If you are actively
looking for a therapist and that's what
brought you to this page, then let me
introduce myself: My name is John Herr
and for the past twenty-nine years, I was a psychologist in private practice in the heart of the
Silicon Valley. Over that time, I
have been fortunate to have had the
opportunity to work with hundreds of
individuals, families and teen-agers.
Following in the best tradition of
"those who can do, and those who
can't teach," I published in
the area of family
therapy and the psychology of aging,
early in my career. Being an
international authority on something I
wasn't very good at wasn't as rewarding
as I had hoped; I ended up in therapy
myself. It was that positive
experience which made me realize what
had been left out of my writing.
Before I could set the professional
world straight about what I had learned,
working with my clients (and especially
the clients themselves) became much more
interesting for me. In fact, it
started to feel like I was learning more
from my clients than they were from me.
About the same time, my clients began to
report our sessions were getting much
more useful. I am happy to say
it's been that way for some time and I
hope it will remain that way when I return from sabbatical..
