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 almost 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."
