Dates for the next Embodied Relationship Class — Petaluma CA — 3/13, 20, 27, 4/10, 17, 24
I also co-facilitate relationship retreats with my wife Felicia, who is a licensed therapist as well. We assist couples to strengthen their relationship through a focus on heart-centered sexuality.
Go to After The Honeymoon to find out more about these retreats.
Jim Matto-Shepard, Ph.D — One Bodega Ave. #4, Petaluma, California 94952
Phone 707-762-1670 / Fax 707-773-2991 / email: mattoshepard@comcast.net
“Let the beauty that you are
be what you do”
— Rumi
I provide individual therapy, couples therapy, marriage counseling and various forms of experiential group learning including group therapy. I am a specialist in relationship therapies and in somatic psychotherapy. I have been practicing psychotherapy, in one form or the other, for thirty years and have been licensed as a psychologist since 1997.
It is important to find a psychotherapist that works in a style that fits who you are and what you want. I have designed this web site to give you a general sense of who I am as a psychotherapist. Feel free to call so that we can discuss how I can help and whether or not I am a good match for you.
I work relationally and in experiential ways that involve mind, emotions and the body because I believe that this offers a powerful technology for change.
Symptoms, such as anxiety, depression and out-of-control anger, as well as love relationship issues, are based on mind/ body/ emotion complexes developed in early relationships. To be effective, change must involve a relationship with someone who can help reweave these psychological structures, including mind, body and emotion.
In addition to psychotherapy, I have combined my relationship expertise with my experience in somatic approaches to transformation in