DR. ART BOWLER

My empathy, compassion, talent, and humor began when I was a very young child.  I was always curious, always inventive, creative, considerate, and empathic.   My childhood was filled with sports, music, and the piano, as well as writing books and songs.  Like every childhood it had its issues and of course it created the person I am today.

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School and music sometimes came naturally to me and sometimes not so much.  In my life, I like to say, "I always had to study".  In my childhood I was shy, reserved, and bullied.  I would say while I did not have many friends, I found others with creative streaks who shared similar morals, strong drive, acute and specified interests, intellect, and unskakable hopes for a successful future.  

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In seventh grade I became part of a peer counseling program and I was a part of a group where the other kids and I would think about and talk about deep spiritual things, setting life goals and navigating career-awareness, and community service.  I have always done the work to acheive continual improvement.  From that time I began learning aout counseling and began advising fellow students with peer counseling in the school and community itself.

 

When I attended the University of Scranton, I was excited to pursue this path onto my bachelors degree with a psychology specialization as well as an advanced concentration of music. ​The University of Scranton is one of my favorite life experiences.  I met lifelong friends and have stories that make me smile.  I'm into great people and I met and know many. 

 

I always wanted to be the best at whatever I was going to do or be, and in psychology, the best thing you could be was a doctor- a psychologist with a doctoral degree.  Attaining my Psy.D. at Wright State in 1998 was an amazing experience.  Living in Dayton, Ohio, studying and learning and writing.  Great people once again and great teachers.

 

As I was learning how to use psychotherapy skills, not just listening, to help people reach their goals.   It's what I loved to do and I advanced quickly.  It was challenging yet rewarding to help people change.  Musically, I continued writing music and recording in my apartment as well as taking piano lessons downtown. 

 

Graduating with my doctorate when I was 25 felt really amazing.  I attained a prestigous internship at USC (University of Southern California) and started my professional career. Since that time I have been working with people and institutions to help them be and get better and solve extremely complicated problems.  I feel a great psychologist is a detective trying to make it all make sense and then change for the better, and now with thirty years of experience in the field, I know my skills are strong.

 

As a kid at piano lessons I would always have to wait with the teachers' elderly mom while she was finishing up with other students, and we used to sit on her stoop outside and talk in Mineola, New York.  I always loved talking with her and but hearing her stories as a listener.  I learned her story and her life and knew that she had a great life even if it was small.  Today with my clients, I still feel like I am sitting on the stoop with my piano teachers' mom. 

 

My interests are the same.​ Now as a licensed psychologist for over twenty years and working in field for about thirty, I have been rewarded both personally and professionally by working with people like you, learning their stories, and helping them be and get better as functioning people.  ​

 

I have practiced in private practice, community clinics, university counseling centers, inpatient treatment centers, residential recovery settings, nursing homes, and substance use disorder and obesity inpatient rehabilitation centers and have trained countless clinicians through my writings and presentations.  I love this field. The University of Southern California (USC), AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), The Claremont Colleges Consortium, Pasadena City College, the Van Ness Recovery House, Glendale Memorial Hospital Inpatient Substance Use Disorder Rehabilitationi Center, Alternatives Treatment Center, the Brookhaven Obesity Clinic, and Horizons Nursing Facility are just some of the places I have practiced my skills.

 

Back to the music, I have cultivated my many other interests: my passions for piano, acting, singing, and songwriting.  I am a musician and have published several compositions on all of the digital streaming services under "Dr. Art Bowler".   I've placed in the semi-finals two years running with four songs nominated.  I'm also amember of the Screen Actors Guild since 1999 and my face has been on tv and in some movies.  That's awesome to me.   I come from a loving Italian/German/Irish family in New York and love to spend time with them as well.  All of my achievements help me to know that you can achieve your goals too with hard work, perseverance, and excellent guidance.  I look forward to helping you engage with yourself.​​