About Sherry Hatcher

Prior to joining the Fielding faculty, Dr. Hatcher taught at the University of Michigan and for several years served as Associate Chair for their clinical psychology doctoral program. While on the faculty at Michigan, she received three Excellence in Education Awards. Dr. Hatcher has published research in journals such as: Psychotherapy: Theory Research and Practice; Teaching of Psychology; Psychiatry; The Qualitative Report; and Journal of Youth and Adolescence. Recently, she edited a book based on her collaborative research, "What Psychotherapists Learn from their Clients." The book is based on a multi-year research project with 10 students and alumni, who interviewed over 60 psychotherapists to see what they may have learned from their clients, both personally and professionally. Psychologists discuss learning life-lessons about relationships, ethical decision-making, coping, courage, wisdom, psychopathology, personality, cultural differences and lifespan development. The psychologists interviewed reported learning much from clients with whom they worked, and expressed respect for their resilience and courage. She also edited a Fielding Monograph titled: "The Psychotherapy Relationship: Cultural Influences." Dr. Hatcher writes frequently for the APA journal, PsycCRITIQUES, and is on their Editorial Board. For many years she served on the Michigan Psychological Association Ethics Committee. She teaches ethics at Fielding, among other courses including Psychotherapy Research and Clinical Interviewing. Dr. Hatcher is a licensed clinical psychologist in the states of Michigan and Connecticut with over 30 years of clinical and supervisory experience. She holds a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology.