Bradford Keeney

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Bradford Keeney, was a student of both Gregory Bateson and Heinz von Forester as well as a professor of psychology and directing doctoral programs. He is the author of several classic books in the field of psychotherapy, including “Aesthetics of Change,” “Mind in Therapy,” “Improvisational Therapy.” He also has written numerous titles for the popular press, such as “Everyday Soul,” “Shaking Out the Spirits,” “Bushman Shaman: Awakening the Spirit through Ecstatic Dance,” “Shamanic Christianity,” and “Shaking Medicine: The Healing Power of Ecstatic Movement.” He recently co-edited (with Betty Alice Erickson) "Milton H. Erickson, M.D., An American Healer."

Keeney made the decision to abandon university teaching a few yers ago to devote himself to the study of what he describes as the world’s traditional healing cultures. For over a decade, he traveled the globe listening to spiritual teachers, shamans, healers, and medicine people who trusted him to share their teachings. He is the subject of the book, “American Shaman: An Odyssey of Global Healing Traditions,” written by psychologists Jeffrey Kottler and Jon Carlson. He is regarded by the Kalahari Bushman as a 'n/om kxaosi' which is the strongest holder of spiritual power.

He is now directing the Bushman N/om Kxaosi Ethnography Project at the Rock Art Research Institute at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He is also Adjunct Professor at the Texas Medical Center in Houston and remains Distinguished Scholar of Cultural Studies at Ringing Rocks Foundation. ^[1] Keeney has also played as a jazz pianist and toured internationally. His compositions are featured on several CD's.