Joseph Burgo, Ph.D.

Peer Consultation Group Facilitator

Joseph Burgo, Ph.D. is a psychotherapist and the author of The Narcissist You Know: Defending Yourself Against Extreme Narcissists in an All-About-Me World (Touchstone, 2015) and Why Do I Do That? Psychological Defense Mechanisms and the Hidden Ways They Shape Our Lives (2012). He has practiced psychotherapy for more than 30 years, holding licenses as a marriage and family therapist and clinical psychologist. He earned his undergraduate degree at UCLA and his masters and doctorate degrees from California Graduate Institute in Los Angeles. He has taught at the graduate level and served as a board member, officer and instructor at an affiliate of the International Psychoanalytic Association.