Office of the Provost
Benjamin Strosberg – Chair
Benjamin Strosberg, PhD is Assistant Professor in the Clinical Psychology program at Pacifica Graduate Institute and a psychotherapist in private practice. He earned his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Duquesne University. Dr. Strosberg’s research is deeply rooted in the human science tradition, traversing critical, psychoanalytic, and phenomenological approaches. Currently, his research carves two primary paths: a renewed clinical engagement with French psychoanalyst Jean Laplanche and a critical examination of racism and anti-Semitism. His published work spans diverse topics, including teletherapy, psychosis, Jewish studies, and education, and engages with seminal thinkers such as Jacques Lacan, Emmanuel Levinas, and Theodor Adorno. Committed to advancing critical reflection, Dr. Strosberg aims to foster nuanced approaches in both academic and practical contexts. Through teaching and research, he strives to deepen understanding of pressing issues in clinical psychology while promoting interdisciplinary perspectives that can inform effective (and affective) interventions and social change. His first book is titled Anti-Semitism at the Limit: Critical Theory and Psychoanalysis (Palgrave Macmillan).
M.A./Psy.D. Counseling Psychology
Angie Hensley – Department Co-Chair
Angie Hensley is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California and Tennessee. She lives on the original homelands of the ᏣᎳᎫᏪᏘᏱ Tsalaguwetiyi (Cherokee, East) people, where she stewards 20 acres of land and hosts circles, workshops, and retreats. She believes in the power of circle-based, participatory, and empowered learning spaces. She facilitates deep academic inquiry that engages bodily knowing, heart, the natural world, expressive arts, dreams, and ritual. As a depth-oriented, somatic and nature-based psychotherapist, she is interested in embodied research and using the felt sense in research methodology.
Jaclyn Deilgat – Department Co-Chair
Jaclyn is an Assistant Professor in the Counseling Psychology department, and is currently serving as the Director of Research in the Counseling PsyD program. She is a licensed psychologist who practices in San Diego, California. Jaclyn supervises Registered Psychological Associates who are registered with the CA Board of Psychology. She has dedicated a good portion of her clinical work to providing services to people who have severe psychiatric illness and substance use disorders in jails, psychiatric hospitals, and community mental health facilities. Jaclyn also provides affirmative therapy to the LGBTQAI2+ population and is active in her community for issues related to human rights. She is a strong advocate for social justice, equity, inclusion, diversity, and destigmatizing psychiatric illness. Formerly, Jaclyn was a sub-investigator for clinical research trials examining the efficacy of novel medications to treat acute psychiatric illness.
M.A./Ph.D. Program in Depth Psychology with
Specialization in Community, Liberation, Indigenous, and Eco-Psychologies
Susan James – Program Chair
Susan James is member of the core faculty at Pacifica Graduate Institute, and co-chair of the Community, Liberation, Indigenous, and Eco-Psychologies specialization of the M.A./Ph.D. program in Depth Psychology. Her work has focused on structural violence, transnational African spiritualities as resistance and innovation, visual design methodologies and research communication strategies. Her journal publications include American Journal of Community Psychology, Violence Against Women, and Women and Therapy. Susan earned a Ph.D. in Community Psychology from New York University, and has held faculty and senior research positions with various academic institutions and a national think tank.
M.A./Ph.D. in Depth Psychology with
Specialization in Jungian Psychology and Archetypal Studies
Dylan Martinez Francisco – Co-Chair
Dylan Martinez Francisco studied liberal arts at Georgetown University and psychology at Adelphi University before completing his Ph.D. in Depth Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute—concentrating in Jungian and Archetypal Studies. His work focuses on C. G. Jung’s theory of archetypes—on archetypes as the deepest nature of the psyche and how they interconnect spirit, psyche, and matter as numinous and mythic powers that animate, govern, and structure the cosmos as a whole.
Keiron Le Grice – Co-Chair
Keiron is Core Faculty and Chair of the Jungian and Archetypal Studies specialization of the Depth Psychology program at Pacifica. He was educated at the University of Leeds, England (B.A. honors Philosophy and Psychology) and the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco (M.A. and Ph.D. Philosophy and Religion).
Glen Slater – Associate-Chair
Glen studied psychology and comparative religion at The University of Sydney before coming to the United States in 1992 for doctoral work in clinical psychology. He has been teaching at Pacifica for over twenty years and is currently the Associate Chair of the Jungian and Archetypal Studies specialization.
M.A. Depth Psychology and Creativity with
Emphasis in the Arts and Humanities
Mary Antonia Wood – Program Chair
Mary Antonia Wood is Chair of the M.A. in Depth Psychology and Creativity with Emphasis in the Arts and Humanities program, and the owner of Talisman Creative Mentoring, a practice that supports artists and creators of all types. Through one-on-one consultations, group workshops and classes, Wood assists creative individuals who desire a stronger and more authentic connection to the deepest archetypal sources of creativity. Wood has been a visual artist for over thirty years, working in a variety of media. Her work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions and has been collected by both public institutions and individuals.
Ph.D. in Depth Psychology with Specialization
in Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices
Juliet Rohde-Brown – Program Chair
Juliet Rohde-Brown, Ph.D. is the Chair for the Depth Psychology: Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices doctoral specialization program at Pacifica Graduate Institute. She has been teaching psychology in higher education venues for over 20 years. Her clinical doctoral internship was completed at the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles and she has worked clinically in private practice and hospital settings. Before becoming a licensed clinical psychologist, she did integrative work as a hypnotherapist and trained in neuropsychological assessment and in-patient settings, among others.
