JEFF BALL, PhD

I received my PhD in Clinical Psychology at UCLA in 1985. As Founder and CEO of PCH Center, I supervise, teach, and consult. I’ve been on clinical faculty at UCLA for many years, and have taught undergraduate and graduate-level psychology courses including Psychopathology, Psychological Assessment, Psychoanalysis, and Law and Ethics in Psychology.

I’ve presented my psychosocial model and vision for mental health both within the center as well as in the clinical and academic community. That model deemphasizes pejorative and often invalid diagnoses as well as promotes the appropriate use of psychiatric medications within a context-based approach. Our approach of not “othering” those labelled with psychiatric diagnoses fits within a general Social Justice model of mental healthcare.

Ode To Joy MAGA Style: Amerikkkan Exceptualism - The End of Innocence
(Oil on Linen, 40” x 36”) 

After the George Floyd murder, I started a Social Justice Initiative at PCH with service, education, and art pillars. As part of our Artivism Project (www.pch-arts), I painted “The End of Innocence", which captures two little girls at a BLM rally. That was in last year's show. This year I was struck by a photo of a group in Jaspar Alabama which touts itself as a "sanctuary city for the confederate flag". This is my depiction of the "really fine people" on the other side.