Sherry Salman

Sherry Salman Ph.D. is a Jungian psychoanalyst and teacher, and an internationally recognized author and speaker. Her area of expertise is the creative imagination in contemporary culture and psychological life. Sherry was a founding member and the first president of the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association, a nonprofit educational community that fosters the training of psychoanalysts and promotes the application of psychology in artistic, cultural, and scientific communities. She now serves on the faculty there and has contributed to the education of many Jungian analysts and psychotherapists. She has also served as associate editor for three professional journals and is a consultant for the Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism in NYC.

She received her B.A. from Vassar College and a Ph.D. in neuropsychology from the City University of New York, did research in psychosomatic medicine, then turned around and completed training as a Jungian analyst in 1985. She has published in numerous professional journals and the popular press. You can check out her work in "The Cambridge Companion to Jung," and "The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images." Sherry is based in the Hudson Valley of New York where she lives with her human and animal family.