Biography - About Us
- Residential Treatment for Drug & Alcohol Abuse
- Completion of Detox
- Assistance to Families in Drug & Alcohol Interventions
- Completion of Detox
- Assistance to Families in Drug & Alcohol Interventions
2084 Pine Winds Place
Okanagan Falls, BC V0H 1R2
Canada
Tel: 1 (250) 497-6526
Email: pinewinds@shaw.ca
Okanagan Falls, BC V0H 1R2
Canada
Tel: 1 (250) 497-6526
Email: pinewinds@shaw.ca
George Bullied is a survivor of three wars, W.W.II, The Korean War and life on the mean streets of Montreal and Toronto. He has recovered from a major substance abuse. George has turned his negative life experiences into positive lessons. He has used these lessons to help people not only in substance recovery but also in teaching them how to live and enjoy quality sobriety. George’s early academic education ended at age 12. It was resumed much later. He completed post-graduate work at university at age 45. He continues on-going education in many fields and does so with consistently high standards.
MAJOR AREAS OF SKILLS AND EXPERTISE
Counseling and also Intensive therapy for individuals, couples and groups. Human Development Trainer. Administrator of treatment program for drugs, alcohol and AIDS treatments. Holistic Health lecturer and trainer on alternative lifestyles; holistic healer. Lecturer in Sociology and Human Growth and Development (principally at St. Clair College, Windsor). Conductor of Workshops and classes on Spiritual Growth and Development. Manager/Director and Founder of a number of organizations. Teacher of 12-Step Programs. Stress Management consultant for individuals and industry. An expert in the development of intentional communities. Lecturer. Producer and Director of Television Programs. Ordained Minister.
EDUCATION AND MAJOR INFLUENCES
- Association with Mahatma Gandhi
- At the Esalen Institute at Big Sur, California, 8 months training including Gestalt therapy with Fritz Perls and seminars in human growth and holistic health
- At Loveland, Colorado, residential training in Communal Living (including organic gardening, ontology, holistic healing and individual and pastoral counseling)
- At Windsor University, Windsor, Ontario B.A. (with majors in Sociology, Psychology, Theology and included also were many Social Work courses. Greatly influenced by Abraham Maslow at Wayne State University). Social Work practicum in the ghettos of Detroit
- M.A. (Equiv.) in Sociology granted by Windsor University. Master’s Course work was completed, but in lieu of thesis credit was given for community development, particularly the creation of two major intentional communities for troubled and drug addicted youth
At the National Training Laboratories at Wayne State University – Group leader in human development studies.
At Washington State University, Seattle, Washington, George took intensive Instructor Training in WAMI-AIDS
George is an ordained Minister in the Therapeutae Society of the Essenes
Master’s studies in Theology, at UBC, Vancouver, BC (incomplete)
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Eighth Annual Northwest Conference on Addictions, Seattle, Wash.
Justice Institute, Vancouver, BC – Review on Addiction Studies and Psychological Theory
McMasters University, Alcohol and Drug studies, sponsored by A.I.A.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Counselor, Drug and Alcohol Research Foundation, Windsor, Ont.
Founder and Director of Crossroads (a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center for youth with drug problems), in Windsor, Ontario
Founder and Director of Twin Valleys Educational Residential Community, Wardsville, Ontario. Twin Valleys was a campus of St. Clair College. It was designed to work with young people who had multiple social problems. It was a highly successful experiment by a community college and it lasted for ten years.
Founder and Director of Pacific School of Holistic Health, Vancouver BC and Seattle, Wash. Holistic health healer, human growth trainer, workshop designer and facilitator.
Private Practice in spiritual mentoring and human growth and development, residential training specializing in workshops of varying durations, for 7 years in Issaquah, Washington
Counseling in Drug and Alcohol Substance Abuse and multiple social problems. Also counseling people with AIDS, in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside for ten years, as an employee of the Seniors’ Well Aware Program.
President and co-founder of Caring Home Detox Ltd.
Multi-Dimensional Counseling, Spiritual Mentoring/Coaching, on-going.
MILITARY SERVICE
World War II, Canadian Army, Europe
Korean War, United Nations Forces, PPCLI
PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND LECTURES
- Alternative to Confinement, a book on intentional community living as an alternative to confinement.
