Directory Entry for:
Brian Denton, Psy.D.
Office Address:
Berea Children's Home & Family Services
3500 Carnegie Ave.
Cleveland , OH 44115
Office Phone: (216) 260-8497
E-mail: rdenton@bchfs.org
Website: http://www.dentonpsychotherapy.com
Areas of Specialty:
Children & Adolescent trauma, Psychological Assessment, Mindfulness-Based theory and practice.
Directory Bio:
Dr. Denton is a licensed psychologist at Berea Children’s Home and Family Services (BCHFS) in Cleveland, Ohio, where he works as a core assessment supervisor for BCHFS’s predoctoral internship program. He also facilitates an a mindfulness group with adolescent women living in a group home and conducts psychological assessments for children and adolescents. In addition to this, he operates a small private practice in Cleveland Ohio. He received a master’s degree in Clinical and Counseling Psychology (M.A.) from Cleveland State University, and his doctorate in Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.) from the School of Professional Psychology at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He is lead author of the chapter “Clinical Uses of Mindfulness” in Innovations in Clinical Practice. Dr. Denton currently holds a black belt in the martial art of Ninjutsu under the direction of Stephen K. Hayes. He has involved himself extensively in the study of Eastern philosophy traditions and has traveled to various monastic establishments around the world, including those within the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the Soto Zen traditions, and the Zen tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. Currently, he is undergoing formal Zen Koan practice with Paul Dochong Lynch, JDPSN and is ordained in the Five Mountain Order of Zen Buddhism.