Philip Perry has been a practising psychologist for four decades. He has explored psychology from an academic perspective, both in his doctoral studies and his subsequent work as a university professor. While working in private practices, his focus has been on suicide prevention and significant loss. He has been involved with developing and directing treatment centres for troubled youths and their families across Canada. He is a trauma specialist with First Nations residential treatment programs, and he has professional interests in forensic psychology and hypnotherapy.
Philip wrote Unmasking: A Journey of Awakening to examine the discipline-specific difficulties that face psychologists, particularly the tension between the professional pressure to improve oneself and the healer's call to attend to the needs of others. Perry has published one other book, Beyond Content: Uncommon Interventions with People in Crisis (1990).
In his spare time, Philip enjoys mountain biking, flying, marathon running, wilderness hiking, and daily mindfulness meditation. Philip and his spouse, Nancy, reside in Nanoose Bay, on Vancouver Island, B.C.