M.A./Ph.D. in Mythological Studies with Emphasis in Depth Psychology
Monica Mody – Chair
Dr. Monica Mody is a Core Professor in the Mythological Studies with Emphasis in Depth Psychology Program. Her areas of specialization include decolonial, indigenous, and women of color paradigms and epistemologies; Anzaldúan frameworks; earth-sourced and feminist spirituality and ritual; poetry, divination, oracular speech, and arts-based research; and nondual embodiment, in conversation with ancestral lineages from South Asia. She is the author of the full-length poetry collections Wild Fin (Weavers Press, 2024) and Bright Parallel (Copper Coin, 2023), the cross-genre Kala Pani (1913 Press, 2013), as well as three chapbooks including Ordinary Annals (above/ground, 2021).
Emily Lord-Kambitsch – Associate-Chair
Emily Lord-Kambitsch, Ph.D, is Co-Chair and an Associate Core Faculty member of the Mythological Studies Program. A scholar, poet-storyteller, and native of Santa Barbara, her lifelong exploration of classical mythology is rooted in the study of Greek and Latin language and literature. After completing a BA in Classics at UCSB, Emily received a Master’s degree from the University of Oxford, where her thesis focused on the healing of grief in Roman stoicism, and where she worked as a research assistant for the Oxford Emotions Project, a cross-disciplinary study of definitions of emotions in ancient Greece.
Academic Affairs
Victoria Bernhardt – Director of Academic Affairs
Victoria Bernhardt, M.A., is the Academic Affairs Manager. Before coming to Pacifica, Victoria studied Psychology (B.S.) and Studio Art at Northern Arizona University. She earned her M.A. there as well, specializing in a pre-doctoral research-based Psychology degree. Feel free to contact her for questions regarding Academic Affairs.
Registrar’s Office
Francine Matas – Registrar
Francine has devoted many years in service to both adult learners and adolescents. Her current role as Pacifica’s registrar and previous positions as associate registrar and associate director of career services, school psychologist, EFL instructor working abroad, as well as caseworker, counselor and director for a variety of programs serving at risk youth have held both challenges and deep rewards. She is pleased to work alongside dedicated staff members in the Registrar’s Office to support Pacifica students in the achievement of their goals.
Amy J Bristol – Senior Associate Registrar, Registration Services
At Pacifica, I handle all things related to enrollment such as registration and enrollment reporting. Feel free to contact me for questions regarding policy and procedure, registration or changes in enrollment. The Registrar’s Office has decades of experience and is interested in guiding students through their education as needed.
Rob Case – Registrar Coordinator
Rob began working at Pacifica in 2001 and he has been part of the Registrar’s team since 2004. He maintains student records, posts grades, processes tutorial contracts, updates contact information, fulfills transcript requests, processes VA and IPEDS quarterly enrollment certifications, degree verifications, and plays an integral role in commencement.
Library Team
Mark Kelly – Director of Library Services
Currently Director of Library Services, Mark has served as a librarian at Pacifica since 1991. He enjoys helping students navigate the labyrinth of library resources as they explore their research topics, collaborating with faculty in development of the library collections, and crafting online library guides such as the recently developed Library Guide to Jungian Psychology, and the digital index to the Spring journal. He earned his MLIS from the University of Arizona and his BA from New College of California. As a California naturalist, he enjoys hiking the hills of Santa Barbara, learning about California’s native plants, and foraging for wild edibles and medicinal herbs. As an avid gravel cyclist, he looks forward to his upcoming bikepacking adventures.
Richard Buchen – Special Collections and Reference Librarian
Richard Buchen has worked in libraries for over 45 years. He received his Master of Library Science degree from U.C.L.A. in 1985, and after working at the Huntington Library and the library of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian in Los Angeles, he began cataloging the Joseph Campbell and Marija Gimbutas Library in 1995. He started as a reference Librarian with the Graduate Research Library at Pacifica in 1998, and he still works with the Campbell and Gimbutas Library.
Karla Wiley – Cataloging and Technical Services Librarian
Karla Wiley’s journey to Pacifica Graduate Institute as Cataloging and Technical Services Librarian began after a 10 year stint at Amgen in Thousand Oaks, CA as Administrative Coordinator / Cataloging and Technical Services Librarian. During this time, the road took some detours through two school districts (Oxnard and Santa Paula) as a librarian, and finally through a temp agency working for Easter Seals. She holds a BS in Organizational Communication from Purdue University Global (formerly Kaplan University) and has begun work on her Master’s in Communication and Leadership at Gonzaga University. Go Zags!
Jason Morgan – Circulation Assistant
Currently going to school to study psychology. I’ve been at Pacifica for over 20yrs now. I consider going to school, working and having a family life all at the same time an achievement. I like to play guitar and paint when time permits. I love watching old samurai films after I’m done with all my other commitments. Especially ones starring Toshiro Mifune.
Dissertation Office
Meadow Rhodes – Dissertation Office Manager
Meadow Rhodes is a Santa Barbara local and a graduate of UC Santa Cruz with a Film and Digital Media, Production Concentration, degree. She has worked on various short film and television productions as well as many events, most notably serving as the Production Coordinator for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. In her free time when she is not taking care of her tortoises, Herbie and Bean and sweet puppy Leo, Meadow can be found gardening, hiking, or in bed tangled in a mess of yarn, crocheting away. Meadow has been with PGI for over two years and looks forward to continuing to work with faculty and students to finalize their dissertation and successfully defend.
