SHARON G. MIJARES

U.S.  (760)  230-0948

Costa Rica (506) 2-249-0435

www.psychospiritual.org

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VITA OF EXPERIENCE

Dr. Sharon Mijares is an international speaker and author.  She has decades of experience in psychology, teaching, leadership and transformation. Her Institutes for Women and Global Change have been given in several nations. She is an international speaker and has enlisted authors representing a variety of cultural perspectives in her first four books. She just completed the fifth.. Dr. Mijares touches many different areas in her work, but each one is focused on improving the human condition.

PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES

• Professor of university courses in gender issues and human sexuality, research, critical thinking, social psychology, counseling, comparative religions, and psychospirituality and mental health..

• Author of articles, chapters and books on the relationship of gender healing, women’s development, religion and psychology.

• Licensed Psychologist providing psychotherapy for individuals and couples, specializing in treating abuse while promoting psychospiritual development and mind-body healing.

• Professional Coach for Leadership and Personal Change from the College of Executive and Personal Coaching.

• Trainer in women’s development through individual and group work.

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology.  1995.

The Union Institute Graduate School,  Cincinnati, OH. Concentration in Clinical Psychology. A study of the impact of trauma on the body, mind and its relationship to dissociative and cerebral processes. Title of dissertation: Fragmented self, archetypal forces and the embodied mind.

M.A., Psychology.  1991.

Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA.  Concentration in Psychology with emphasis on gender imbalance, trauma and influence of breathing practices in healing. Research/thesis titled: The healing power of the breath: Eastern, Middle-Eastern and Western forms of breathwork.

B.A., Psychology.  1990.

The Union Institute Undergraduate School, San  Diego, CA.  Concentration on Women’s Psychology and the mind-body relationship.

ICSS Graduate. 1989-90. Institute of Culture and Creation Spirituality. Oakland, CA. Nine-month program in women’s awakening, cultural justice and peace issues and spiritual process. Training in leading rituals.

Certificates & Related Trainings.

Teaching On-Line Courses with e-College, Blackboard and iLinc via Brandman University and National University faculty training programs (2005-2007). She also teaches a variety of courses at the California Institute for Human Science.

            Professional Coach. College of Executive Coaching certification program. (2000-2002).

The coaching program focused on women’s issues and development, strategies for improving group and business relationships and organization.

Self-relations Psychotherapy & Ericksonian Hypnotherapy - Ongoing supervision training and certifications. Stephen Gilligan, Ph.D. (1991-1999: averaged 8 hrs. mnth for 8 yrs.).  *2001-2005 – On staff of summer training programs in Hypnosis and Self Relations. Led evening sessions integrating Sufi practices with Self-Relations training.

Del Amo Hospital  Preferred Providers Training with Colin Ross, M.D.

            Treatment of sexually abused, dissociative clients and perpetrators. (2000).

           Masters & Johnson Preferred Providers Training. Treatment of sexually abused, dissociative clients. Treatment of perpetrators. (1999).

Cognitive therapy for anxiety disorders (1997). David Burns, Ph.D.

Disaster Mental Health Training w/American Red Cross. Crisis Management. Trained in defusing and debriefing techniques in the event of serious and traumatic events.

            Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR). (1995).

Psychologists Substance Abuse Training (1997). Los Angeles.

            Stalking. San Diego Stalking Strike Force and District Attorney's Office. (1996).

Power & Control: Tactics of men who batter. Training to facilitate treatment programs, Domestic Abuse Intervention Project, Duluth Minnesota. (1995)

            Spiritual Emergence Syndromes & Treatment: 9-month certification course.

Hypnotherapy Certificate. Sonoma State University Extended Education program (1991).

Child Development Certificate. Palomar College.  (1975).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Faculty, California Institute of Human Science.- On- Line Courses

            Encinitas, CA. 2006 – Teach On-Line courses in Comparative Religions and Psychology.

Spiritual Education: Hypnotic hallucination vs authentic spiritual experience. Theories of Personality. Adult Aging, Research and other courses. Also participate in doctoral research committee meetings.

 

Adjunct Faculty, Chapman/Brandman University. (Now fully On-Line Courses)

San Diego, CA. May 1999 – Ongoing. Teach Graduate (MFT) Primary faculty for Child & Adol, Psychopathology, Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Disorders, Couples Psychotherapy and Life Span Development, and Undergraduate courses: Intro to Counseling and Personality Theory courses.  Primary course is Spirituality and Mental Health.

Adjunct Faculty, National University. . (Now fully On-Line Courses)

San Diego, CA.  April 1995 ‑ ongoing.

