and their three children, Peter, Sean, and Michella in Santa Cruz, California.

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Burke, John - profile
Burke, John, Ph.D.: "Antisocial Personality Disorder in Cult Leaders and Induction of Dependent Personality Disorder in Cult Members"
Conference 2006 CO: Conference Handbook with agenda, bios, & abstracts
Conference/Congrès 2007: _Brussels Home - Bruxelles Page d'acceuil

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