Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices Subject Area Streams
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Counseling and Psychology
Ideal for: Students practicing as licensed counselors or psychotherapists wanting to deepen their practice and enhance their personal growth.
Coursework includes: A well-integrated sequence of courses on Jungian and psychodynamic theory and practice, including the latest findings in affective neuroscience.
Carefully crafted series of courses designed to build writing and scholarship skills, leading to dissertation completion.
Ongoing practice consultation groups: Small groups meet bi-weekly to hone skills throughout the program.
Dissertation titles: Public voices, private lives, secret anguish: A depth psychological study of adolescent male homosexuality
Possible career paths: Private Practice, Clinical supervision, Leadership positions in community mental health organizations.
Coaching & Leadership
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Ideal for: Students working as professional coaches with individuals and in organizations who wish to enhance their ability to bring a depth perspective to their work.
Coursework includes: Well-integrated sequence of courses on Archetypal, Jungian and psychodynamic theory and practice.
Carefully crafted series of courses designed to build writing and scholarship skills, leading to dissertation completion.
Ongoing practice consultation groups: Small groups meet bi-weekly to hone practice skills throughout the program.
Dissertation titles: Transformative communication: A depth psychological perspective of motivational interviewing.
Possible career paths:Executive or life coaching, organizational consultant, leadership coaching & mentoring.
Health & Wellness
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Ideal for: Students working in integrative healthcare and wellness practices who wish to expand their professional skills by bringing a depth psychological perspective to their work.
Coursework includes: Interpersonal Neurobiology, Affective Neuroscience, and Depth Psychology.
Working with illness and death: East-West and Depth Perspectives on Suffering.
Body, Mind, and Soul in Healing of Trauma: Somatic, Neurological, and Archetypal Approaches.
Carefully crafted series of courses designed to build writing and scholarship skills, leading to dissertation completion.
Ongoing practice consultation groups: Small Groups meet bi-weekly to hone clinical and practice skills in current work settings.
Dissertation titles: Healing shadow: Sexual Dysfunction after the dismemberment of a breast.
EEG in depth: The intersection of electroencephalography and depth psychology.
Possible career paths: Nurse Practitioner, Physician’s Assistant, Complementary and Alternative Health Care Providers
Ministry and Spiritual Direction
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Ideal for: Students engaged in ministry and spiritual direction work who want to develop an increased ability to offer psychological healing.
Coursework includes: Psyche and the Sacred.
Well-integrated sequence of courses in Jungian and psychodynamic theory and practice.
Carefully crafted series of courses designed to build writing and scholarship skills, leading to dissertation completion.
Ongoing practice consultation groups: Small groups meet bi-weekly to hone clinical and practice skills in current spiritual direction setting.
Dissertation titles: Epiphanies of Soul: When the bolts of the universe fly open: A depth psychological contemplation of wonder.
Using guided imagery to alleviate end-of-life suffering: A phenomenological/transpersonal study.
Possible career paths: Chaplain on college campus, hospice work, clinical pastoral counselors.
Drug & Addiction Counselors
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Ideal for: Students working in drug and addiction counseling in inpatient or outpatient settings.
Coursework includes: Well-integrated sequence of courses on Jungian and psychodynamic theory and practice, including the latest findings in neuroscience.
Relational Psychology II: Working with Narcissism, Borderline States, and Addictions.
Carefully crafted series of courses designed to build writing and scholarship skills, leading to dissertation completion.
Ongoing practice consultation groups: Small groups meet bi-weekly to hone practice skills throughout the program.
Dissertation titles: Addiction and the numinous.
Possible career paths: Substance abuse counseling, addiction treatment therapies.
Individualized Strream
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Ideal for: Students exploring a particular line of academic inquiry and/or professional development not found in the other streams.
Coursework includes: Dependent on particular interest.
Carefully crafted series of courses designed to build writing and scholarship skills, leading to dissertation completion.
Ongoing practice consultation groups: Small groups meet bi-weekly to hone practice skills throughout the program.
Dissertation titles: Toward the heart of Cleopatra: Shakespeare’s contribution to female consciousness.
Sons of Orpheus: An archetypal phenomenological exploration of music, men, and intimacy.
Possible career paths: Dependent on student interest.