Undergraduate: Theories of Personality and Psychotherapy, Counseling Techniques, Life Span Development and Senior Project. Have also taught courses in counseling psychology (MFT) program, including Principles of Psychotherapy, Adult Development and Aging, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy and Relational Violence. Issues in Sexuality.

Psychotherapist:  Private practice. California license: PSY16127

Therapeutic practice specializing in healing trauma related disorders, women’s issues, growth-oriented self development and couples therapy. Humanistic and transpersonal approach. Decades of experiential training in spiritual emergence processes. Strong psychospiritual focus.

Professional Coach: Help people with life style and career changes. Ind. & Couples coaching. Life Development coaching is specifically designed to support women in career and lifestyle change.

Post-doctoral Fellow: Mercy-Scripps Behavioral Health Care

December 1996 through October 2, 1997

Facilitate ongoing groups for patients suffering from affective disorders, chemical dependency and psychotic disorders in a partial hospital program. Co-conduct emergency room and ICU psychiatric evaluations and referrals.

Sexual Abuse Counselor:  Women's Resource Center, Oceanside, CA.

August 1993 ‑ May 1995. (Pre-and Post doctoral internship)

Psychotherapist treating women who were molested as children and rape victims. Counsel victims and perpetrators of domestic violence. Facilitate ongoing training program, supervise testing and assessment project for male perpetrators of domestic violence. Provide training to community agencies on impact of childhood sexual abuse.

Adjunct Faculty,Vermont College-The Union Institute and University

Master’s program

Distance Learning program. Last five years with Master’s program.

Graduate program focuses on a student’s individually designed program and thesis.

Doctoral Committees:

As of this date have served on eight Doctoral committees through the Union Institute and University and one doctoral committee through the California Institute of Human Science.

  PUBLICATIONS:

A Force Such As the World Has Never Known: Women and Change. (unpublished). Edited book with Dr. Aliaa Rafea, Egypt, & Dr. Nahid Angha, U.S.

Embodying Power and Beauty: A Return to the Garden of Paradise. (Fall/2011).Goddess Thealogy: An International Journal for the Study of Feminism and Religion, 1 (1),

Adapting to Change is a Gender Issue. (Spring, 2010). Adaptive Options, Vol  5, Issue 1. Journal editor, Rune Ellemose Gulev.  pp. 13-18.

The Revelation of the Breath: A Tribute to Its Wisdom, Power and Beauty. (2009). Edited w/over 20 contributing authors. NY: SUNY Press.

The Root of All Evil: An Exposition of Prejudice, Fundamentalism and Gender Imbalance. Lead author is Sharon Mijares, co-authors are Dr. Aliaa Rafea, an Egyptian Muslim woman; Rachel Falik, M.A., an Israeli Jewish woman, and Jenny Eda Schipper, an American Jewish woman. (2007). United Kingdom: Imprint Academic. It will be available by end of 2009 in Arabic via NCT in Egypt.

The Blossom and the Rose Stem: The Relationship Between Spirituality and Religion. (Fall edition, 2006). Association of Humanistic Psychology’s Perspective.

Article “On the Alchemy of Spiritual Transformation.” (Spring 2006). Voices: The Art and Science of Psychotherapy, Vol. 42, No. 1. pp. 59-67.

The Psychospiritual Clinician’s Handbook: Alternative Methods for Understanding and Treating Mental Disorders. (2005). Edited by Sharon G. Mijares, Ph.D. and Gurucharan Singh Khalsa, Ph.D.  NY: Routledge.

Modern Psychology and Ancient Wisdom. (2003). Editor and co-author of an anthology on psychological healing and the world’s religions.  NY: Routledge.

Chapter, “The Guest House: A Meeting Place for East and West.” Nafs: The Mystical Horizon. Ellen Hammerle, Editor. (unpublished).

A Shifting Paradigm. Article in Sufism: An Inquiry, Vol. X, No. 2. pp. 13-17. 2002

Blood Brothers (on the life and work of Elias Chacour). (Feb/Mar 2002). Book review for Association of Humanistic Psychology’s Perspective.

Listening for the Breath of God. Article in Sufism: An Inquiry, Vol. IX, No. 4. Winter 2001.

Narratives and Neural Winds. In Journal of Somatics. (Winter 1997).

Desert Wisdom. (1995). Book reviews in Somatics: Journal of Mind-Body Arts and Sciences and in AHP Perspectives. Author: Neil Douglas-Klotz, Ph.D.

The Handbook of Diagnosis and Treatment of DSM-IV Personality Disorders. Book Review for Journal of Marriage and Family Review.  (1998). M.D. University of Delaware. Author: Lee Sperry. (1995).

