Joy M. Bustrum, Psy.D., is a professor in the Department of Graduate Psychology at Azusa Pacific University. Dr. Bustrum also serves as the director of diversity and is involved in coordination of the psychodynamic systems of psychotherapy concentration. Each summer, she co-leads a group of students to Kenya, East Africa, where she supervises them as they gain clinical hours working with HIV/AIDS orphans and adults in one of Africa’s largest slums. Currently, Dr. Bustrum maintains a private practice for adults in Pasadena. Her research interests address the areas of psychotherapy with the severely mentally ill and the intersection between relational psychoanalysis and multicultural theory and practice.
Education
Psy.D. - Biola University: Rosemead School of Psychology, 2003
M.A. - Biola University: Rosemead School of Psychology, 2000
B.A. - Biola University, 1996
Department
- School of Behavioral and Applied Sciences
- Department of Graduate Psychology
Expertise
- Multicultural Theory and Psychotherapy
- Psychodynamic Psychotherapy/Relational Psychoanalysis
Courses Taught
PPSY 510 – Psychotherapy and Cultural Diversity
PPSY 563 – Psychopathology
PPSY 585 – Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology
PPSY 719 – Social Psychology
PPSY 764 – Psychodynamic Systems of Psychotherapy II
PPSY 765 – Psychodynamic Systems of Psychotherapy III
