Background
Belles, Donald Arnold was born on March 7, 1948 in Sayre, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William and Alice (Arnold) Belles.
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Donald Arnold Belles
Edit Profilemental health counselor Pastoral therapist
Education
Bachelor, St. Martin's U., 1973; Master of Divinity, Fuller Theological Seminary, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy, California Graduate School Theology, 1981; Master of Business Administration, City U. Bellevue, 1994; postgraduate, Seattle Pacific U., since 1997.
Career
Chaplain, Volunteers of America, Los Angeles, 1976-1978;
therapist, Greater life Foundation, Seattle, 1979-1981;
industrial engineer commercial airplane division, Boeing, 1979-1980;
program planner aerospace division, Boeing, 1980-1986;
senior, lead program planner electronics division, Boeing, 1986-1997;
systems analyst, contract technical manager, Boeing, 1989-1992;
analyst software engineering practices, manager total quality improvement project, Boeing, 1992-1995;
lead, manager computing infrastructure architectural design team, Boeing, since 1995;
manager computing infrastructure design, Boeing, 1996-1997;
therapist, director clinic, Creative Therapies, Seattle, 1982-1983;
clinical director, Applied Hypnosis, Tacoma, 1984-1987;
director, Active Therapy Association, Tacoma, 1988-1989;
dean of students, College Therapeutic Hypnosis, Puyallup, Washington, 1989-1993. Consultant theological issues, abduction research, psychic phenomena, paranormal events. Adult education instructor Tacoma Community College, 1987-1988, Pierce College, 1990-1992.
Member United States Academy Team to Commonwealth of Independent States, U. St. Petersburg, Russia, 1994. Presenter, lecturer in field. Instructor Olympia Diocese School of Theology, 1995.
Advisory board member Software Support Professionals Organisation. Consultant Washington State Offices Supervisor of Public Instruction.
Achievements
Membership
Executive director National Association to Prevent and Eliminate Child Abuse, Tacoma, 1987-1989. Major United States Army, 1969-1975, United States Army Reserve, since 1975. Fellow American Association Professional Hypnotherapists.
Member National Association Clergy Hypnotherapists (board directors 1987-1988, editor journal 1987), International Medical Dental Hypnotherapy Association, Washington State Head Injury Foundation.
Connections
Married Linda Scheel, July 9, 1981.
