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Office of the Provost – Learners’ Showcase

Depth Psychology with Specialization in Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices Student Publication

Garrity, P.S., & Garrity, J.O. (2022). Epilogue: Dialogue. In K.C. Patton (Ed.), Gemini and the sacred: Twins and twinship in religion and mythology (pp. 483-509). I.B. Tauris, Ltd., Bloomsbury Academic.

Garrity, P.S. (2022). Gratitude: In sickness and health. In P. Catapano & S. Critchley (Eds.), Question everything: A stone reader (pp. 208-211). Liveright.

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, XX, 1-9.

 

 


Depth Psychology with Specialization in Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices Student Publication

Author: Lindsay Fauntleroy

Publication: In Our Element: Using the Five Elements as Soul Medicine to Unleash your Personal Power, Woodbury: Llewllyn Publications, 2022.

 


Masters in Counseling Psychology Publication

Williams, M., Crotty, S. (student), Callon, C., & Lafrance, A. (2022). Ceremony leaders’ perspectives on the good, the bad, and ugly of ayahuasca drinking in ceremonial contexts. The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 54(2), 141-167.

 


Mythological Studies Student Publications

Author: Alicia Anderson

Publication: Review of Robert MacFarlane’s “Underland” as a modern Underworld myth. Parabola, Spring 2023.

 

Author: Jason D. Batt

Publication: Apollo and Artemis: A Reflection on the Archetypal Consciousness in Space Travel, Space Philosophy Journal, Spring 2023 (Forthcoming)

Publication: Between the Divine and the Demonic: Stephen King’s ‘The Little Sisters of Eluria’, Mythological Studies Journal, 2022.

Publication: Evolving Light: The Transformation of Christianity in Deep Space Travel, Book Chapter in E. Mazur & S. McFarland (2023). To The Stars. Taylor (Forthcoming)

 

Author: Marcene Gandolfo

Publication: Revisioning Persephone: A Reflection on Gender and Identity. Femspec Journal, Summer 2022.

Poetry:

    • “Why No Pictures.” A poem in Whale Road Review, Forthcoming in June 2023.
    • “Cleave.” A folio of poems in The Aeolian Harp Series, September 2022.
    • “Lucifer.” A poem in Cider Press Review, June 2022.
    • “Lorca’s Guitar.” A poem in Rappahannock Review, December 2021.
    • “Spring.” Orange Blossom Review, December 2021.
    • “Girls’ Night.” Portland Review, June 2021.
    • “Fire is an Event, Not a Thing.” A poem in the anthology Mother Mary Comes to Me, September 2020.
    • “Hiraeth.” A poem in Mom Egg Review, April 2020.

 


Depth Psychology with Specialization in Community, Liberation, Indigenous, and Eco-Psychologies Student Presentations

APA Division 27, Society for Community Research & Action 19th Biennial Conference: Where Do We Go From Here? Dreaming New Community Futures, held June 20-24, 2023

Authors: Katherine Robinson & Leah Garza

Presentation: Coloniality and Somatics

 

Author: Robin Chancer

Presentation: Supporting Well-Being for the Indigenous Guatemalan Community

 

Author: Shepsara Marion

Presentation: A Decolonial Praxis of Core Competency in Community Psychology: Autoethnography of a Budding Leader

 

Author: Jacy Bowles

Presentation: The Work of Art: A Decolonial Community Praxis

 

Author: Karissa Williams

Presentation: Re-membering the Past Towards a Liberatory Future

Participants: Katherine Robinson, Leah Garza, Deborah Najman, Tierra Patterson, invited to participate in Dr. Susan James’ Town Hall on Exploring Fugitive Realities Through Decoloniality: Visual Arts and Praxis

Participants: Livia Budrys, Kae Papula, and Hodari Williams, 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

 


Depth Psychology and Creativity with Emphasis in the Arts and Humanities Student Presentations

Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies (JSSS) 18th Conference of Research in Jung and Analytical Psychology on Jung and the Numinous: Art, Science, and Psyche, held on 27-30, July 2023.

Author: Marieke Cahill

Presentation: The Archetypal Voice: A Somatic Workshop

 

Pop Culture Association Conference of Research, held in April 2023.