Institutional Effectiveness & Accreditation Office (IEAO)
David Odorisio, Ph.D. – Interim Provost and Associate Professor
David M. Odorisio, PhD, serves as Associate Professor and Chair of Pacifica’s Psychology, Religion, and Consciousness MA/PhD program. David has edited five volumes, including: Mysticism and the Margins: From the Hip-Hop Underground to the Psychedelic Reformation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025); Thomas Merton in California: The Redwoods Conferences and Letters (Liturgical Press, 2024); A New Gnosis: Comic Books, Comparative Mythology, and Depth Psychology (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022); Merton and Hinduism: The Yoga of the Heart (Fons Vitae, 2021); and co-editor of Depth Psychology and Mysticism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018). He has published in The Merton Annual, The Merton Seasonal, Quadrant, Jung Journal, Philosophy East and West, The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, and The International Journal of Transpersonal Studies. His present research project examines the transformation of consciousness in the inter-religious mysticism of 20th c. Trappist monk and spiritual author, Thomas Merton.
Vanessa Conte – Instructional Effectiveness Associate
Vanessa Conte (she/her) is the Instructional Effectiveness Associate in the Institutional Effectiveness & Learning Office, where she supports the development of the institutional effectiveness program, including data analysis and reporting for evidence-based decision-making for the continuous improvement throughout the institution. Prior to coming to Pacifica, Vanessa was the Associate Chair and Director of Assessment for a liberal arts department at a college for visual and performing arts. She was also a faculty member at various institutions for over twenty years, teaching English to second-language learners, painting, drawing, and art history. Vanessa is also a professional artist who exhibits internationally and has a studio in Los Angeles. She is passionate about supporting equality in education and volunteers as an online English as a Second Language Tutor (ESL) for the International Women’s Resource Center (IWRC) and a scholarship application reviewer for the UCLA Alumni Foundation. Vanessa holds an MA in General Linguistics from California State University, Long Beach, a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Painting & Drawing from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a BS in Studio Art & Art History from New York University.
Office of the Provost – Faculty Showcase
Clinical Psychology
Broderick, J, (2023). History of psychology through symbols: From reflective study to active engagement (Vol. 1 Historic Roots). Routledge.
Broderick, J, (2023). History of psychology through symbols: From reflective study to active engagement (Vol. 2 Modern Development). Routledge.
Broderick, J. (2024, June 6-11). The planet in crisis: Utilizing sandplay to reduce political, socio-economic and cultural stressors [Conference presentation]. Sandplay Therapists of America National Conference, Santa Fe, NM, United States.
Westmorland, L. (student), Jessie, M. (student), & Harris, C. J. (faculty) (April 27, 2023). Panel Discussion: Shattering the Silence in the Cultural Matrix. Presentation at APA Division 39 Spring Meeting.
Counseling Psychology
Miller, K. (2025). Encounter. In Raab, D., & Yost, C. (Eds.), Women in a golden state: California poets at 60 and beyond. Unpublished poems and micro-essays. Retrieved from https://gunpowderpress.com/product/women-in-a-golden-state/
Bennett, M. (2024). Towards an integrated analytical psychology: Return to freedom and dignity. Routledge.
Filippides, N. (2023). Beyond the couch: A psychoanalytic approach to equine assisted psychotherapy. Independently published.
Miller, K. Training workshop and retreat for clinicians and somatic practitioners, entitled, “Psyche-Soma II – Integration and ‘Indwelling’ through the Empathic Relational Field: Reflection of Images, Words, Metaphors, Affect and Gestures in the Practice of Authentic Movement.”
Tom Steffora received a commendation from Dignity Health’s Marian Regional Medical Center for services to the medical staff during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. The services included psychological support to nursing staff during the death of a colleague; emotional first aid to physicians, nurses, and ancillary staff during peak times of COVID-19; counseling physicians involved in critical incidents; and continued day-to-day availability for emotional support to all staff. The commendation stated, “The work you have done and continue to do is positively influencing the mental well-being and mental health of our staff, and it is invaluable”.
Depth Psychology with Specialization in Community, Liberation, Indigenous, and Eco-Psychologies
Ciofalo, N., & James, S. (June 20-24, 2023). Town Hall: Exploring Fugitive Realities Through Decoloniality: Visual Arts and Praxis. Presentation at APA Division 27, Society for Community Research & Action 19th Biennial Conference: Where Do We Go From Here? Dreaming New Community Futures.
Ciofalo, N., & James, S. (June 20-24, 2023). Town Hall: Struggles, Hybridity, Ruptures, and Choques in Co-constructing Decolonial Community Psychologies in Classrooms and Communities. Presentation at APA Division 27, Society for Community Research & Action 19th Biennial Conference: Where Do We Go From Here? Dreaming New Community Futures.
Depth Psychology and Creativity with Emphasis in the Arts and Humanities
Dr. Susan Rowland (2023). Jung and the LGBTQA Family, Presentation at the Southern Arizona Friends of Jung, held on March 4, 2023.
Schul, J. M. (Adjunct Faculty), Borysiewicz, A., Boyd, K., Brown, P., Giraud, V., & Lucero, Z. (all DCH students). (2023). Panel: In-Depth Body-Mapping: An Artistic, Somatic, and Jungian Approach. Presentation at Jung and the Numinous: Art, Science and Psyche, 18th Conference of Research in Jungian and Analytical Psychology, July 27-30, 2023.
Collaboration between Clinical and Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices Student and Faculty Presentation
Rohde-Brown, J. (Chair/DPT Faculty), Gripp, A. (DPT student), Spencer, D. (Clinical student), & Chandler, A. (Clinical student). (2023). Panel presentation/Continuing Education Offering: Embodying Care Across Divides: Meeting Spiritual Needs of Diverse Groups in Substance Abuse Treatment. In APA Division 32, 16th Annual Conference for the Society of Humanistic Psychology, Conference theme: Community. Collaboration. Embodiment: Cultivating an Ethic of Radical Hospitality in Treacherous Times, March 16-19, 2023.
Rohde-Brown, J. (2023). Symbols of Care. Panel presentation at APA Division 32, 16th Annual Conference for the Society of Humanistic Psychology, Conference theme: Community. Collaboration. Embodiment: Cultivating an Ethic of Radical Hospitality in Treacherous Times. March 16-19, 2023.
Chandler, A. (2023). Beyond the Cartesian Divide. Panel presentation at APA Division 32, 16th Annual Conference for the Society of Humanistic Psychology, Conference theme: Community. Collaboration. Embodiment: Cultivating an Ethic of Radical Hospitality in Treacherous Times. March 16-19, 2023.
Spencer, D. (2023). Evolving Racial Trauma Contexts in Future DSM Considerations. Panel presentation at APA Division 32, 16th Annual Conference for the Society of Humanistic Psychology, Conference theme: Community. Collaboration. Embodiment: Cultivating an Ethic of Radical Hospitality in Treacherous Times. March 16-19, 2023.
Depth Psychology with Specialization in Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices
Brewster, F. (2023). Virtual Presentations: Africanist Women and the African Holocaust; Psychological Trauma and Resiliency of Africanist Women; and Archetypal Mother of Sorrow and the Power of Healing. Presentation at Spirituality & Psychotherapy Conference, March 24, 2023.
Brewster, F. (2023). Workshop in collaboration with other professionals: The City of Bones: Spectral Presences as Healthers of Cultural Complexes. Continuing Education Workshop at The C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, March 18-19, 2023.
Depth Psychology with Specialization in Jungian Psychology and Archetypal Studies
Slater, G. (2024). Jung vs borg: Finding the deeply human in a posthuman age. Winter Press.
Le Grice, K. (2023). The lion will become man: Alchemy and the dark spirit in nature—A personal encounter. Chiron Publications.
Slater, G. (2023). Virtual Lecture American Gun Violence–A Jungian Depth Psychological View. Presentation at the Nashville Jung Group, April 14, 2023.
Slater, G. (2023). Dissociating and Posthumanism. Presentation at C. G. Jung Institute Zürich Conference “Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Emotions and their Impact”, June 2023.
Slater, G. (Forthcoming). Frontierism and the American Psyche. In I. Burnett (Ed.), Re-Visioning the American Psyche: Jungian, Archetypal, and Mythological Reflections. Routledge.
Le Grice, K. (2023). The Colloquy of the Gods: Astrology as Cosmic Synchronicity. Lecture for the Jungian Mystery School (South Africa) 12-week series on synchronicity.
Le Grice, K. (2023). The Lion will become man: Alchemy and the dark spirit in nature—A personal encounter. Asheville, NC: Chiron Publications.
Le Grice, K. (2023). Archetypal astrology and alchemy as a guide to psychospiritual transformation. International School of Analytical Psychology in Zurich, Switzerland: Zurich Lecture Series, held September 27-28, 2023.
Rossi, S. (August 19, 2023). The Kore Archetype Public Lecture. Lecture at Jung Society of Atlanta.
Rossi, S. (July 17, 2023). In Ananke’s Lap: Necessity and Grace Public Lecture. Lecture at New York Center for Jungian Studies: Jung on the Hudson.
Mythological Studies
Mody, M. (2024). Wild Fin. Weavers Press.
Mody, M. & Naz, S. (2024). Roots and Resonance: a conversation between two poets, Monica Mody and Sophia Naz. The Bangalore Review, 11(9). https://bangalorereview.com/2024/02/roots-and-resonance-a-conversation-between-two-poets-monica-mody-and-sophia-naz/
Mody, M. (2024, March 6). BIPOC Scholar Panel. Center for Black and Indigenous Praxis/Center for Writing and Scholarship, California Institute of Integral Studies.
Mody, M. (2024, April). The Creative Community 2: Poet Scholar Monica Mody. TV Santa Barbara. https://vimeo.com/925992969
Mody, M. (2024, May 30). Of Poetry & Protest: Speaking out through Verse [panel]. Anantha: An International Festival of Poetry.
Smith, E.L. (2024). Leonora Carrington: Alchemy, the Underworld, and the Goddess. Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought, 66(4), 551-574. https://doi.org/10.1080/00332925.2023.2311553
Smith, E.L. (2024). The pelican’s brood: A novel.
Odorisio, D. (2024). Contemplating the Contemplative. Ojai Quarterly, 42-46.
Merton, T. (2024). Thomas Merton in California: The redwoods conferences and letters (D. Odorisio, Ed.). Liturgical Press.
Gardner, J. (2023). Goddesses. In J. Gardner (Ed). A Skeleton Key Study Guide, Joseph Campbell Foundation.
Gardner, J. Ed. (2023). A Skeleton Key Study Guide, Joseph Campbell Foundation, 2023.
Mody, M. (2023). Arts-based Practices: Research and Transformation in the Academy. Transformative Power of Art Journal, Volume 1.
Mody, M. (2023). Bright Parallel. Copper Coin, 2023.
Mody, M. (2023). When Yoginis Appear with Animals: Animistic Relational Elements and the Non-Dual Matrix. Tarka Journal, Issue 7.
