Harry Van Belle is a Christian psychologist and psychotherapist. He is married with three children and three grandchildren. From 1971 - 1977 he was the supervisor of the Psychology Department in the Brockville Psychiatric Hospital in Brockville, Ontario, Canada. From 1977 -1982 he was the first Director-Therapist of the Cascade Christian Counseling Centre in Surrey, BC, Canada, a therapy centre which he founded.
From 1982 - 1992 he taught psychology at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada and from 1992 - 2000 he taught psychology at The Kings University College.
He has been a practicing therapist, a workshop leader and a popular lecturer for more than 35 years.
In 2000 he took early retirement to spend more time traveling, writing and practicing therapy. As his website shows, he has written extensively about topics related to psychology, family life, psychological development and psychotherapy as well as on topics dealing with the relation between religion and psychology.
He is a prolific author. Many of his writings can be found on his website: http://www.kingsu.org./academic-departments/psychology/faculty_harry-vanbelle.html
Articles 1009, 1011, 1038 and 1054, below, draw upon a Dooyeweerdian perspective
Articles 1022, 1008 and 1001, below, draw upon Vollenhovenian insights.
1. Psychotherapy: Person-Centered Therapy
1001 Basic Intent and Therapeutic Approach of Carl R. Rogers, (book), (1980)
1002 Client Centered Therapy, 1985
1003 Humanistic Psychology, 1985
1004 Rogers, Carl Ransom, 1985
1005 The Self' Theory of Carl R. Rogers, 1985 1006 Rogers' Later Move Toward Mysticism: Implications for Person-Centered Therapy, 1990
1007 Philosophical Roots of Person-Centered Therapy in the History of Western Thought, 2005
2. Psychology: history and theory
1008 Persisting Themata and Changing Paradigms: explorations in the history of Psychology (book), 2005 [pdf]
1009 The Meaning of the Psychical, 1985
1010 Some Things Every Christian Psychologist Should Think About (Maybe), 1986
1011 Paradigms in Psychology: agency and patience, 1994
1012 The place of feelings in our lives, undated
1013 Love and aggression, 1975
1014 On being a Christian Academic Psychologist, 1997
1015 Depression, 1996
1016 How can I get on well with others?, 1997
1017 Delayed Memories of Childhood Sexual Abuse: Recovered or Fabricated in Therapy?, 1997
1018 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Its history, theory and treatment, 2005
4. Christian Counselling: theory and practice
1019 The Place of Compassion in the Life of a Christian, 1986
1020 You Don't Have to Go it Alone (the Christian and social services), 1990
1021 Christian Counselling Rooted in a Christian Worldview, undated
1022 Structure and Direction: Recounting the Presence of God in the Therapeutic Relation, 1998
1023 Why I am Against Psychology, and Especially Against Psychotherapy, 1997
1024 A Testimony by the Father of an Abused child, 1995
1025 Christian Counseling: Angels Work Below, 1994
1026 Active Listening, 1992
1027 Leading the Church Toward unity in Christ, 1999
1028 Is Nouthetic counseling really Christian?, 2005
1029 What's right about secular counselling and wrong with Christian counselling?, 1997
5. The Christian Life: family and education
1030 Two shall become One, reflections on Dating, Courtship and Marriage (book), 1991
1031 Family Life in the Twenty-first Century 1995
1032 Ways to celebrate Family Life in the Twenty-first Century, 1995
1033 Respecting the Child as Child, undated
1034 Understanding the Young Child, undated
1035 Candy Cane: a Christian Reflection on Discipline, 1979
1036 A response to Gordon's and Dobson's View of Child Rearing, 1985
1037 Spirituality in the Bible, a Phenomenology of Spirituality and Spiritual Maturity, 1982
1038 Relational Anthropology and Education, 1985
1039 Responsible Choice, 1988
1040 The development of lived religion, 1992
1041 Reflecting on the seasons of life, 1992
1042 The development of personality during the life course, undated
1043 Walking in the way through the seasons of life, undated
1044 Life in the later years: Looking back, looking forward, 1987
1045 The importance of remaining active in the later years, 1997
1046 From Religious Pluralism To Cultural Pluralism, Continuity and Change Among the Reformed Dutch in Canada, 1991
1047 The Impact of W.W.II on the Reformed Dutch in the Netherlands and Canada: A Comparison 1991 [pdf]
1048 The History of the Reformed Dutch in Edmonton, 1994
1049 Vision and Revision, a brief history of neo-Calvinism in The Netherlands and Canada, 1997
1050 Ethnic and Religious Ties as Manifestations of Ethnic Identity, 1990
1051 You Are Never Alone! The Journey Of The Reformed Dutch In Canada, (book), 1993
1052 The Journey Of The Reformed Dutch In Canada, 1990
1053 Church, The Immigrant's Only Comfort?, 1992
1054 Reflections on a Christian view of human communication, 1991
1055 Toward a model of communication 1991
1056 A Song for Prairie Dwellers and Mountain Climbers, Psalm 121
1057 Seeing Jesus, Luke 19: 1-10
1058 Two questions, two answers, Matthew 25: 31-46
1059 Ode to God, Psalm 139
1060 God, hurts, God hates, God heals, Isaiah 53, Matthew 18: 1-7, 10
1061 Father and Son, Four Times, Gen. 22: 1-19, 2 Sam. 18, Mark 15: 21-37, Luke 15
1062 Bridge Over trouble Water, Psalm 23
1063 The Burden of Riches, Luke 16: 19-31
1064 The laughter of God and the work of our hands, Psalm 2