The Psychobiology of Mind-Body Healing.  Book Review for Journal of Marriage and Family Review.  (1998). M.D. University of Delaware. Author: Ernest Rossi. (1993).

Mijares, S. (1995). Fragmented self, archetypal forces and the embodied mind.

Dissertation Abstracts International, 56(11),B. (University Microfilms No. 9608330)

PRESENTATIONS:

            Institute for Women and Global Change. August 28, 2011. San Jose, Costa Rica

Gender Balance, Sex and Comparative Religions. August 17, 2011. Speaker’s Forum. Escazu, Costa Rica.

Institute for Women and Global Change. May 22, 2011 Vilcabamba, Ecuador.

Unity Around Us and Within Us.A Workshop on the Power, Wisdom and Beauty of the Breath. May 17, 2011. Caracas, Venezuela.

Institute for Women and Global Change. May 16, 2011. Caracas, Venezuela.

            The More We Connect, The Smaller Our World. June 27, 2010.  Human Dignity and the

            21^st Century. Sufi Symposium.  Embassy Suites Hotel, San Rafael, CA

      Gender Balance is the Solution. May, 15, 2010. Women in Focus International. Royal Yacht    Club, Corniche El Nile, Egypt.

Women Gathering: A Power Such as the World Has Never Known.  June 19, 2010. Institutes for Women and Global Change. 6^th of October City, Egypt.

Gender Balance.  April 2, 2009. Portland, OR. Anthropology of Consciousness, a division of the American Anthropological Association.

Re-evaluation of the Sacred. April 26, 2008. San Rafael, CA. Legends, Stories, and Spiritual Inspiration conference. International Association of Sufism.

Balancing Heaven and Earth by Balancing Gender. January  2008. Peace Responsibility Symposium.Cairo, Egypt.Egyptian Society for Cultural and Spiritual Research and the IAS.

The Role of Women in Global Transformation. October 9, 2007, Escazu, Costa Rica.

Women, Evolutionary Development and the Transformation of Consciousness. April 6, 2007. San Diego, CA. Thresholds of Consciousness. Annual Symposium of the Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness.

Listening to Our Hearts: Responding to Troubling Times. May 5, 2006. San Jose, CA. International Association of Sufism (IAS) Symposium Panel Presentation.

Principles of Spirituality: The Role of the Feminine in a Changing World. April 30, 2005. San Francisco. IAS Panel Presentation.

A Quest for Universal Harmony. (July 8, 2004).

Council for a Parliament of World Religions. Barcelona Spain.

Peace Begins from Within. (July 8, 2004).

Council for a Parliament of World Religions. Barcelona Spain.

Healing the Split—Healing Our World. SWO Panel Presentation: World Peace and the Role of the Individual. April, 2004. San Jose, CA.

The Aramaic Jesus. Workshop on the Aramaic prayer of Jesus. Center for Contemplative Spirituality. Riverside. Nov. 2002.

Reducing Stress: Living a Balanced Life. Paper presented to the American Association of University Women. February 9, 2002.

 A Shifting Paradigm. Paper presented on Women’s Panel. Paper presented at Seattle IAS symposium. 2002.

We all share the same breath. Paper presented on Interfaith panel. Paper presented at Seattle IAS symposium. 2002.

Listening for the Breath of God. Paper presented at San Francisco IAS symposium 2001.

United Nations – Participating NGO: “Global Solidarity and Peace.” 2000. Representing the International Association of Sufism (IAS).

United Nations Millennium World Peace Summit (2000). Participated as a representative of IAS.

Self-Knowledge, Individual and Global Responsibility: The world embraced in a single breath. Paper presented at Seattle IAS symposium. 2000.

Creating Health and Inner Peace. Paper presented at Women’s Conference, Dominican College, San Rafael. 1999.

Aramaic workshop. Singing and dancing with the Aramaic prayer of Jesus. San Diego. 1999.

            Unity and Diversity. Paper presented at IAS symposium. San Francisco. 1999.

The Moral Culture. Paper presented on women’s panel, IAS Symposium. San Francisco. 1998.

The Alchemy of Tranquility. Papers presented for Sufism and Psychology panels. IAS symposium. San Francisco. 1997 & 1998.

MEMBERSHIPS            

American Anthropology Association: Anthropology of Consciousness

Association of Humanistic Psychology

Gather the Women Coordinator

THE Global Peace Initiative of Women

International Association of Sufism

Sufi Ruhaniat International (a Sufi order focused on Universality of Religion)

          

PERSONAL

Aikido: Shodan (Black Belt)

Oil Painting