Jim Shere, LMFT

   Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
   California State License #LMFT8847

telephone:  707/935-3663
email:  jshere@sonic.net
website:  www.jimshere.com
location:  Jack London Village
    14301 Arnold Drive
    Glen Ellen, California

Education:

1960: AA degree (Liberal Arts), Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California
1968: BA degree (English Literature), University of California, Berkeley, California
1975: MA degree (Clinical Psychology), University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Clinical Internships:

1974: Contra Costa County Mental Health Clinic, Richmond, California
1974-75: Rubicon Outpatient Treatment Center, Richmond, California
1975: Saint George Home for Severely Disabled Adolescents, Berkeley, California
1975-76: Way Home Community Counseling Center, San Francisco, California

Professional Activities:

1976: licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist and entered private practice
1987-97: supervised MFT interns in private practice
1994: contributed “Type, Archetype and Stereotype” as a chapter in Who Am I?
           (Tarcher/Putnam, 1994; Robert Frager, editor)

Over the years I have been a member of the Interagency Council for Youth and Families of Sonoma Valley,
           and served on boards for the Sonoma Children's Cancer Foundation, Covenant Connection,
           Valley of the Moon Villages and The Sonoma Valley Heritage Coalition. I have also consulted with
           such organizations as SAFER, MEN, and Sonoma County Family Services.