- People of the Valley, a book about Twin Valleys School and Community, its philosophy and structure and purpose
- “Listen, Listen, Listen”, a one and a half hour film about Twin Valleys by the National Film Board
- International Lecture Circuit, under the auspices of Twin Valleys and the Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities. Subjects – “Youth and Drugs”, “Alternative Lifestyles”
- Guest Speaker at the United Nations Youth Council. Subject - “Youth and Drugs”
- “Health, Spirit and Living”, Host and Director. This was a public access TV show, which aired once a week for one hour for about three years.
- Trip to the Soviet Union for filming a TV show and lecturing on Drugs and Alcohol.
- Establishing a program of rehabilitation for Soviet servicemen who saw service in Afghanistan
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Past member of a number of boards of organizations such as Alcohol and Drug Educational Services, the Vancouver-Richmond Regional Health Committee, the Downtown Eastside Mayor’s Coalition. Past President of Korean Veterans’ Association, Unit #47.
MAJOR AREAS OF SKILLS AND EXPERTISE
Counseling and also Intensive therapy for individuals, couples and groups. Human Development Trainer. Administrator of treatment program for drugs, alcohol and AIDS treatments. Holistic Health lecturer and trainer on alternative lifestyles; holistic healer. Lecturer in Sociology and Human Growth and Development (principally at St. Clair College, Windsor). Conductor of Workshops and classes on Spiritual Growth and Development. Manager/Director and Founder of a number of organizations. Teacher of 12-Step Programs. Stress Management consultant for individuals and industry. An expert in the development of intentional communities. Lecturer. Producer and Director of Television Programs. Ordained Minister.
EDUCATION AND MAJOR INFLUENCES
- Association with Mahatma Gandhi
- At the Esalen Institute at Big Sur, California, 8 months training including Gestalt therapy with Fritz Perls and seminars in human growth and holistic health
- At Loveland, Colorado, residential training in Communal Living (including organic gardening, ontology, holistic healing and individual and pastoral counseling)
- At Windsor University, Windsor, Ontario B.A. (with majors in Sociology, Psychology, Theology and included also were many Social Work courses. Greatly influenced by Abraham Maslow at Wayne State University). Social Work practicum in the ghettos of Detroit
- M.A. (Equiv.) in Sociology granted by Windsor University. Master’s Course work was completed, but in lieu of thesis credit was given for community development, particularly the creation of two major intentional communities for troubled and drug addicted youth
At the National Training Laboratories at Wayne State University – Group leader in human development studies.
At Washington State University, Seattle, Washington, George took intensive Instructor Training in WAMI-AIDS
George is an ordained Minister in the Therapeutae Society of the Essenes
Master’s studies in Theology, at UBC, Vancouver, BC (incomplete)
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Eighth Annual Northwest Conference on Addictions, Seattle, Wash.
Justice Institute, Vancouver, BC – Review on Addiction Studies and Psychological Theory
McMasters University, Alcohol and Drug studies, sponsored by A.I.A.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Counselor, Drug and Alcohol Research Foundation, Windsor, Ont.
Founder and Director of Crossroads (a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center for youth with drug problems), in Windsor, Ontario
Founder and Director of Twin Valleys Educational Residential Community, Wardsville, Ontario. Twin Valleys was a campus of St. Clair College. It was designed to work with young people who had multiple social problems. It was a highly successful experiment by a community college and it lasted for ten years.
Founder and Director of Pacific School of Holistic Health, Vancouver BC and Seattle, Wash. Holistic health healer, human growth trainer, workshop designer and facilitator.
Private Practice in spiritual mentoring and human growth and development, residential training specializing in workshops of varying durations, for 7 years in Issaquah, Washington
Counseling in Drug and Alcohol Substance Abuse and multiple social problems. Also counseling people with AIDS, in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside for ten years, as an employee of the Seniors’ Well Aware Program.
President and co-founder of Caring Home Detox Ltd.
Multi-Dimensional Counseling, Spiritual Mentoring/Coaching, on-going.
MILITARY SERVICE
World War II, Canadian Army, Europe
Korean War, United Nations Forces, PPCLI
PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND LECTURES
- Alternative to Confinement, a book on intentional community living as an alternative to confinement.
