Lynne is a psychoanalyst and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology, Part-time, Harvard Medical School. Holding a Ph.D. in psychology as well as comparative literature, she has taught courses on gender, popular culture and on culture and psychoanalysis for Harvard's Committee on Degrees in Women's Studies and Committee on Degrees in Social Studies. Currently, she teaches and supervises at the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis.
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).
Enrique is a native of Zacatecas, Mexico and openly gay individual, Dr. López attended Occidental from 1985-1989 (Major Psychology and Minor Spanish Literature). He obtained his graduate degrees from Pepperdine University. He holds a doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology and completed a post-doctorate fellowship in Neuropsychology with specialties in pediatric, adult, cross-cultural, and health-related issues at UCLA's Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital (1998-2000).
Emily Lord-Kambitsch is 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.
Ashley Lowe, MA, is an academic editor and proofreader who has worked to support students and writers developing and finishing many types of depth psychological writing. She graduated from Pacifica’s MA Counseling Psychology program in 2015. Prior to her work with students and writers, she worked in the art appraisal world. Ashley is an Iowa native who now calls Ojai, California home, where over the last decade she has built a small farm with her husband and two daughters, using regenerative agriculture practices. She loves learning about native ecosystems.
Kevin Lu, Ph.D., is Director of Graduate Studies and Director of the MA Jungian and Post-Jungian Studies in the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex. He is a former member of the Executive Committee of the International Association for Jungian Studies and a member of Adjunct Faculty at Pacifica Graduate Institute.
John Knight Lundwall holds a doctorate in Mythological Studies from Pacifica Graduate Institute. He is a published author, an academic editor, and a popular, public presenter. He is the founder of the Utah Cultural Astronomy Project, and leads a team of researchers, including archeologists, rock art specialists, and photographers, in the investigation and filming of ancient Native American rock imagery and sites in the region of present-day Utah. He is also a founder of the Utah Valley Astronomy Club and partners with state and national parks in Utah to help run their science and astronomy programs. He is a photographer, traveler, and has led tours to sacred sites.
Kathryn is a licensed psychoanalyst of Jungian/Psychodynamic focus in private practice in NYC. She received her doctorate in Psychology and Religion at Union Theological Seminary at Columbia University (2002).
Patrick Mahaffey, Ph.D. served as Chair, Associate Chair, and Research Coordinator in Pacifica’s Mythological Studies Program. As an Emeritus professor he continues to teach Hindu Traditions. His interests include contemplative yoga, mysticism, and depth psychology and the sacred.
Kolmi provides counseling for adults and children with Hospice of Santa Barbara. She holds an M.A. in counseling psychology with an emphasis on depth psychology, and a B.S. in environmental studies. Kolmi has been involved in nature and place-based education and community building for over 25 years, with roles in organizational development, mentoring youth, training mentors, supporting rites of passage, and visioning a healing world. She was a cofounding member of Quail Springs, a land-based educational center, where she served as programs director in-residence 2005 to 2014. She also studied pre and perinatal psychology and small groups process work, and enjoyed assisting families in the perinatal period in home, birth center and hospital settings.
Mariela Marin, MA, MFT, has served as Core Faculty and Director of Clinical Training for the MACP program at AUSB for over 10 years. She currently oversees the Latinx Mental Health concentration. She previously served as Co-Director at the Community Counseling and Education Center, which allowed her the opportunity to work not only with the community but also with talented trainees and interns. Prior to that, she was Director of Counseling and Recovery Services at Pacific Pride Foundation. She also has worked with other area non-profits serving abused and neglected children and the LGBTQ community. Mariela’s strong interest is in the area of multicultural competence and she is dedicated to combating power, oppression and privilege through the empowerment of her clients and students.
Terry received her B.A. in psychology from Stanford University and her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from UCLA. During graduate school, she was trained primarily in cognitive-behavioral work and sought additional training at the Gestalt Therapy Institute of Los Angeles (GTILA), eventually becoming President.
Hana R. Masud, Ph.D., is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Dr. Atallah’s Research Team at the University of Massachusetts Boston, Dr. Masud's research focuses on the coloniality of mental health services and its impact on re-colonizing local resistance. Masud is the chair of Decolonial Racial Justice in Praxis, an initiative of Psychologists for Social Responsibility http://psysr.org/. Group of doctoral students, and faculty of color, committed to studying the psychology of colonization. And also an active participant in the Global Psychosocial Network (GPN), composed of experts dealing with the horrors and atrocities of imperial relations, capitalism and the humanitarian crises it creates worldwide.
Arieahn Matamonasa Bennett, Ph.D., joined Pacifica as guest instructor/adjunct in 2019, co-authoring DPT992 Indigenous Healing Traditions and Emerging Cultural Phenomena. She completed her MA and Ph.D. in clinical psychology and Fielding Graduate University and is a licensed psychologist. She is an Associate Professor with the School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS), at DePaul University where she has taught for the past two decades. She has widely published and taught in multidisciplinary research areas: Cross-cultural, ethnic minority & indigenous psychology, women’s psychology, and the history, science, and psychology of human-animal relationships.
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Marital and Family Therapist specializing in individual, couples, and family therapy and maintain a private practice in West Los Angeles and Irvine, California. Jungian Family Systems oriented psychotherapist. With over 20 years experience as a therapist and 15 years as Department Chair of the Marital and Family Therapy Department of The California Graduate Institute of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology specializing in Psychodynamic Systems Theory.
Bradley Denis McDevitt, ACC, is an ICF certified coach with an extensive background in theater/dance performance and somatic integration. He is a certified practitioner of Presence-Based Coaching® and is the founder of Carolina Commons Creative, offering the programs "Theater of Self" and "Presence In Presentation," focusing on strengthening creative thought, generating embodied wisdom, and improving metacognition through play and flow. He is also the host of the Quotidian Podcast.
Jill is a mental health educator and consultant, and a licensed psychotherapist, with a small private practice in Santa Barbara. She received her M.A. in Counseling Psychology, with an emphasis in Depth Psychology, from Pacifica Graduate Institute. Jill have served in the public elementary schools in Santa Barbara as a school based counselor, teaching mindfulness and promoting social-emotional learning, with a special interest in ADHD and trauma-informed care. A native of Dublin, Ireland, Jill enjoys researching the archetypal themes, myth and magic of her ancestral homeland.
Dr. Bryan McNutt is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (PhD), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), and Certified Employee Assistance Counselor (CEAP). Dr. McNutt currently serves as an internal employee assistance psychologist and consultant with the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), where he specializes in providing psychotherapeutic services for faculty and staff members of the UCSD community, in addition to critical incident debriefings, management consultations, and behavioral threat assessment and management support.
James Meetze is the author of five books of poetry, including Phantom Hour (2016) and Dayglo (2010), which was selected by Terrance Hayes as winner of the Sawtooth Poetry Prize, both published by Ahsahta Press. His two most recent books are Neki Novi Hramovi (Some New Temples), translated into Croatian by Ivana Bošnjak (Naklada Bošković: 2020) and Kasno u Dugome Sada (Late in the Long Now), translated into Serbian by Uroš Ristanović (No Rules Izdavaštvo, 2020). He is editor, with Simon Pettet, of Other Flowers: Uncollected Poems by James Schuyler (FSG, 2010). His poetry has been translated into Spanish, Turkish, Finnish, Serbian, and Croatian.
