Professor Bruce Stevens
Honorary ProfessorBruce was ordained in the Anglican Church (1980). He is a retired clinical and forensic psychologist. He was the Wicking Professor of Ageing and Practical Theology at the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, Charles Sturt University 2015-2019. Prior to that he coordinated the clinical psychology program at the University of Canberra (as an Associate Professor), was an Associate Professor at Sydney College of Divinity while teaching at Southern Cross College and St Marks National Theological College in Pastoral Care and Counselling. He has over 30 peer reviewed publications and has published 12 books in popular psychology (Random House, 1995; Wiley-Blackwell, 2017), practice of psychology (Australian Academic Press, 2008, 2011, 2016; Wiley-Blackwell, 2015; New Harbinger, 2018), Christian counselling (Harper Collins, 1994; Novinka Publishers, 2017) and academic practical theology (Fortress Academic, 2018; Lexington Press, 2020). He developed the idea of grounded theology, a qualitative research method adapted to theological research. His most recent academic books include The storied self: A narrative approach to the spiritual care of the aged (Lanham, Maryland: Fortress Academic, 2018) and Before belief: Discovering first spiritual awareness (Maryland: Lexington Press, 2020) in which he explored the idea of spiritual development prior to language. He is writing Broken, but… Recovery and growth after spiritual trauma. He is presently an associate minister at Wesley Uniting Church Canberra. He is married to Dr Ann Harvey as senior staff specialist in Radiology at Canberra Hospital.
Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy (Pastoral Psychology) (Boston University)
Dissertation Title Religious responses to the Rorschach test: An application of the (1977) mutuality in autonomy in portrayed relationship’s scale
1987
Master of Theology (Australian College of Theology) 1981
LTh and Bachelor of Theology (Hons 2A) (Canberra College of Theology) 1978
Books
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2021
- Stevens, B., DiFrancesco, C. & Roediger, E. (2021). Schema therapy for couples: Healing relationships. .
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2018
- Stevens, B., Roediger, R. & Brockman, R. (2018). Contextual Schema Therapy: An Integrative Approach to Personality Disorders, Emotional Dysregulation, and Interpersonal Functioning. Context Press.
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2011
- Stevens, B. & Arnstein, M. (2011). Happy ever after? A practical guide to relationship counselling for clinical psychologists. Australian Academic Press.
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2008
- Stevens, B. (2008). Crossfire! Psychologists coping with cross-examination. Australian Academic Press.
Book Chapters
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2019
- Shaw, R. & Stevens, B. (2019). Religion and spirituality in end-of-life care. In , Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging (pp. ). Springer Nature: Switzerland.
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2014
- Stevens, B. (2014). Internet offenders as Girardian scapegoats In C. Fleming and J. Hodege, Violence, Desire and the Sacred, Vol. 2 (pp. 183-192). Bloomsbury Publisher: New York.
Journal Articles
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2019
- Cameron, A., Stevens, B., Shaw, R. & Bewert, P. (2019). Towards a ‘Social Anthropology’ of End-of-Life Moral Deliberation: A Study of Australian Salvation Army Officers. Studies in Christian Ethics, 33(3).
- Stevens, B. (2019). The dark story: Does it have a place in a life review?. Journal of Religion Spirituality & Aging, 31(4) 1-8.
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2018
- Stevens, B. (2018). Life Tasks: Excellence in Spiritual Care through Self-awareness. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, 6(2) 177-185.
- Stevens, B. (2018). Ageing in corrective services: from the perspective of prison chaplains. Psychiatry Psychology and Law, 26(1) 1-13.
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2014
- Stevens, B. (2014). The self-analysis of dreams: A selfobject function?. Australasian Journal of Psychotherapy, 32(1) 40-55.
- Stevens, B. (2014). The self-analysis of dreams: Does it work?. Psychotherapy in Australia, 20(2) 46-51.
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2013
- Bradford, L. & Stevens, B. (2013). What's in the file? Opening the drawer on clinical record keeping in psychology. Australian Psychologist, 48(3) 178-187.
- Stevens, B., et al. (2013). Making 'professionalism' meaningful to students in higher education. Studies in Higher Education, 38(8) 1222-1238.
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2011
- Mackay, G. J., Carey, T. A. & Stevens, B. (2011). The insider's experience of long-term peer victimisation.. Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 21(2) 154-174.
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2009
- Stevens, B. (2009). Rhetoric and the art of intervention. Psychotherapy in Australia, 16(1) 40-45.
Professional Memberships
Australian Psychological Society (since None)