Dr. Bart Billings
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Dr. Billings has been working in the fields of Human Services and Management for over forty years. He possesses licenses in Clinical Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy and has expertise as a certified rehabilitation counselor.
He also has an extensive background in Management and Program Development, which include, but is not limited to, Chief of Professional Services/Assistant Director at the University of California, Davis Teaching Hospital’s Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Department, and Commanding Officer for a General Hospital Section in the US Army Reserves. He has founded and directed: The Annual International Military and Civilian Combat Stress Conferences (15 yrs.), National Tri-Service Prisoner of War Conference and the military wide Human Assistance Rapid Response Team (HARRT).
On June 5th, 2003, he was named as a member of the Governors Advisory Board to Patton State Hospital, California. He currently oversees all psychological services for the San Diego District of the California Department of Rehabilitation. He has developed residential treatment programs in substance abuse and alcoholism as well as human assistance programs for the civilian and military community.
He has been senior faculty at the William Glasser, MD Institute for over thirty five years and has taught classes at the University of San Francisco, University of California Davis, United States International University, etc., as well as workshops on counseling and management throughout the United States.
He is the founder and president of a manufacturing company called TBH Productions that produces OmniSonic audio speakers. With TBH Productions, he developed a state of the art non-obtrusive professional loud speaker that has the potential to revolutionize the professional sound touring business. He directed factory operations for three and a half years to enable development of injection molds, write a manufacturing manual, and develop manufacturing procedures for future large-scale manufacturing. For over fifteen years he directed all research and development, field-testing and endorsements in preparation for worldwide marketing and sales. His work with sound and vast experience in the medical field has resulted in him writing an article in Navy Medicine Journal titled, “The Sound You Feel Can Be Dangerous To Your Health “(Jan-Feb 2002, p.22-26), which deals with vibroacoustic disease. He has also worked as a performing arts / special events director, producer and writer for over twenty-five years.
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