Dr. Harry VanBelle
Professor Emeritus
harryvanbelle@hotmail.com 780-440-4661
Education
Ph.D., Free University of Amsterdam, 1980
Drs., Calvin College, 1971
B.A., Calvin College, 1965
From 1971 – 1977 Dr. VanBelle was the supervisor of the Psychology Department in the Brockville Psychiatric Hospital in Brockville, Ontario, Canada. From 1977 – 1982 he was the first Director-Therapist of the Cascade Christian Counseling Centre in Surrey, BC, Canada, a therapy centre which he founded.
From 1982 – 1992 he taught psychology at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada and from 1992 – 2000 he taught psychology at The Kings University College.
He has been a practicing therapist, a workshop leader and a popular lecturer for more than 35 years.
In 2000 he took early retirement to spend more time traveling, writing and practicing therapy. As this website shows, he has written extensively about topics related to psychology, family life, psychological development and psychotherapy as well as on topics dealing with the relation between religion and psychology.
He is married and has three children and three grandchildren.
Dr. Van Belle can be reached at harryvanbelle@hotmail.com, by phone: (780) 440-4661
Publications and Collected Writings:
PURPOSE: To make what I have written over a life time available to any one to read and to use, and to facilitate interaction with them about what they read. My primary interest is not to sell whatever I have written. People should be free to read and duplicate a copy of my work. I only ask that when multiple copies are made for the purpose of publication or classroom teaching that I would be contacted for permission and to discuss some form of remuneration.
INTENDED AUDIENCE: General public, fellow academics, psychology students, psychologists, mental health workers, psychotherapists, Person-centered therapists, counsellors, workers with trauma victims, professionals working with child abuse victims, pastoral counsellors, clergy, Christian counsellors/therapists/ psychologists, researchers in ethnic studies, people interested in Post WW II Dutch immigration to Canada, in development and ageing theory, in communication theory, or in the history of psychology.
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