Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.

A few highlights of Jean Shinoda Bolen's work include: the Millionth Circle Initiative; 5WWC; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California Medical Center; prolific author, latest book: Urgent Message From Mother: Gather the Women, Save the World

Dr. Bolen Is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.  She has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Ms. Foundation for Women. She founded and co-chaired Psychiatrists for ERA that evolved into the Association for Women in Psychiatry.  She brings an emphasis on the question for meaning and the need for a spiritual dimension in life to all aspects of her work, while also taking into account the powerful effects of archetypes within us and family and culture upon us. She has been an advocate for women, women's issues, and ethics in psychiatry.