Author: Marieke Cahill

Presentation: Journey of an Agender Body: Making the Invisible Visible

 

Jung and the Numinous: Art, Science and Psyche, 18th Conference of Research in Jungian and Analytical Psychology; 27-30 July, 2023

Authors: Dr. Jeanne M. Schul (Adjunct Faculty), Ania Borysiewicz, Kalen Boyd, Pamela Brown, Valentine Giraud, & Zonia Lucero (all DCH students).

Panel: In-Depth Body-Mapping: An Artistic, Somatic, and Jungian Approach

 


Depth Psychology with Specialization in Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices Student Presentations

APA Division 32, 16th Annual Conference for the Society of Humanistic Psychology, March 16-19, 2023, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Conference theme: Community. Collaboration. Embodiment: Cultivating an Ethic of Radical Hospitality in Treacherous Times.

Authors: Eduardo Viezca, Amanda Baker Vanderbrake, Andrea-Marie, Stark, Cai Carvalhaes, and Pablo Martinez

Panel Presentation: Emerging From Within and Without: Finding Soulful Kin in Treacherous Times

Eduardo Viezca: From Independent Ego-Self to Interdependent Kinship

Amanda Baker-Vande Brake: Considering Memory in Personal & Collective Individuation

Pablo N. Martinez: Ritualizing Radical Hospitality in Treacherous Times

Andrea-Marie Stark: Intuitive Space Holding as Catalytic Elements of Radical Hospitality in the Depth Psychological, Intersubjective Space

Cai Carvalhaes: Ontological Fractal Dialogues in Community Gatherings, Therapeutic Groups, and the Classroom

 

Author: Minh Tran

Individual Presentation: Cultivating Psychological Belonging: A Psychological Approach

 

Author: Winsome Alston, Ph.D. (alum)

Individual Presentation: The Voices of Elders on Colonialism and Their Lived Experience.

 

Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies (JSSS) 18th Conference of Research in Jung and Analytical Psychology on Jung and the Numinous: Art, Science, and Psyche, held on 27-30 July 2023.

Author: Jody Uyanik

Individual and Paper Presentation: When it Counts: Reclaiming the Divine Feminine as a Cosmic Force for Creativity and Healing

 

Author: Minh Tran

Paper Presentation:  Cultivating Psychological Belonging: A Psychocultural Approach

 

Shift Network’s Science of Healing Summit, held on March 20-24

Author: Lindsay Fauntleroy

Virtual Presentation: Flower Essence Therapy: An Indigenous Science for the Modern Soul

 


Collaboration between Clinical and Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices Student and Faculty Presentation

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, held on March 16-19, 2023

Authors: Juliet Rohde-Brown (Chair/DPT Faculty), Angelina Gripp (DPT student), Dante Spencer (Clinical student), and Austin Chandler (Clinical student)

Panel presentation/Continuing Education Offering: Embodying Care Across Divides: Meeting Spiritual Needs of Diverse Groups in Substance Abuse Treatment

Juliet Rohde-Brown: Symbols of Care

Austin Chander: Beyond the Cartesian Divide

Dante Spencer: Evolving Racial Trauma Contexts in Future DSM Considerations

 


Depth Psychology with Specialization in Jungian Psychology and Archetypal Studies Student Presentations

Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies (JSSS) 18th Conference of Research in Jung and Analytical Psychology on Jung and the Numinous: Art, Science, and Psyche, held on 27-30 July 2023.

Author: Rachel Michelle Smith

Paper presentation: The Green Goddess: Polytheistic Images of the Divine Feminine

 

Author: Ann Amberg

Paper presentation: Re-Wilding the Depths of Psyche: Radiance and Science as Archetypal Principle and Practice

 

Author: Kerry Manley

Workshop: Dreaming the Mórrígan: Dance Film and Discussion

 

American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution, June 2023:

Author: Katherine (“Kate”) Ladd Pearson, ND, JD, MA

Workshop:  Beyond duality: Post-Jungian methods of navigating the tension of opposites

 

International Conference, C. G. Jung Institute Zürich, Küsnacht, Switzerland – “I feel, Therefore, I am”: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Emotions and their Impact, held June 30 – July 2, 2023

Author: Kerry Manley

Individual presentation: The Curse of Macha: A Creative Mythological Inquiry into Rage, Vengeance, and Sovereignty After

