About Us
Barnaby B. Barratt, PhD, DHS, FAPA, ABPP
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Telephone: 928.925.8775
Career Highlights
- Clinically licensed as a psychologist in Arizona, Barnaby offers consultations and therapy for individuals and couples in Yavapai County, Arizona (Prescott). He also offers telephone and email consultations across the country.
- Well known for his work as a therapist, Barnaby has been elected a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the American Association for Psychoanalysis in Psychology. In 1996, he was awarded the prestigious diplomate status by the American Board of Professional Psychology. He continues to give lectures and lead workshops around the country and overseas.
- Barnaby is currently Provost (Chief Academic Officer) and Professor of Psychology at Northcentral University – which has its world headquarters in Prescott Valley
- Before moving to Arizona, Barnaby was in private practice for over twenty-five years in Southfield and Farmington Hills (Michigan), and he held the distinction of being a Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst with the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute.
- Barnaby is a certified psychoanalyst and dynamic psychotherapist, as well as a nationally eminent sexuality educator and sex therapist. He is also an ordained minister for his work facilitating meditation practices on the tantric spiritual path.
- Formerly, Professor of Family Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University, also Director of Human Sexuality, Wayne State University (Detroit).
- Formerly, Founder and Director, Midwest Institute of Sexology, offering clinical, educational and research services.
- Formerly, Chair and Core Faculty in Somatic and Clinical Psychology, Santa Barbara Graduate Institute; Chair and Core Faculty in Counseling Psychology, Prescott College.
- Past President, American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists, 2004-2006.
Professional Accomplishments
- Barnaby earned his first doctorate in developmental and clinical psychology from Harvard University; his second doctorate in clinical and educational sexology from the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality; and his postdoctoral training at the University of Michigan's Neuropsychiatric Institute.
- In 1976, he was honored for his scholarship by being elected to the University of Michigan's Society of Fellows. In 1993, he was elected a Fellow of the American Psychological Association; in 1996, he was awarded the American Board of Professional Psychology’s diplomate and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for Psychoanalysis in Psychology. Barnaby is a Life Member of the American Philosophical Association, a longstanding member of the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, and a member of the International Psychoanalytic Association. He is certified in Adult Psychoanalysis by the American Psychoanalytic Association, and is an active member of the International Psychoanalytic Association. He is a practicing member of both the International Association of Yoga Therapists and the United States Association for Body Psychotherapy, and has served as national Secretary of the Association of Sexual Energy Professionals.
- Barnaby is certified as a Sexuality Educator and as a certified diplomate in Sex Therapy by the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists, and served on this organization’s Board of Directors from 1997 to 2006, being elected as its President from 2004 to 2006.
- Author of eight books, and about seventy scientific and professional papers, articles and reviews, Barnaby has also held positions on the Editorial Boards of twelve national and international scientific and professional journals.
- Barnaby is frequently sought as lecturer and consultant, locally and nationally, on such topics as sexual education, the treatment of sexual distress or difficulty, the diversity of contemporary sexual practices, issues of sexual rights, and tantric spirituality.
Personal Information
Barnaby was born in England, and has lived and traveled in India, Tibet, China, Laos and Thailand, as well as all over Europe. He is the father of one adult son, and stepfather of two adult stepdaughters. Barnaby is an ardent activist for civil liberties, and is currently national and international Co-Chair of the Woodhull Freedom Foundation and Federation.
Barnaby B. Barratt, PhD, DHS, FAPA, ABPP
Email:
Telephone: 928.925.8775