Meet Our Expert Therapists

Dr. Jim Spira is a licensed psychologist, has graduate degrees in Psychology, Education, and Public Health, and is Board Certified in Clinical Health Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology. He received his doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley, and completed his internship and Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford University. Dr. Spira has served on the faculties of the medical schools at Duke University, the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Hawaii. He was also Head, Division of Health Psychology and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at Naval Medical Center San Diego, and recently served as Director, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Center for PTSD, Pacific Division. Dr. Spira has served as President of the Hawaii Psychological Association, President of the American Academy of Clinical Health Psychology, and as a member of the State of Hawaii Board of Psychology.  He has trained mental health professionals internationally in methods for treating psychological and physical trauma, behavioral methods for improving health, and coping with life-threatening illness.

Dr. Spira currently teaches and is a staff psychologist at the University of California San Francisco, and also has a private practice in Hawaii and California.