Gerry Fewster

Ph.D., Administrator of the Pacific North West Institute of the Integrative Body Psychotherapy and Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology at the University of Calgary. Program Design and Development Consultant and contributes and promotes the Society.

www.theserenityhouse.ca/index.html

Gerry Fewster is an educator, writer and psychotherapist. For over twenty years he was Executive Director of one of Canada’s largest privately operated treatment centers for troubled children and their families. He has held teaching positions at three universities and is currently Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology at the University of Calgary. Dr. Fewster has written extensively on children’s mental health issues and is widely acknowledged for his contributions to the development of Child and Youth Care across North America.

He was the editor of the Journal of Child and Youth Care for almost twenty years and editor of Relational Child and Youth Care Practice. Dr. Fewster has contributed over forty articles to professional journals and published a number of books including, Being in child care: A journey into Self (Haworth, N.Y., 1990) and Ben and Jock: A biography (Oolican, B.C., 2001).

He now lives on Vancouver Island where he and his wife Judith direct the Pacific North West Institute of Integrative Body Psychotherapy (IBP), one of ten international institutes dedicated to the advancement of human potential. Together the Fewster’s maintain a private practice, specializing in relationship therapy.