Patricia H. Hasbach, Ph.D.

                                                 

Professional Background

Citizen Square  1310 Coburg Road, Suite 10, Eugene,OR 97401   Tel. 541-345-1410   phasbach@northwestecotherapy.com

Education:

Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, Counselor Education, 1986

M. Ed., University of Pittsburgh, Counselor Education, 1982

B. S.,  Robert Morris University, Accounting/Management, 1978

M.A., Naropa University, Ecopsychology concentration, 2008 (post-doctoral)

I earned my doctorate in Counselor Education at the University of Pittsburgh in 1986. During my internship, I worked with families experiencing divorce and remarriage issues at the Parent & Child Guidance Center in Pittsburgh, PA. I also provided individual and group counseling to a non-traditional female student population at the  Allegheny County Community College in Pittsburgh, PA.  My doctoral research examined marital satisfaction and issues related to dual-career couples.

During my training, I held the position of Executive Director of Crisis Center North, a domestic violence center that offered shelter, individual and group counseling, and court advocacy to victims and their children. My work included the development, planning, and implementation of all programs; direct service to clients; staff and volunteer training and supervision; grant writing and fundraising;training of police officers and hospital personnel; and community education including numerous radio and television appearances.

For over 20 years as a private practitioner,  I have offered individual, couples, and group counseling/therapy. Areas of specialty include treatment for anxiety, depression, relationship issues, parenting concerns, health-related recovery issues, environmental and sustainability concerns, and wellness. In recent years, I have not only worked with people in the traditional office setting, but expanded the therapeutic context by incorporating the natural world into therapy by either holding sessions in the outdoors or assigning homework to clients to do in natural settings. This form of therapy is often referred to as ecotherapy.

In addition to my private  practice, I am an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Counseling Psychology, Graduate School of Education and Counseling at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR and in the Psychology Department at Antioch University in Seattle, Washington.

I sit on the editorial board of the peer-reviewed journal, Ecopsychology, published by Liebert Publishing. I am currently writing and co-editing two upcoming books to be published by MIT Press titled Ecopsychology: Science, Totems, and the Technological Species and The Rediscovery of the Wild.