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David H. Rosen

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David H. Rosen
Born (1945-02-25) February 25, 1945 (age 81)
Occupation(s)Psychiatrist, Jungian analyst, author
Known forInaugural McMillan Professor of Analytical Psychology at Texas A&M University; research on survivors of Golden Gate Bridge jumps; egocide & transformation therapeutic model

David H. Rosen (born February 25, 1945) is an American psychiatrist, Jungian analyst, and author, recognized as the inaugural McMillan Professor of Analytical Psychology and Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science at Texas A&M University. Although retired, he served as editor for The Soul of Art (2017) by Christian Gaillard, which is the twentieth installment in the Fay Book Series in Analytical Psychology. Currently, Michael Escamilla, the McMillan scholar at The C.G. Jung Educational Center in Houston, Texas, oversees the series.

Residing in Eugene, Oregon, Rosen is affiliated with the Pacific Northwest Society of Jungian Analysts and holds a position as Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry at Oregon Health & Science University. His scholarly interests encompass analytical psychology, psychology of religion, humor studies, positive psychology, depression, suicidology, children’s literature, social medicine, epidemiology, healing processes, ethics, peace studies, creativity, and the psychosocial dimensions of medicine.

Biography

Rosen earned his degree in Psychological-Biological Sciences from the University of California in Berkeley and completed medical training at the University of Missouri. His internship took place at the University of California Service at San Francisco General Hospital, followed by a psychiatric residency at the Langley Porter Institute within the University of California Medical Center.

He began his academic career as a lecturer and assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco, then advanced to associate professor roles in Psychiatry and Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center. For 25 years, he held the McMillan Professorship in Analytical Psychology and was a Professor of Psychiatry and Humanities in Medicine at Texas A&M University.

Rosen pursued postgraduate education in Analytical Psychology at the C.G. Jung Institute in San Francisco and holds certification from both the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts and the International Association for Analytical Psychology. He remains an active member of the Pacific Northwest Society of Jungian Analysts.

Professional work

Rosen is notably recognized for his investigations into survivors who have jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge and for creating the therapeutic model known as egocide & transformation aimed at treating patients with suicidal depression (see Transforming Depression: Healing the Soul through Creativity).

He also edited Less is More: A Collection of Ten-Minute Plays, which features two plays he wrote: "Leap for Life," centered on survivors of Golden Gate Bridge jumps, and "Thanatos Calling," which explores the experience of an elderly woman contemplating suicide.

Throughout his professional journey, Rosen has been honored with multiple awards including UCSF’s Henry F. Albronda Memorial Award, the Academic Senate's Award for Distinction in Teaching, Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching, and participation in a National Endowment for the Humanities seminar. He received the Outstanding Young Physician Award from University of Missouri alumni and was elected Fellow and later Distinguished Life Fellow by the American Psychiatric Association. Additionally, he earned the Psychiatric Excellence Award from the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians. Together with co-authors, he won AcademyHealth's Article-of-the-Year Award for “Two-minute mental health care for elderly patients: Inside primary care visits." Rosen was also awarded a Glasscock Center for Humanities Research Fellowship at Texas A&M (2009–2010). He retired from Texas A&M in 2011 but continues his association with OHSU.

Publications

Rosen has contributed more than one hundred peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, in addition to authoring or editing upwards of twenty books. Between 1991 and 2017, he acted as editor for twenty installments of the Fay Book Series in Analytical Psychology, published by Texas A&M University Press. In this role, he also penned forewords for numerous volumes authored by notable figures such as Verena Kast, John Beebe, Anthony Stevens, Marion Woodman, Hayao Kawai, Polly Young-Eisendrath, Murray Stein, James Hollis, Roberto Gambini, Stanton Marlan, Claire Douglas, Sonoko Toyoda, Luigi Zoja, Jan Wiener, Joseph Cambray, Astrid Berg, Frank N. McMillan III, Ann Belford Ulanov, Henry Abramovitch, and Christian Gaillard.

