Sherry, Dr. John
PhD, MS (Fordham University), BA (San Diego State University)
Biography
Dr. John Sherry has over 20 years of experience as a clinician and his academic and clinical work has focused on couples, family, and group therapy. Dr. O’Neill and Dr. Sherry are two of the founding members of the Community Counselling Centre, the program’s off-site practicum placement for counselling students. He has been instrumental at implementing couple, family and group counselling at UNBC’s training clinic, and currently facilitates process groups for graduate students and professionals in the community. His research interests tend to centre around counsellor training and development with a special interest in experiential approaches to teaching and clinical supervision. More specifically, he is interested in the attachment styles of group co-facilitators and the ways in which counsellors use countertransference in their work. John is the President of the Prince George Chapter of the Canadian Group Psychotherapy Association (CGPA) as well as the National CGPA and serves on several committees with the British Columbia Association for Clinical Counsellors (BCACC).
Research and Expertise
His professional/research interests include group counselling, psychodrama, peer education, conflict mediation, men and masculinity, self-efficacy, resiliency and multicultural concerns.