Christopher Burnett, Psy.D.
Full-Time Faculty, Department of Clinical and School Psychology
Education:
- Psy. D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- M.A. Duquesne University
- B.A. Wilkes College
Christopher Burnett, Psy. D. received his doctorate from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a specialization in Family Therapy. His internship was completed at the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center in Wingdale N.Y., where he received supervision from licensed psychologists who were also AAMFT Approved supervisors, like he is now. His M.A. degree is from Duquesne University where he was steeped in existential-phenomenological psychology, and he has B.A. degrees in both Psychology and Sociology from Wilkes College.
Dr. Burnett has worked as a clinician in both inpatient and multiple outpatient settings before beginning his career at the University in 1993. He has studied, taught, written about, and presented nationally and internationally on Bowen Family Systems theory for the past 40 years. As an educator, practitioner, clinical supervisor and organizational consultant, he utilizes the human relationship systems principles embedded in both Bowen Family Systems theory and existential psychology. In his time at NSU mentorship has been a hallmark and priority of his work. He has served as a dissertation chair on multiple doctoral student projects, with more than 65 of these being Bowen Family Systems related.
Currently his own research work is reconceptualizing the tenets of Bowen’s theory through a lens of quantum physics to better understand the complexities of multigenerational relationship processes. He is also associated with both the Western Pennsylvania Family Center and the Florida Family Research Network, which are post graduate centers for research and dissemination of Bowen Family Systems concepts and practices.