DRS. PHYLLIS R. KOCH-SHERAS AND PETER L. SHERAS
We are clinical psychologists and have enjoyed studying and working with couples for more than three decades, and we have been happily married to each other for just as long. Together, we have written several books and articles, including Couple Power Therapy: Building Commitment, Cooperation, Communication, and Community in Relationships (2006), "New Frontiers in Treating Couples" in Innovations in Clinical Practice: A Source Book (1998), The Dream Sharing Sourcebook (1998), and The Dream Sourcebook Journal (1996). We co-founded Couples Coaching Couples, a growing nationwide movement providing mutual support to couples in their communities. We have presented to a variety of groups, including personal growth centers, businesses, schools and professional organizations, such as the American Psychological Association.
We often give media interviews on radio and television and in newspapers and magazines regarding relationships, including a regular segment on our local radio morning talk show. After extensive training in couples, family and sex therapy in California, we moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, where we now both teach and practice. We also give workshops for couples, counselors and other professionals around North America. A number of books, CD’s, videos and podcasts of our work are available. We have two adult children who are also happily married.
Phyllis R. Koch-Sheras, Ph.D., is a practicing clinical psychotherapist and co-author of several books on dreams and couples, including The Dream Sourcebook (1995) and Dream on: a Dream Interpretation and Exploration Guide for Women (1983). She is founder of the Creative and Healing Arts Institute in Charlottesville, past president of the Virginia Applied Psychology Academy and the Virginia Psychological Association, and president-elect of the APA Division of Media Psychology. Dr. Koch-Sheras received her master’s degree from Northwestern University and her doctorate from the University of Texas and has worked in state hospitals, university counseling centers, and private practice. She is a former adjunct faculty member in the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education. Dr. Koch-Sheras has studied Tibetan Bon Buddhism for many years, and runs women’s groups and trainings in dream work. She is also a professional opera singer and watercolor artist.Peter L. Sheras, Ph.D, ABPP is a clinical psychologist and has co-authored several publications on couples, dream work, brief therapy, youth violence and adolescent development, including Your Child, Bully or Victim( 2004), I can’t Believe You Went Through My Stuff (2006) and Clinical Psychology: a Social Psychological Approach (1979). He has a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology, is a Fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Sexologists and past president of the Virginia Psychological Association. He appears frequently as an expert in the media on topics of couples, adolescents and families. He received his undergraduate degree from Yale University, his doctorate from Princeton University and is professor in the Curry Programs in Clinical and School Psychology and Chair of the Human Services Department in UVa's Curry School of Education.