A professor of psychology for over 20 years at the California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, Dr. Ferrer also served as chair of the Department of East-West Psychology and launched the university’s concentration in Shamanic Studies. He currently teaches in several psychotherapy training programs and leads workshops and clinical trainings internationally.

Considered one of the primary architects of contemporary transpersonal psychology, Dr. Ferrer is the author of dozens of articles and several seminal books on psychology, education, religious studies, and intimate relationships.

He is the creator of Transpersonal Somatics, a transformational approach that has been featured at world-renowned centers such as the Esalen Institute (Big Sur, California), Asha (Tuscany, Italy), and Nikaram (Tehran, Iran).

Dr. Ferrer received the Fetzer Institute’s Presidential Award for his work on consciousness studies, was a member of the Esalen Institute’s Center for Theory and Research, and served as an advisor to the Religions for Peace organization at the United Nations. He is a wachumero (San Pedrista) in the Peruvian lineage of Rubén Orellana and Victoria Hughes and has studied entheogenic shamanism for more than two decades. He was born in Barcelona, Spain.