Steve
S. Olweean,
Director and Coordinator of programs
Steve Olweean speaks on social healing; conflict transformation; concepts
of "The Other;" dynamics of fear, social paranoia,
and fear-based belief systems; negative stereotypes, prejudice, the
creation of enemy images; psycho-social development and identity; cultural
myths and ethos; intergenerational consequences of trauma; victim-perpetrator
dynamics; cross-cultural, inter-religious, and cross-border engagement
and dialogue; compassion, reconciliation, and forgiveness; public engagement
and empowerment; and capacity building at both the grass roots and social
institutional level for promoting an authentic world culture of peace.
Particularly since 9-11 he has spoken and been interviewed frequently
both in and outside the US to increase understanding among the public
of Middle Eastern and Islamic Culture, social/psychological dynamics
of fear and communal paranoia, and to promote direct, cross-cultural
dialogue as the antidote to the toxic energy of fear.
He also addresses activism in Humanistic Psychology through putting
humanistic principles to work in the world improving psycho-social conditions,
and has published writings on the
above speaking topics. He has been an activist in the human rights and
peace movement since the late 1960's, and this commitment and experience
continue to inform his work today.
He is a therapist with a graduate degree in Clinical Psychology, with
over 30 years of experience in community based mental health treatment
and advocacy; has worked in inpatient, outpatient, day treatment, outreach
and crisis intervention to high risk populations, and private practice
settings; has held positions as clinical director, clinical supervisor,
and senior clinician; and has functioned as graduate field supervisor
for departments of psychology and social work. His principal areas of
treatment are trauma and abuse recovery, crisis intervention, dissociative
disorders, victim/perpetrator dynamics, and healing negative belief
systems.
He developed the integrated Catastrophic
Trauma Recovery (CTR) treatment model focusing on treating
large populations in regions of conflict victimized by war and violence,
as described in Dr. Stanley Krippner's landmark book published by Preager/Greenwood
publishers:: "The
Psychological Impact of War Trauma on Civilian Populations."
His current book project is "Engaging The Other,"
an edited compilation of chapters contributions by authors representing
a diversity of cultures and societies around the world exploring this
fundamentally subjective phenomenon from their unique cultural eye.
The book is the impetus for the creation of the Annual
International Conference on Engaging The Other, and is based
on a chapter he contributed titled "Psychological
Concepts of The Other: Embracing the Compass of the Self"
to a book edited by Dr. Chris Stout and published by Preager/Greenwood
publishers on: "The Psychology of Terrorism."
For 15 years he was coordinator of the AHP Soviet-American Professional
Exchange, established in the early 1980's as one of the 1st grassroots
professional human service exchanges with the then Soviet Union
- Founding Director, Program Developer, and Coordinator of CBI programs
and projects, as described in a chapter devoted to CBI in the "The
New Humanitarians," published by Preager/Greenwood
publishers.
- President of the International
Humanistic Psychology Association (IHPA).
- Past President of the Association for Humanistic Psychology.
- Recipient of the Charlotte
and Karl Bühler Award for 2011 from the American Psychological
Association for outstanding and lasting contribution to Humanistic Psychology
internationally.
- Fellow of the Center for Social Healing, Meridian University.
- Member of The Board for Neve
Shalom/Wahat Al Salaam in Israel
Contact Information:
- Steve Olweean
- CBI Director and Coordinator of Programs
President, International Humanistic Psychology Association (IHPA)
E-mail - SOlweean@aol.com
- Telephone
- 269-665-9393
- FAX
- 269-665-9393
- Postal address
- 12170 South Pine Ayr Drive
Climax, Michigan 49034 USA
