Mijares, Sharon G. 1942-

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MIJARES, Sharon G. 1942-

PERSONAL: Born October 17, 1942, in Schenectady, NY; daughter of Louis B. (a banker) and Elaine H. (a homemaker; maiden name, Stauring) Schuster; married Eduardo Mijares, 1961 (divorced, 1972); children: Lucia Christina, Connie Brisson, Raphael. Education: Union Institute, Ph.D, 1995. Politics: "Liberal/Democrat." Religion: "Sufism." Hobbies and other interests: Aikido.

ADDRESSES: Home—2220-C Manchester Ave., Cardiff by the Sea, CA 92007. Office—Integrative Health Center, Del Mar Medical Arts Bldg., 1349 Camino del Mar, Ste. F, Del Mar, CA 92014. E-mail—sharonmijares@aol.com.

CAREER: Writer. National University, CA, faculty, 1996–2005; Chapman University, Orange, CA, faculty, 1998–2005; psychologist in private practice, Delmar, CA.

MEMBER: American Psychological Association, Association of Humanistic Psychology.

WRITINGS:

(Editor) Modern Psychology and Ancient Wisdom: Psychological Healing Practices from the World's Religious Traditions, Haworth Integrative Healing Press (New York, NY), 2003.

(Editor, with Gurucharan Singh Khalsa) The Psychospiritual Clinician's Handbook: Alternative Methods for Understanding and Treating Mental Disorders, Haworth Reference Books (Binghamton, NY), 2005.

Contributor to periodicals, including Sufism, Journal of Somatics, Somatics, and Journal of Marriage and Family Review. Contributor to books, including Walking in Two Worlds: The Relational Self in Theory, Practice, and Community, edited by Stephen Gilligan and Dvorah Simon, Zeig, Tucker, and Theisen Publishers (Phoenix, AZ), 2005.

WORK IN PROGRESS: The Root of All Evil: An Exposition of Prejudice, Fundamentalism, and Gender Imbalance.