Violation of Freedom

 

Author: Margaret Mendenhall

Individual presentation: Mr. Spock from Star Trek: A Popular Culture Icon as Symbol for the Importance of Accepting the Eros Within

 

Conference of the Association for the Study of Women and Myth, May 2023

Author: Margaret Mendenhall

Paper presentation: “Misuse of the Mycelial Network: Our Ecological Shadow Reflected in Star Trek: Discovery

 

Popular Culture Association National Conference held on April 7, 2023

Author: Margaret Mendenhall

Paper presentation: Mr. Spock from Star Trek: A Popular Culture Icon as Symbol for the Importance of Accepting the Eros Within

 

Expressive Therapies Summit Retreat held August 28th-31st, 2023

Author: Cherie L. Spehar

Masterclass: Walking with Shadow (in person Masterclass on understanding shadow within the clinician and the client)

 

Author: Cherie L. Spehar

Masterclass: The Archetypal Feminine

 

Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies (JSSS) Conference titled Liberty and Justice: Shadows of Freedom? Held in summer 2022

Author: Kevin Kell, LCSW

Individual Presentation: Archetypal Vaccination: Hillman’s Soul-Making as Defense Against Propaganda, Marketing, and Other Unconscious Exploitation

 


Mythological Studies Student Presentations

Progressive Connexions, Athens, Greece, July 2022

Author: Alicia Anderson

Presentation: Trickster and Trauma

 

Association for the Study of Women and Mythology Conference, held May 5-6

Author: Liz Andres

Presentation: Muses of the Underworld: The Sirens of Ancient Greece

 

Author: Laurel Bergsten

Presentation: The Water is a Stone

 

Author: Latonia “Hummingbird” Dixon

Presentation: Osun: African Goddess of Sweet Waters

 

The Colorado Teen Literature Conference, held on April 15th, 2023

Author: Laurel Bergsten

Presentation: Writing With Myth

 

Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies (JSSS) 18th Conference of Research in Jung and Analytical Psychology on Jung and the Numinous: Art, Science, and Psyche, held on 27-30 July 2023.

Author: Jason D. Batt

Presentation: The ‘Web Browser’ of the Collective Unconscious: The Emergence of AI Art-Generation

 

Mythic Musings, held in March 2023

Author: Jason D. Batt

Virtual Presentation: All Hail the King: The Mythology and Mythos of Stephen King’s Universe

 

Nexus Nairobi 2023: When Space, Purpose and Culture Collide, held in February 2023

Author: Jason D. Batt

Presentation: Star Lore: The Mythologies of the Stars

 

Stanford/US National Science Foundation “Outer Space Cybersecurity” workshop held in March 2023

Facilitator: Jason D. Batt

 

Mythologium Conference, Pacifica Graduate Institute, held online on July 30, 2022

Author: Marcene Gandolfo

Presentation on panel Myth and Ecological Society: Ecofeminism and Contemporary Native American Poetry: Linda Hogan’s Mythopoetic Vision.

Conference of the Museum of Motherhood in St. Petersburg Florida was held in March 2022

Author: Marcene Gandolfo

Presentation: A Revision of Persephone in Rachel Zucker’s Eating in the Underworld.

 


Clinical Student Presentations

APA Division 39 Spring Meeting, held on April 27, 2023

Authors: Laura Westmorland, Madeline Jessie, & Camille Jarmie Harris (faculty)

Panel Discussion: Shattering the Silence in the Cultural Matrix

 

APA Convention, held in August 2023

Author: Elizabeth Ramsey (3rd year)

Poster Presentation: Why Did God Make Girls With Curly Hair?

 

Violet Solomon Oaklander International Conference, held in June 2023

Authors: Amy Picco, Rekha Khoun, & Dan Morta

Panel Presentation: Rewilding the soul: Experiential sand tray for indigenous youth

 

Psychology and the Other Conference, Chestnut Hill, MA, United States. October 2023

Garrity, P.S. Into the abyss: A psychospiritual heuristic for psilocybin occasioned mystical experience among patients with life-threatening illness. .


Masters in Counseling Psychology Stipend

Caroline Altman received a Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health stipend for a 12-month period of qualifying employment with an LA County DMH provider of clinical services to a specified underserved population.