Lord-Kambitsch, E. Ed. (2023). Western Yoga: A Field Report on Desertion and Deliverance. Bottlecap Press.
Lord-Kambitsch, E. (2023). Ovid and Ecopsychology, presented at the Classical Association Conference. Cambridge, UK. April 22, 2023.
Lord-Kambitsch, E. (2023). A Siren’s Odyssey of Self-Becoming in the Book of Delights. Presented at the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology Conference. Seneca Falls, NY, May 5-6, 2023.
Lord-Kambitsch, E. (2023). Becoming Heart-less: Mythic Metamorphoses and the Posthuman. Fates and Graces. Keynote Presentation at Mythologium, Pacifica Graduate Institute, July 2023.
Odorisio, D. Ed (2023). A New Gnosis: Comic Books, Comparative Mythology, and Depth Psychology. Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Odorisio, D. Ed (2023). “Not Drugs, but Night”: Thomas Merton on LSD and the Psychology of Religious Experience, presented at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX. Nov. 18-21, 2023.
Odorisio, D. Ed (Forthcoming). Thomas Merton in California: The Redwoods Conferences and Letters. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press.
Smith, E.L. (2023). Graphic Mythologies in D. Odorisio (2023). A New Gnosis: Comic Books, Comparative Mythology, and Depth Psychology. Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Deimler, D. (Forthcoming).Book Chapter: in the collection about Robert Downey Sr., Spectacular Optical Press.
Deimler, D. Monograph on Nor Hall and the women of archetypal psychology (Forthcoming).
Deimler, D. (2023). Contributing artist-scholar and moderator, discussion with filmmakers of the Oscar-nominated animated feature, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, at the Philosophical Research Society (PRS), Los Angeles, March 1, 2023.
Deimler, D. (2023). In Hybrid Moments: Feminine Myths of Crisis, Metamorphosis, and Aesthetic Survival, presented at PRS November 2022, will be presented again at Morbid Anatomy, on May 22, 2023.
Mahaffey, P. (2023). Presentation at the 18th General Meeting of the International Thomas Merton Society, South Bend, IN. June 22-25, 2023
Office of the Provost – Faculty Showcase
Depth Psychology with Specialization in Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices Student Publication
Tran, M. (2024, August 28-30). Individual Presentation: Cultivating Psychological Belonging: A Psychological Approach [Conference presentation]. IAAP European Conference on Childhood and Adolescence, Siracusa, Italy.
Tran, M. (2024, August 30-September 1). Cultivating Psychological Belonging: A Psychocultural Approach [Conference presentation]. European Conference of Analytical Psychology, Siracusa, Italy.
Viezca, E., Dominguez, M., Zaragoza, Valentin, H. (2024, April). Decolonial journeys: Queer Chicano therapists alchemizing suffering [Conference presentation]. Harvard Divinity School Program for the Evolution of Spirituality, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Viezca, E. (2024, April). Decolonial feminism & transfeminist psychology: Can “US women of colour critique” support analytical psychology? [Conference presentation]. Journal of Analytical Psychology XVI International Congress. Crossing Borders: Clinical, Theoretical, Cultural and Political Implications in our Changing World. Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom.
Viezca, E. (2022, July 7-10). Pairing Fractal Epistemology with Jungian Conceptualizations: Integrative Approaches to Working with Sexually and Culturally Diverse Patients in Psychotherapy [Conference presentation]. Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies 17th Conference of Research in Jung and Analytical Psychology on Liberty and Justice.
Wong, W., Dickerson, J.C., Valtis, Y.K., Habet, M., Bernard, M., Kelly, L., Lattin, J., Garrity, P.S., Sood, R., Ohanian, A., Chege, M.W., Bhatt, A.S., Huang, F.W., Yacab, R. (2023). Cancer demographics and time-to-care in Belize. The Oncologist, 2023, 28, 1-9.
Masters in Counseling Psychology Stipend
Karly Salcido received a Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health stipend. The LA County DMH Stipend Program provides meaningful opportunities for beginning clinicians to provide support to underserved populations.
Valerie Passano received a Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health stipend. The LA County DMH Stipend Program provides meaningful opportunities for beginning clinicians to provide support to underserved populations.
Masters in Counseling Psychology
MacBean, A. (2024). Ariadne’s thread: A depth psychology exploration of liminal immanence in dance/movement. Dance Chronicle. https://doi.org/10.1080/01472526.2023.2299506
MA in Counseling Publications
MacBean, A. (2024, May 14). Christiana Morgan – The lost imponderable super anima. Nasty Women Writers. https://www.nastywomenwriters.com/christiana-morgan-the-lost-imponderable-super-anima/
Tousignant, M. (2023). Transcendence and Its Shadow: A Depth Psychological Inquiry into Transcendence, the Transcendent Function, and Spiritual Bypassing. Psychological Perspectives, 66(4), 479-496. https://doi.org/10.1080/00332925.2023.2311547
PsyD in Counseling Psychology
Brooks, M.C. (2024, June 13-16). Anima / animus: Complex, companion, & consort [Roundtable discussion]. Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies Conference, Hotel Andaluz, Albuquerque, NM, United States.