- People of the Valley, a book about Twin Valleys School and Community, its philosophy and structure and purpose
- “Listen, Listen, Listen”, a one and a half hour film about Twin Valleys by the National Film Board
- International Lecture Circuit, under the auspices of Twin Valleys and the Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities. Subjects – “Youth and Drugs”, “Alternative Lifestyles”
- Guest Speaker at the United Nations Youth Council. Subject - “Youth and Drugs”
- “Health, Spirit and Living”, Host and Director. This was a public access TV show, which aired once a week for one hour for about three years.
- Trip to the Soviet Union for filming a TV show and lecturing on Drugs and Alcohol.
- Establishing a program of rehabilitation for Soviet servicemen who saw service in Afghanistan
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Past member of a number of boards of organizations such as Alcohol and Drug Educational Services, the Vancouver-Richmond Regional Health Committee, the Downtown Eastside Mayor’s Coalition. Past President of Korean Veterans’ Association, Unit #47.
I am a Registered Psychologist in the Province of British Columbia and a member of the Canadian Psychological Association. I have more than thirty-five years experience in the field of clinical psychology, and during that period have worked with people of all age groups and many different needs.
In work at Pine Winds Center my expertise and broad experience give another dimension to the work we are able to do here. I am able to provide valuable input into the assessments and ongoing work with recovery clients here. I am also able to help in planning for re-entry into society in the educational and career areas. I work with my husband as a co-therapist in work with couples, families and some of the groups we run here.
Brief Summary of Past Experience
For more than thirty-three years I worked at Vancouver General Hospital and concurrently had a private practice. In both hospital work and private practice I was engaged in psychological assessments and/or psychotherapy. I have worked with people with depressions of varying severity, with much anxiety from varying sources, with psychotic illnesses, and with neurological diseases and deficits due to brain injuries or strokes or dementias. I have worked with the geriatric population extensively. I have also worked with children and families for many years in private practice, and at the Child Guidance Clinic in Calgary in the past. I have worked with adults and children with learning disabilities. I was the psychologist for the Work Adjustment Program at Vancouver General Hospital and this program helped people get ready for employment after major psychiatric or physical illnesses. I have also worked with people with gender identity disorders and with hospital patients with various physical illnesses and disabilities. I have done many assessments of adolescents and adults who have had criminal charges against them.
Since retiring from Vancouver General Hospital in August of 2002, I have been involved in the development of the facilities here at Pine Winds Center. I take great pleasure in working with people who have difficulties of all kinds, and rejoice when I see significant improvement which will prepare the way for a more fulfilling life in the future. It is my pleasure to aid that process with all of the skills I possess.
Patricia Diewold Bullied, M.A., R.Psych.
In work at Pine Winds Center my expertise and broad experience give another dimension to the work we are able to do here. I am able to provide valuable input into the assessments and ongoing work with recovery clients here. I am also able to help in planning for re-entry into society in the educational and career areas. I work with my husband as a co-therapist in work with couples, families and some of the groups we run here.
Brief Summary of Past Experience
For more than thirty-three years I worked at Vancouver General Hospital and concurrently had a private practice. In both hospital work and private practice I was engaged in psychological assessments and/or psychotherapy. I have worked with people with depressions of varying severity, with much anxiety from varying sources, with psychotic illnesses, and with neurological diseases and deficits due to brain injuries or strokes or dementias. I have worked with the geriatric population extensively. I have also worked with children and families for many years in private practice, and at the Child Guidance Clinic in Calgary in the past. I have worked with adults and children with learning disabilities. I was the psychologist for the Work Adjustment Program at Vancouver General Hospital and this program helped people get ready for employment after major psychiatric or physical illnesses. I have also worked with people with gender identity disorders and with hospital patients with various physical illnesses and disabilities. I have done many assessments of adolescents and adults who have had criminal charges against them.
Since retiring from Vancouver General Hospital in August of 2002, I have been involved in the development of the facilities here at Pine Winds Center. I take great pleasure in working with people who have difficulties of all kinds, and rejoice when I see significant improvement which will prepare the way for a more fulfilling life in the future. It is my pleasure to aid that process with all of the skills I possess.
Patricia Diewold Bullied, M.A., R.Psych.
