Who is Bernard Becker?

Bernard Becker, PhD, is a versatile and resourceful psycho-spiritual counselor, researcher and medicine man.  A deep listener, Bernard is successful at helping individuals and couples with complex problems and life situations.  Bernard has an extensive knowledge of human psychology and human spiritual development that is grounded in academic research, exploration of shamanic and mindfulness practices, and a vast range of life experiences.

Born and raised in France, Bernard began his professional life as a musician and a film music composer.  Concurrently, Bernard developed a strong interest in psychology and human consciousness.  In 2004, these interests led him to pursue personal research in Gestalt, transpersonal and Jungian psychology, as well as in shamanism and psychedelic studies. 

Shortly after moving to California with his family, Bernard put aside his musical career to assist his wife with the creation of Duverger, a company specialized in the making of French macarons.  In 2012, after a decisive shamanic experience, Bernard started studying clinical psychology at Antioch university, Santa Barbara, CA.  A few years later, Bernard decided to pursue a degree that could deepen his understanding of human psyche and then transferred into a Ph.D. program in Depth Psychology with specialization in Somatic Studies at Pacifica Graduate Institute, Carpinteria, CA, which he completed in 2022.

In addition to his academic training, Bernard was fortunate to work, over the past 17 years, with healers in several indigenous traditions from Peru and from Mexico, who allowed him to expand his understanding of the psycho-spiritual realms and to bridge traditional shamanic wisdom with modern depth psychology.  Thanks to those initiations, Bernard learned how to access and how to guide people into non-ordinary states of consciousness, through the practice of the shamanic drumming.

Today, Bernard lives happily in Costa Rica, with his wife, Claire, and their 4 sons.  He shares his time between working with clients, managing the family business, and taking care of his beloved family.