- Kevin F. McCready
Kevin F. McCready (
January 30 ,1957 -December 5 ,2004 ) was aclinical psychologist in Fresno,California . He was the founder and director of the San Joaquin Psychotherapy Center and the non-profitRecovery for Emotionally Abused Children (R.E.A.Ch.) .Born on
January 30 ,1957 , McCready was from Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated with a Bachelors degree fromGeorge Washington University , a Masters fromState University of New York , and a Doctorate fromCalifornia School of Professional Psychology in Fresno, California. He served as president of the San Joaquin Psychotherapy Association and California Association of Psychology Providers and was on the executive board for the National Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers and International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology (ICSPP).He served on the faculty of both the
California School of Professional Psychology atAlliant International University and American Commonwealth University. AJungian -oriented psychotherapist [http://www.zoominfo.com/people/McCready_Kevin_31965850.aspx] , he developed theintegrative milieu model of psychotherapy. [http://www.medsfree.com]Of Irish descent, he was a devout practicing member of the
Roman Catholic Church , was married to Karin McCready and had two children. He died onDecember 5 ,2004 , from a heart attack. [http://www.icspp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=92&Itemid=70] The ICSPP created the Kevin McCready Memorial Research Grant in his honor. [http://www.icspp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=131&Itemid=72]an Joaquin Psychotherapy Center
McCready opened San Joaquin Psychotherapy Center in Fresno, California in 1990, developing a day treatment program based on his integrative milieu model. The center had a unique treatment philosophy, combining elements of
psychodynamic theory,humanistic philosophy, and ananti-psychiatric approach. McCready was opposed to use of the medical model in psychology and was an outspoken critic use of diagnosis,electroshock , and psychiatric drugs in psychotherapy treatment. Clients came from all over the world to receive non-medicated psychotherapy and totitrate off of psychiatric drugs. [http://www.medsfree.com]McCready wanted to open other sites offering the same services with the same philosophy all over the world. He started by opening San Francisco Bay Psychotherapy Center in
San Francisco in 2004. He planned to open sites inNew York City andChicago soon after. However, following his death in December, 2004, the doors closed due to financial difficulty in both San Francisco and in Fresno.The Sequoia Psychotherapy Center was opened in Fresno, California, in March, 2005, by Dr. Mark D. Popper, K. Brent Olsen, and Pepe Santana. It was incorporated to continue the work of San Joaquin Psychotherapy Center after it closed. It is a community-based psychotherapy services center offering traditional outpatient psychotherapy services, psychological testing, and a day treatment program based on McCready's model.
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