Mythological Studies Student Publications
Dr. Heather Taylor, a Mythological Studies graduate, was awarded the Kore Dissertation of Merit Award for her dissertation Re-Storying A Sense of the Sacred With A Mythological Herd: An In-Depth Study of Horses in Mythology. The award was presented at the biennial international conference of the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology (ASWM) held in Tucson, AZ (March 27-29, 2025). The Kore Award committee commended the dissertation “as a remarkable, sweeping study of our relationships with these extraordinary animals, both embodied and imaginally,” and further noted that the “research has great implications and potential to extend both ecofeminist and eco-psychological theories and practices broadly, excavating timely mythopoetic wisdom for our relationship with the sentient Earth.”
Anderson, A. (2023). Review of Robert MacFarlane’s “Underland” as a modern Underworld myth. Parabola, Spring, 2023.
Batt, J. D. (Forthcoming). Apollo and Artemis: A Reflection on the Archetypal Consciousness in Space Travel. Space Philosophy Journal, Spring 2023.
Batt, J. D. (Forthcoming). Evolving Light: The Transformation of Christianity in Deep Space Travel. In E. Mazur & S. McFarland (Eds.), To The Stars. Taylor.
Gandolfo, M. (Forthcoming in June 2023). Why No Pictures. Whale Road Review.
Depth Psychology with Specialization in Community, Liberation, Indigenous, and Eco-Psychologies Student Presentations
Robinson, K., & Garza, L. (2023). Coloniality and Somatics. Presentation at APA Division 27, Society for Community Research & Action 19th Biennial Conference: Where Do We Go From Here? Dreaming New Community Futures, June 20-24, 2023.
Chancer, R. (2023). Supporting Well-Being for the Indigenous Guatemalan Community. Presentation at APA Division 27, Society for Community Research & Action 19th Biennial Conference: Where Do We Go From Here? Dreaming New Community Futures, June 20-24, 2023.
Marion, S. (2023). A Decolonial Praxis of Core Competency in Community Psychology: Autoethnography of a Budding Leader. Presentation at APA Division 27, Society for Community Research & Action 19th Biennial Conference: Where Do We Go From Here? Dreaming New Community Futures, June 20-24, 2023.
Bowles, J. (2023). The Work of Art: A Decolonial Community Praxis. Presentation at APA Division 27, Society for Community Research & Action 19th Biennial Conference: Where Do We Go From Here? Dreaming New Community Futures, June 20-24, 2023.
Williams, K. (2023). Re-membering the Past Towards a Liberatory Future. Presentation at APA Division 27, Society for Community Research & Action 19th Biennial Conference: Where Do We Go From Here? Dreaming New Community Futures, June 20-24, 2023.
Robinson, K., Garza, L., Najman, D., Patterson, T. (2023). Invited to participate in Dr. Susan James’ Town Hall on Exploring Fugitive Realities Through Decoloniality: Visual Arts and Praxis at APA Division 27, Society for Community Research & Action 19th Biennial Conference: Where Do We Go From Here? Dreaming New Community Futures, June 20-24, 2023.
Budrys, L., Papula, K., Williams, H. (2023). Invited to participate in Drs. Nuria Ciofalo & Susan James’ Town Hall on Struggles, Hybridity, Ruptures, and Choques in Co-constructing Decolonial Community Psychologies in Classrooms and Communities at APA Division 27, Society for Community Research & Action 19th Biennial Conference: Where Do We Go From Here? Dreaming New Community Futures, June 20-24, 2023.
Hana Truscott (2023, November 9-11). The reimagining whiteness community podcast. [Conference Presentation]. The Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies (CIARS) 12th Annual Decolonizing Conference, Toronto, Canada.
Gilbert Salazar (2023, November 9-11). Story and ceremony as remedy to colonial violence: Sippin’- short narrative film – four women of color create a ritual of tears for celebration and healing. [Conference Presentation]. The Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies (CIARS) 12th Annual Decolonizing Conference, Toronto, Canada.
Desirée Gonzalez (2023, November 9-11). Decolonizing responses to gender-based violence: From the frame of coloniality and its decolonial re-Frame. [Conference Presentation]. The Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies (CIARS) 12th Annual Decolonizing Conference, Toronto, Canada.
Depth Psychology and Creativity with Emphasis in the Arts and Humanities Student Presentations
Viezca, E., Todd, M., Navarrete, P.N. (2024, June 12). Generating alternative knowledges in the decolonial U.S./Mexico borderlands [Roundtable discussion]. Latin American Studies Association XLII International Congress. Reacción y resistencia: Imaginar futuros posibles en las Américas. Pontificia Universidad Javieriana, Bogota, Colombia.
Viezca, E., Todd, M., Navarrete, P.N. (2024, June 12). Generating alternative knowledges in the decolonial U.S./Mexico borderlands [Conference presentation]. Latin American Studies Association XLII International Congress. Reacción y resistencia: Imaginar futuros posibles en las Américas. Pontificia Universidad Javieriana, Bogota, Colombia.
Viezca, E. (2024, June 12). Anzaldúan theory and the future of liberatory psychological practice in the U.S. and Latin America [Roundtable discussion]. Latin American Studies Association XLII International Congress. Reacción y resistencia: Imaginar futuros posibles en las Américas. Pontificia Universidad Javieriana, Bogota, Colombia.
Viezca, E. (2024, June 12). Anzaldúan theory and the future of liberatory psychological practice in the U.S. and Latin America [Conference presentation]. Latin American Studies Association XLII International Congress. Reacción y resistencia: Imaginar futuros posibles en las Américas. Pontificia Universidad Javieriana, Bogota, Colombia.
Ramsey, R. (2024, June 13) Violin sound sanctuary: A temenos of mindful meditation and sound ecology listening with improvised violin music [Panel Presentation]. 2024 JSSS Conference. Albuquerque, NM, United States of America.
