Fr jaime bulatao biography for kids

FR. JAIME Bulatao, S.J.

I received the sad news from a former student of his, that the well-known clinical and experimental psychologist, Rev. Fr. Jaime C.

Bulatao S.J., died at 8:25 p.m. on Feb. 10 at the Jesuit Residence, after a long illness.

He was the youngest of four children, a native of Lingayen, Pangasinan.

He had a Master’s degree in Experimental Psychology and a Ph.D.

in Comparative Physiological Psychology from Fordham University in New York.

He established the first Psychology Department at the Ateneo University in 1961.

He wrote many scientific articles and books on psychology and received national awards.

Hypnosis as therapy

He was one of the first to introduce hypnosis as an academic subject—at a time when it was regarded with suspicion by the conservative science and academic communities.

He later experimented on using hypnosis for therapeutic purposes and behavior modification.

Outside the academe, he became known for his interest in su