Wilson Van Dusen
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| Wilson Van Dusen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 September 1923 [1] San Francisco, California |
| Died | 25 April 2005 (81) [2] Ukiah, Mendocino, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of California (Berkeley), A.B. (1946); U.C.B., M.A. (1950); University of Ottawa, Ph.D. (1952) |
| Workplace(s) | Mendocino State Hospital |
| Field(s) | Clinical psychology |
Wilson M. Van Dusen (September 11, 1923 - April 25, 2005) was an American clinical psychologist and Swedenborgian. During his time working at the Mendocino State Hospital, Van Dusen developed an experimental therapeutic method that involved his dialoguing with hallucinatory voices that were heard by his patients, with the patients acting as a mediator relating the therapist's words, and came to think these seeming hallucinations should be treated as separate, albeit discarnate, beings from his patients, taking inspiration from Swedenborg.
Selected Bibliography
- Van Dusen, Wilson (1959), Mind in Hyperspace, Ann Arbor, Mi.: University Microfilm
- Van Dusen, Wilson (May 1961), "The Phenomenology of a Schizophrenic Existence", Journal of Individual Psychology (Chicago, Il.) 17 (1)
- Van Dusen, Wilson (1972), The Natural Depth in Man, New York: Harper & Row, http://amzn.to/2ly9LpE
- Van Dusen, Wilson (1974), The Presence of Other Worlds: The Psychological and Spiritual Findings of Emanuel Swedenborg, New York: Harper & Row, http://amzn.to/2lxQhRT
- Van Dusen, Wilson (1997), Returning to the Source: The Way to the Experience of God, Lafayette, Cal.: Real People Press, http://amzn.to/2ly2eHm
- Van Dusen, Wilson (1999), Beauty, Wonder, and the Mystical Mind, Chrysalis Books, http://amzn.to/2lyclff
- Van Dusen, Wilson (2001), The Design of Existence, Chrysalis Books, http://amzn.to/2kP3f0s
References
- ↑ "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGFR-3TM : accessed 21 April 2016), Wilson M Vandusen, 11 Sep 1923; citing San Francisco, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
- ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JGDD-NMS : accessed 21 April 2016), Wilson M Vandusen, 25 Apr 2005; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).