Dr. von Bozzay earned his Ph.D. (1967) and M.A. (1965) in clinical psychology from the University of Massachusetts (as a NIMH fellow), and his B.A. degree from Washington State University in 1964. He completed postdoctoral training at the famous Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco, 1967-1968. He is the author of many books in the fields of behavioral medicine and biofeedback as well as numerous articles. He is the founder (1971) and the Director of the Biofeedback Institute of San Francisco, one of the first clinics to offer biofeedback services and to train practitioners to do so in America, where he continues to practice.
Dr. von Bozzay served as Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Biological Dysfunction at the University of California Medical Center, Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford School of Medicine, Clinical Psychologist at Children’s Hospital in San Francisco, Psychology Instructor in the Behavioral Science Department of the City College of San Francisco, and Psychology Instructor at California School of Professional Psychology. He has served as a consultant to numerous organizations, including, corporations, schools, government agencies, hospitals, and clinics. During the past 40 years, he has given many hundreds of lectures, conference presentations, and workshops worldwide. Dr. von Bozzay is well recognized as one of the original pioneers in the fields of biofeedback and neurofeedback.