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Barnaby B. Barratt (born 1950) is a radical psychoanalyst, sexuality educator, sex therapist, somatic psychologist, and practitioner of tantric meditation, currently living in Prescott, Arizona, USA. Dr. Barratt is Provost and Professor of Psychology at Northcentral University, as well as Adjunct Faculty in Depth Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute, and Adjunct Faculty in Somatic Psychology and Bodymind Therapy at Prescott College. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Woodhull Freedom Foundation & Federation, which affirms sexual freedom as a fundamental human right.

Education
Barratt was born in England, educated at Leighton Park School, and graduated with First Class Honors in Social Psychology with a minor in Asian and African Studies from the University of Sussex. Having lived in India, he moved to the United States in 1973, and earned a Master’s degree and a PhD in as Personality and Developmental Psychology at Harvard University in 1976 with clinical training at Massachusetts General Hospital. In 1976, Barratt was elected to the University of Michigan’s Society of Fellows, was later appointed Assistant Professor in its Department of Psychology. He graduated the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute in 1989 and earned a second PhD in Human Sexuality in 1995 at the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, California.

Career
For a significant portion of his career, Barratt held the position of Professor of Family Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Wayne State University’s School of Medicine in Detroit, where he variously served as Director of Behavioral Sciences, Mental Health, Community Medicine, and Sexual Health programs. He is past President of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists [www.aasect.org]; he is an elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the American Academy for Psychoanalysis in Psychology. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology, an active Clinical Member of the International Psychoanalytical Association and of the American Counseling Association.

In addition to the books listed below, Dr. Barratt has published over seventy professional and scientific articles, reviews and book chapters. Barratt has served on the Editorial Boards of a dozen national and international, scientific and professional journals, including Psychoanalytic Psychology.