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In 1981 Brad and Roy created the first More To Life course in San Jose, California. Within a few years this program spread to new locations in the US, the UK, South Africa and New Zealand. The program has since continued to spread largely by word of mouth, reaching many tens of thousands of individuals.
For many years the foundation was led by Brad & Roy in partnership with Sue Oldham and David Templer, two of our senior trainers, who contributed an enormous amount to the development and delivery of the program worldwide. David is still active, but Sue retired a few years ago.
In 2001, Roy retired from the More To Life program and subsequently earned a PhD in the field of Transformative Learning and Change from the California Institute of Integral Arts in San Francisco.
Brad Brown died in August 2007 at the age of 76 from complications of Parkinson’s disease. His vision lives on through the unique and powerful work he shared with the world. His wife and senior trainer Anne Brown currently serves on the International Board. Roy Whitten continues to serve as an Emeritus Member of the More To Life Board of Directors while working as a business consultant and trainer.
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History
Created More To Life as a way to offer others the skills and practices they developed through their work in psychotherapy and pastoral counseling.
W. Roy Whitten, Ph.D.
and K. Bradford Brown, Ph.D.
In 1957 he took his doctorate in clinical psychology, and at the start of the 1960s was acting as Rector of All Souls Church, opposite the campus of the University of California at Berkeley. He was active in the early days of the civil rights movement, before leaving the US to briefly become a visiting fellow in adult education at Oxford University.
As a psychologist and then as a practicing psychotherapist, Brad worked with many of the other pioneering therapists of his time, including Victor Frankl and Alan Watts, a well-known writer and teacher of Buddhist practice, who played a key role in the introduction of Eastern thought to Western culture. Brad and his wife, Dr. Anne Brown, also a psychotherapist, founded the Institute for Family and Human Relations in Los Gatos in the 1970’s.
Roy Whitten also served as a priest in the Episcopal Church, and the two men met when Brad was asked to give a guest sermon at Roy’s church. Soon after, Roy became a Family Pastoral Counselor working with Brad and other psychologists at the Institute.
During the next 20 years, Roy served as co-CEO of the program, Senior Trainer, and Head of Enrollment for the worldwide program.
How the program began
In 1981 Brad and Roy created the first More To Life course in San Jose, California. Within a few years this program spread to new locations in the US, the UK, South Africa and New Zealand. The program has since continued to spread largely by word of mouth, reaching many tens of thousands of individuals.
For many years the foundation was led by Brad & Roy in partnership with Sue Oldham and David Templer, two of our senior trainers, who contributed an enormous amount to the development and delivery of the program worldwide. David is still active, but Sue retired a few years ago.
In 2001, Roy retired from the More To Life program and subsequently earned a PhD in the field of Transformative Learning and Change from the California Institute of Integral Arts in San Francisco.
Brad Brown died in August 2007 at the age of 76 from complications of Parkinson’s disease. His vision lives on through the unique and powerful work he shared with the world. His wife and senior trainer Anne Brown currently serves on the International Board. Roy Whitten continues to serve as an Emeritus Member of the More To Life Board of Directors while working as a business consultant and trainer.
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Brad Brown first saw the connection between social, psychological and spiritual development as a young priest in California in the 1950s, and took this in a new direction when he began his studies in psychology.
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