Additionally, Rosen has composed over one hundred Haiku poems and published collections including Clouds and More Clouds (Lily Pool Press, 2013), Spelunking Through Life (2016), Living with Evergreens (2017), as well as White Rose, Red Rose (2017), co-created with Johnny Baranski. He also collaborated with Uyen Hoang on the book Patient-Centered Medicine: A Human Experience (Oxford University Press, 2017). For a comprehensive list of his works, please refer to the bibliography section.

Artwork

Rosen practices painting primarily in watercolor and acrylic mediums. A selection of his paintings is available for purchase.

Bibliography

  • Rosen, D.H. (1974). Lesbianism: A Study of Female Homosexuality. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas.
  • Rosen, D.H. (1984). Henry's Tower. Pittsford, NY: Platypus Books. (Children's Book)
  • Reiser, D.E. & Rosen, D.H. (1985). Medicine as a Human Experience. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publishers.
  • Rosen, D.H. (1993). Transforming Depression: Healing the Soul through Creativity. 3rd Edition. New York: Putnam & Sons.
  • Rosen, D.H. (1996). The Tao of Jung: The Way of Integrity. New York: Viking.
  • Rosen, D.H. & Luebbert, M.C. (Eds.) (1999). Evolution of the Psyche. Westport, CT: Praeger.
  • Rosen, D.H. (2002). The Tao of Elvis. San Diego: Harcourt.
  • Rosen, D.H. & Weishaus J. (2004). The Healing Spirit of Haiku. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books.
  • Rosen, D.H. (2013). Clouds and More Clouds. Northfield, MA: Lily Pool Press.
  • Rosen, D.H. (2014). Lost in the Long White Cloud: Finding My Way Home. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers.
  • Rosen, D.H. (2015). Time, Love and Licorice: A Healing Coloring Storybook. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers.
  • Rosen, D.H. & Goodman C., (Eds.) (2016) Darkness Holding Light: A Collection of Poems. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers.
  • Rosen, D.H. (2016). Spelunking through Life: A Collection of Haiku. Pittsboro, NC: Rosenberry/Eugene OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers.
  • Rosen, D.H. (2016). Less is More: A Collection of Ten-Minute Plays. Eugene OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers.
  • Rosen, D.H. (2016). Living with Evergreens: A Collection of Haiku. Pittsboro NC: Rosenberry/Eugene OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers.
  • Rosen, D.H. & Hoang U. (2017). Patient-Centered Medicine: A Human Experience. New York: Oxford UP.
  • Rosen, D.H. (2017). In Search of the Hidden Pond. Eugene OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers.
  • Rosen, D.H. (2017). The Alchemy of Cooking: Recipes with a Jungian Twist. Eugene OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers.
  • Baranski J. & Rosen D.H. (2017). White Rose, Red Rose: Collection of Haiku. Eugene OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers.
  • Rosen, D.H. (2018). Samantha the Sleuth and Zack's Hard Lesson. Eugene OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers. (Children's Book)
  • Rosen, D.H. (2018). Torii Haiku: Profane to a Sacred Life. Eugene OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers.
  • Rosen D.H. (2018). Opal Whiteley's Beginning and Hoops and Hoopla. Eugene OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers. (Children's Book)
  • Rosen D.H. (2019). Kindergarten Symphony: An ABC Book. Eugene OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers. (Children's Book)
  • Rosen D.H. (2019). Look Closely: A Collection of Haiku. Eugene OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers.
  • Rosen D.H. (2019). Warming to Gold: A Collection of Haiku. Eugene OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers.
  • Rosen D.H., Jensen J. (2019). Soul Circles: Mandalas and Meaning. Eugene OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers.
  • Rosen D.H., Rosen R. (2019). Lesbianism: A Study in Female Homosexuality (With a New Father-Daughter Dialogue). Eugene OR: Resource Publications.
  • Rosen D.H. (2021). Torn Asunder: Putting Back the Pieces. Memoir; Eugene OR: Resource Publications.
  • Rosen D.H. (2021). Soul to Soul: Aphorisms for Life. Eugene OR: Resource Publications.

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