Spencer Sherman received a B.S. from M.I.T. in Humanities and Science, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Stanford
University in Psychology. He has been teaching Psychology at Santa Barbara City College since 1979, and has been licensed
as a Clinical Psychologist since 1980.
He has also been
teaching in Santa Barbara City College's widely-respected Adult Education program since 1993. His weekly "Consciousness, Science, and the Nature of Being" class considers the rapid
evolution in human understanding of both the outer and inner worlds, and how this enlargement of vision shapes the
way we look at ourselves and structure our lives. "Mindfulness Meditation, Presence, Healing, and Happiness"
is an opportunity for people to learn to meditate, practice together, and discuss the wide-ranging applications
of mindfulness for emotional healing and optimal life experience. Many of the class participants have been meditating
together for a decade. "Adventures in Consciousness" offers the chance to explore various
nonordinary states of being and realms of enhanced awareness.
Dr. Sherman's many years of familiarity with psychological research, clinical developments, and consciousness-building
practices such as meditation and self-hypnosis, as well as his ongoing interest and activities in health psychology,
have led him to a way of working with people that blends science, psychotherapy, wellness promotion, and "a large
helping of spiritual encouragement."
About both
the meetings with individuals in his private practice and his extensive teaching efforts, Dr. Sherman says, "We can call
what I do soulwork, where soul means who we most deeply and authentically feel we are. My work is expressly in the service
of catalyzing personal and societal healing, growth, and transformation."
