Allen Bishop, Ph.D.

Dean

Education

Ph.D. Education, University of Southern California

Certificates

​Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic Center of California, 1991

Profile

My interests in psychoanalytic began in 1958 during my freshman year at USC. Being able to enter analysis at a young age inspired my creative impulse to investigate the internal world.  My life-long interest in music was a natural partner for this professional journey and the marriage of these two disciplines continues happily into my late years. 

Current Research Interests

• Clinical Psychoanalysis-Music and the Internal World​

Academic Appointments 

• Academic Dean, Reiss Davis Graduate School    (2013-Present)
• Professor Emeritus, Pacifica Graduate Institute ( 1994-Present)
• Faculty, Antioch University Santa Barbara (2010-Present)
• Hosford Clinic Supervisor, Instructor, University California, Santa Barbara (1993-2000)
• Psychoanalytic Center of California, Faculty (1993-1996)
• Training and Supervising Analyst, ICPLA (2002-2012

Private Practice Specializations 

• Clinical Psychoanalysis

Pre &  Post-Doctoral Training

• Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Clinical Child Psychology, Reiss-Davis Child Study Center​

Supervision of Graduate Students

• Clinical Supervisor, University of California Santa Barbara (1993-2000)
• Clinical Supervisor, Antioch University Santa Barbara (2016-Present)
• Clinical Supervisor, Pacifica Graduate Institute (2015-Present)

​Memberships in Organizations/Societies/Boards

• Former Board Member of ABAP, American Board for Accreditation in Psychoanalysis
• Board Member, American Beethoven Society

​Publications

• Bishop, A. (2015). Psychoanalytic Theory and Practice (5 chapters). In   Neukrug, E. S. (Ed.). The Sage encyclopedia of theory in counseling and psychotherapy. Thousand Oaks, Ca:     SAGE Publications.

Conference Presentations

• "Music and the Internal World." Friends of Jung, Atlanta, Georgia (2011)
• "Transformative Moments in Psychotherapy." Pacifica Graduate Institute.   (2003) 
• "Hope and Forgiveness in Psychoanalysis." APA Division 39 (2003)
• "The Heart of the Therapist."   Moderator and Presenter. Pacifica Graduate Institute   (2001)

Personal Dissertation

Bishop, A. (1981).  “The Fear of Success and Doctoral Student Attrition" Myron Dembo, PhD, Chair, Dennis Hocevar, PhD. Reader, Caroline Grieser, PhD, External Reader.