Jonathan Paul De Vierville, Ph.D., attended the International College and University of Copenhagen, and studied and trained four years at the C.G. Jung Institute for Analytical Psychology in Zurich, Switzerland. His Ph.D. is from the Department of American Civilization at the University of Texas, Austin, where he wrote a two-volume dissertation on the history of spas: American Healing Waters. He also trained as a Bath Master at the Sebastian Kneipp School of Physiotherapy, Bad Wášárishofen, Germany, and is a Texas Registered Massage Therapist and National Board Certified Clinical Social Worker practicing hydrotherapy, massage therapy and psychotherapy at the Alamo Plaza Spa in San Antonio, Texas.