Ramsey, R. S., (2023). Songs of the desert wind: A musical improvisation and meditation performance. Performance and Mindfulness, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.5920/pam.1184
Cahill, M. (2023). The Archetypal Voice: A Somatic Workshop. Presentation at Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies (JSSS) 18th Conference of Research in Jung and Analytical Psychology on Jung and the Numinous: Art, Science, and Psyche, July 27-30, 2023.
Cahill, M. (2023). Journey of an Agender Body: Making the Invisible Visible. Presentation at Pop Culture Association Conference of Research, April 2023.
Schul, J. M. (Adjunct Faculty), Borysiewicz, A., Boyd, K., Brown, P., Giraud, V., & Lucero, Z. (all DCH students) (2023). In-Depth Body-Mapping: An Artistic, Somatic, and Jungian Approach. Panel presentation at Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies (JSSS) 18th Conference of Research in Jung and Analytical Psychology on Jung and the Numinous: Art, Science, and Psyche, July 27-30, 2023.
Depth Psychology with Specialization in Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices Student Presentations
Viezca, E., Baker Vanderbrake, A., Stark, A.-M., Carvalhaes, C., & Martinez, P. (2023). Panel Presentation: Emerging From Within and Without: Finding Soulful Kin in Treacherous Times. Presentation at APA Division 27, Society for Community Research & Action 19th Biennial Conference: Where Do We Go From Here? Dreaming New Community Futures, June 20-24, 2023.
Viezca, E. (2023). From Independent Ego-Self to Interdependent Kinship. Presentation at APA Division 27, Society for Community Research & Action 19th Biennial Conference: Where Do We Go From Here? Dreaming New Community Futures, June 20-24, 2023.
Baker Vanderbrake, A. (2023). Considering Memory in Personal & Collective Individuation. Presentation at APA Division 27, Society for Community Research & Action 19th Biennial Conference: Where Do We Go From Here? Dreaming New Community Futures, June 20-24, 2023.
Martinez, P. N. (2023). Ritualizing Radical Hospitality in Treacherous Times. Presentation at APA Division 27, Society for Community Research & Action 19th Biennial Conference: Where Do We Go From Here? Dreaming New Community Futures, June 20-24, 2023.
Stark, A.-M. (2023). Intuitive Space Holding as Catalytic Elements of Radical Hospitality in the Depth Psychological, Intersubjective Space. Presentation at APA Division 27, Society for Community Research & Action 19th Biennial Conference: Where Do We Go From Here? Dreaming New Community Futures, June 20-24, 2023.
Carvalhaes, C. (2023). Ontological Fractal Dialogues in Community Gatherings, Therapeutic Groups, and the Classroom. Presentation at APA Division 27, Society for Community Research & Action 19th Biennial Conference: Where Do We Go From Here? Dreaming New Community Futures, June 20-24, 2023.
Tran, M. (2023). Individual Presentation: Cultivating Psychological Belonging: A Psychological Approach. Presentation at APA Division 27, Society for Community Research & Action 19th Biennial Conference: Where Do We Go From Here? Dreaming New Community Futures, June 20-24, 2023.
Alston, W., Ph.D. (alum). (2023). Individual Presentation: The Voices of Elders on Colonialism and Their Lived Experience. Presentation at APA Division 27, Society for Community Research & Action 19th Biennial Conference: Where Do We Go From Here? Dreaming New Community Futures, June 20-24, 2023.
Uyanik, J. (2023). When it Counts: Reclaiming the Divine Feminine as a Cosmic Force for Creativity and Healing. Paper Presentation at Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies (JSSS) 18th Conference of Research in Jung and Analytical Psychology on Jung and the Numinous: Art, Science, and Psyche, July 27-30, 2023.
Tran, M. (2023). Cultivating Psychological Belonging: A Psychocultural Approach. Paper Presentation at Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies (JSSS) 18th Conference of Research in Jung and Analytical Psychology on Jung and the Numinous: Art, Science, and Psyche, July 27-30, 2023.
Fauntleroy, L. (2023). Flower Essence Therapy: An Indigenous Science for the Modern Soul. Virtual Presentation at Shift Network’s Science of Healing Summit, March 20-24, 2023.
Collaboration between Clinical and Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices Student and Faculty Presentation
Rohde-Brown, J. (Chair/DPT Faculty), Gripp, A. (DPT student), Spencer, D. (Clinical student), & Chandler, A. (Clinical student). (2023). Panel presentation/Continuing Education Offering: Embodying Care Across Divides: Meeting Spiritual Needs of Diverse Groups in Substance Abuse Treatment. In APA Division 32, 16th Annual Conference for the Society of Humanistic Psychology, Conference theme: Community. Collaboration. Embodiment: Cultivating an Ethic of Radical Hospitality in Treacherous Times, March 16-19, 2023.
Rohde-Brown, J. (2023). Symbols of Care. Panel presentation at APA Division 32, 16th Annual Conference for the Society of Humanistic Psychology, Conference theme: Community. Collaboration. Embodiment: Cultivating an Ethic of Radical Hospitality in Treacherous Times. March 16-19, 2023.
Chandler, A. (2023). Beyond the Cartesian Divide. Panel presentation at APA Division 32, 16th Annual Conference for the Society of Humanistic Psychology, Conference theme: Community. Collaboration. Embodiment: Cultivating an Ethic of Radical Hospitality in Treacherous Times. March 16-19, 2023.
