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Memoriam to Harvey Peskin

Dear Community, We are saddened to report the death of Dr. Harvey Peskin. He died on April 21, 2018.  Harvey Peskin was a clinical psychologist who practiced, taught, wrote and supervised in Berkeley, CA for nearly 60 years. Harvey died as he lived, with a clear mind, a desire to understand lived experience, an attention …

Refugee Treatment Group

Dear Friends and Colleagues;     Several clinicians have banded together to provide ongoing psychotherapy for international survivors of trauma and refugees in the East Bay, CA. There is a much greater need for treatment for this group than there are available providers (one of the few projects serving this community is the Partnership for …

Course: Issues of Dehumanization

The title of this post, “Psychology and Dehumanization”  describes a course developed by Harvey Peskin, PhD and me that highlights a particular problem in modern psychology; Dehumanization. Dr. Peskin died on April 18, 2018. The follwoing was written during the years Harvey and I taght this course at the Wright Institue and NCSPP. Dehumanization is …