Jorge N. Ferrer

Jorge N. Ferrer, Ph.D., was born in Barcelona, Spain. He is a clinical psychologist, TEDx speaker, and educator. After studying Clinical Psychology at the University of Barcelona and the University of Wales, College of Cardiff (U.K.), he traveled to the USA to obtain his Ph.D. degree under the auspices of the prestigious 'la Caixa" Foundation Fellowship Program (Catalonia, Spain). He was a professor of psychology for more than 20 years at California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), San Francisco, where he also served as chair of the Department of East-West Psychology. He is the author of LOVE AND FREEDOM: TRANSCENDING MONOGAMY AND POLYAMORY (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021), NOVOGAMIA: MAS ALLA DE LA MONOGAMIA Y DEL POLIAMOR (Anaya, 2022), REVISIONING TRANSPERSONAL THEORY: A PARTICIPATORY VISION OF HUMAN SPIRITUALITY (SUNY Press, 2002), and PARTICIPATION AND THE MYSTERY: TRANSPERSONAL ESSAYS IN PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATION, AND RELIGION (SUNY PRESS, 2017), as well as coeditor of THE PARTICIPATORY TURN: SPIRITUALITY, MYSTICISM, RELIGIOUS STUDIES (SUNY Press, 2008). He is widely considered one of the main arquitects of contemporary transpersonal psychology and his work on alternative intimate relationships has been featured in journals such as Sexuality and Culture and Psychology and Sexuality. In his international private practice, Jorge offers professional counseling to individual and couples focused on the management of jealousy, infidelities, sexual incompatibilities, open relationships, and the design of more satisfying intimate relationships. He was selected to become an advisor to the organization Religions for Peace at the United Nations. You can watch his TEDx talk at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR0vbbi7VIY. Learn more at www.jorgenferrer.com.