Spencer, D. (2023). Evolving Racial Trauma Contexts in Future DSM Considerations. Panel presentation at APA Division 32, 16th Annual Conference for the Society of Humanistic Psychology, Conference theme: Community. Collaboration. Embodiment: Cultivating an Ethic of Radical Hospitality in Treacherous Times. March 16-19, 2023.
Depth Psychology with Specialization in Jungian Psychology and Archetypal Studies Student Presentations
Cahill, M. (2024). A transcendent future: A “Discovery” of nonbinary stories. In L. Gardner, C. Miller, & R.-M. Dib (Eds.), Feminisms, technology and depth psychology (pp. 130–155). Routledge.
Smith, R. M. (2023). The Green Goddess: Polytheistic Images of the Divine Feminine. Paper presentation at Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies (JSSS) 18th Conference of Research in Jung and Analytical Psychology on Jung and the Numinous: Art, Science, and Psyche, July 27-30, 2023.
Amberg, A. (July 27-30, 2023). Re-Wilding the Depths of Psyche: Radiance and Science as Archetypal Principle and Practice. Paper presentation at Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies (JSSS) 18th Conference of Research in Jung and Analytical Psychology on Jung and the Numinous: Art, Science, and Psyche, July 27-30, 2023.
Manley, K. (July 27-30, 2023). Dreaming the Mórrígan: Dance Film and Discussion. Workshop at Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies (JSSS) 18th Conference of Research in Jung and Analytical Psychology on Jung and the Numinous: Art, Science, and Psyche, July 27-30, 2023.
Pearson, K. L. (2023). Workshop: Beyond duality: Post-Jungian methods of navigating the tension of opposites. Presentation at American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution. June 2023.
Manley, K. (2023). The Curse of Macha: A Creative Mythological Inquiry into Rage, Vengeance, and Sovereignty After Violation of Freedom. Individual presentation at International Conference, C. G. Jung Institute Zürich, Küsnacht, Switzerland – “I feel, Therefore, I am”: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Emotions and their Impact, June 30 – July 2, 2023.
Mendenhall, M. (2023). Mr. Spock from Star Trek: A Popular Culture Icon as Symbol for the Importance of Accepting the Eros Within. Individual presentation at International Conference, C. G. Jung Institute Zürich, Küsnacht, Switzerland – “I feel, Therefore, I am”: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Emotions and their Impact, June 30 – July 2, 2023.
Mendenhall, M. (2023). “Misuse of the Mycelial Network: Our Ecological Shadow Reflected in Star Trek: Discovery.” Paper presentation at the Conference of the Association for the Study of Women and Myth, May 2023.
Mendenhall, M. (2023). “Mr. Spock from Star Trek: A Popular Culture Icon as Symbol for the Importance of Accepting the Eros Within.” Paper presentation at the Popular Culture Association National Conference, April 7, 2023.
Spehar, C. L. (2023). Masterclass: Walking with Shadow (in person Masterclass on understanding shadow within the clinician and the client). Presentation at the Expressive Therapies Summit Retreat, August 28-31, 2023
Spehar, C. L. (2023). Masterclass: The Archetypal Feminine. Presentation at the Expressive Therapies Summit Retreat, August 28-31, 2023.
Mythological Studies Student Presentations
Bergsten, L. (2023). Writing With Myth. Presentation at The Colorado Teen Literature Conference, April 15th, 2023.
Batt, J. D. (2023). The ‘Web Browser’ of the Collective Unconscious: The Emergence of AI Art-Generation. Presentation at Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies (JSSS) 18th Conference of Research in Jung and Analytical Psychology on Jung and the Numinous: Art, Science, and Psyche, July 27-30, 2023.
Batt, J. D. (2023). All Hail the King: The Mythology and Mythos of Stephen King’s Universe. Virtual Presentation at Mythic Musings, March 2023.
Batt, J. D. (2023). Star Lore: The Mythologies of the Stars. Presentation at Nexus Nairobi 2023: When Space, Purpose and Culture Collide, February, 2023.
Batt, J. D. (2023). Facilitator: Jason D. Batt. Stanford/US National Science Foundation “Outer Space Cybersecurity” workshop, March 2023.
Hogan, N. (Forthcoming). Martial Culture in the Lifeways of US Servicemembers and Veterans: Military Psychology, Ancient Mythology, and Re-Souling Service. Routledge.
Clinical Student Presentations
Vatan, S. (2024, August 8-10). Unmasking Darth Vader: Hermeneutic & metabletic analysis of Anakin Skywalker’s cultural significance [Poster session]. APA Convention 2024. Seattle, WA, USA.
Rochester, C., & Quran, R. (2023). Breath & Protest: A psychoanalytic theory of sumud and the respiratory drive [Virtual panel discussion]. APA Division 39, Section IX – Psychoanalysis for Social Responsibility.
Westmorland, L., Jessie, M., & Harris, C. J. (faculty) (2023). Panel Discussion: Shattering the Silence in the Cultural Matrix. Presentation at APA Division 39 Spring Meeting, April 27, 2023.
Ramsey, E. (2023). Poster Presentation: Why Did God Make Girls With Curly Hair? Presentation at APA Convention, August 2023.
Picco, A., Khoun, R., & Morta, D. (2023). Panel Presentation: Rewilding the soul: Experiential sand tray for indigenous youth. Presentation at Violet Solomon Oaklander International Conference, June 2023.
Garrity, P. S. (2023). Into the abyss: A psychospiritual heuristic for psilocybin occasioned mystical experience among patients with life-threatening illness. Presentation at Psychology and the Other Conference, Chestnut Hill, MA, October 2023.
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Inclusion and Equity
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