Professor Betsy Bates Freed, PsyD
Dr. Betsy Bates Freed enjoyed a 30-year career as a medical journalist (Internal Medicine News, Pediatric News) before becoming a licensed clinical psychologist. She has worked with the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara, The Family Medicine Residency Program at Glendale Adventist Medical Center, and the Children’s Clinic of Santa Barbara County.
In addition to her psychotherapy practice, she has been teaching at both Colorado State University and Antioch University Santa Barbara for a number of years, supporting students through their writing and research process and educating doctoral students about integrative approaches to psychological care. A past president of the Santa Barbara County Psychological Association, she remains actively involved on their Board of Directors.
Professor Glenn Hartelius, PhD
Dr. Glenn Hartelius is an internationally known scholar in transpersonal psychology and is the editor of the International Journal of Transpersonal Studies (IJTS), the Secretary of the International Transpersonal Association and member of the Association for Transpersonal Psychology Board of Directors.
Glenn serves as Associate Professor for the East-West Psychology department and is the founding Director of the online PhD degree in Integral and Transpersonal Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, California, where he also teaches. He has taught graduate-level courses at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Naropa University, Saybrook University, and Middlesex University.
As a scholar, he has published professionally in both psychology and Near-Eastern archeology publications and garnered over 140 citations in the literature.