Chris is a diplomate of the American College of Forensic Examiners; Certificate from National Board of Addiction Examiners; Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Elizabeth is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Santa Barbara and a Pacifica graduate. She is the founder and director of The Santa Barbara Center for Creativity and Healing and a nationally certified Trainer/Educator/Practitioner in Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy (TEP). She has extensive experience working with chemical dependency and the trauma that underlies most addictive behaviors.
Daniel Joseph Polikoff is a poet, translator, and internationally known Rilke scholar. In addition to his book on Rilke and archetypal psychology (In the Image of Orpheus: Rilke—A Soul History), he has published two books of poetry, a translation of Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus and a creative non-fiction work chronicling his linked relationships with Rilke and anti-death penalty work, Rue Rilke.
Lori is President, Viridis Graduate Institute: International School of Ecopsychlogy. Dr. Pye comes from a background in education, health, and environmental and marine conserva-tion. She holds a doctorate in cultural mythology and depth psychology, and is a leader in developing the field of ecopsychology.
Dr David Ragland is one of the co-founders and co-executive director of the Truth Telling Project and the director of the Grassroots Reparations Campaign. Georgetown University’s Advocacy lab included Dr. Ragland’s research as part of the “most important research on advocacy” in the last forty years.
Dr. Rajan has spent over 20 years working with child, adolescent, and adult survivors of physical, sexual, and psychological trauma, in diverse cultural and socio-economic communities in California. She is an internationally published author and has written and spoken worldwide on the topics including human trafficking, modern day sexual slavery, issues impacting immigrant populations, intersectionality and identity, postcoloniality, diaspora, and the marginalized feminine.
Crystal Ramirez serves as Adjunct Faculty for the Counseling Psychology and Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices programs. Crystal earned Bachelor’s Degrees in Sociology and Psychology at UCSB before completing Pacifica Graduate Institute’s MA Counseling Psychology program, and culminating in what is now the PhD in Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices program.
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.
Robert received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Duquesne University in 1970. Dr. Romanyshyn is a nationally and internationally recognized scholar in depth psychology. Dr. Romanyshyn has published seven books, including The Wounded Researcher (2007). He has contributed 25 chapters in edited volumes of books and written 32 journal articles related to the study of depth psychology.
Max is a Licensed Medical Social Worker and practiced in hospital settings for 20 years. She moved to Santa Barbara in 2011 from the Bay Area for a girl and currently runs a private practice with a focus on medical providers suffering moral injuries. She has published best practices for transgender oncology patients, is a founder of the Santa Barbara Transgender Advocacy Network and has trained many medical and mental health professional organizations how to provide excellent transgender patient care. Max and her wife each gave birth to one of their two kids and developed a public service presentation about the post-partum experience from both sides. She has run for elected office and was appointed commissioner for the Community Development and Human Services committee of Santa Barbara.
Safron Rossi, Ph.D. is a professor of Mythology and Depth Psychology. Her interests include Greek mythology, archetypal psychology, and archetypal astrology. She is the author of The Kore Goddess: A Mythology & Psychology.
Susan is Core Faculty, and Advisor in Research and the Humanities in MA Depth Psychology and Creativity, as well as teaching in the Doctoral Program in Jungian and Archetypal Studies. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Newcastle and her MAs from the Universities of London and Oxford. In 2003 Susan became the first Chair of the International Association of Jungian Studies (IAJS). She is author of many studies of Jung, literary theory, the arts and gender including Jung: A Feminist Revision (2002), Jung as a Writer (2005), and also edited Psyche and the Arts (2008).
Rudy is the founder and director of the Center for Psychotherapy and Integrative Health in Santa Barbara, California. He specializes in depth-oriented psychotherapy, EMDR, Emotion-Focused Therapy for couples, and group psychotherapy. HIs clinical experience includes inpatient psychiatric care, foster youth and families in SF Valley, foster home for teenage boys, country crisis work for youth under 21, community mental health centers, and private practice settings. He also coordinated a sexual violence reduction program at CSUN called MenCARE.
Celeste is currently a licensed clinical psychologist practicing in South Los Angeles, serving a diverse community. Before retiring from 26 years of county service in 2018, she worked for the Department of Mental Health in their Juvenile Justice Mental Health program, and before that as the clinical director of the county’s substance treatment center in Acton. She also has prior experience working in the private sector in substance treatment. Her prior career of 18 1/2 years in law enforcement with the county of Los Angeles, speaks to the diversity of her experience and growth towards public service, with understanding how people get to where they are. Her interests and training encompass trauma, complex trauma (attachment deficits), intergenerational trauma and cultural complexes.
Robert has a doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of South Dakota-Vermillion. He is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and was given the name Mato Topa (Four Bear) in a tribal naming ceremony. Dr. Ryan is also a Native American Traditional Dancer. Dr. Ryan has worked in adolescent and adult outpatient and residential chemical dependency (alcohol and other drugs) treatment programs since 1983.
Chela is Associate Professor and Chair Emerita at the University of California, Santa Barbara. At UCSB Sandoval teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on Indigenous Texts, De-Colonial Feminism, Speaking Truth to Power, Liberation Philosophy and Radical Semiotics. Her award-winning book Methodology of the Oppressed (University of Minnesota Press, 2000) is one of the most influential contemporary theoretical texts worldwide.
Since Fall 2012, Dr. Sarkisian has served as an Adjunct Faculty member teaching DPC 720 Community Building and Empowerment in the CLIE Specialization at Pacifica Graduate Institute. Gregor also serves as a Professor of Psychology at Antioch University Los Angeles and has been actively engaged in community practice and research for over fifteen years.
Dr. Scaglione is an Assistant Professor in the Clinical Psychology program at Pacifica Graduate Institute and a psychotherapist in private practice focused primarily on neurodiverse and chronically ill clients. She was initially drawn to psychology from anthropology, secondary to interests in the universal yet distinctly unique expression of Jungian concepts and neuropsychological functioning. Trained in object-relations and contemporary psychoanalytic approaches, she specialized in neuropsychology (assessment, therapy, and cognitive rehab).
Liz earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology with a specialization in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. She also holds an MA in Counseling Psychology from the Adler School of Professional Psychology. As part of her clinical training, Liz has provided psychodynamic psychotherapy and outreach programming to students at Williams College, Bennington College, and Hampshire College.
Marjorie Schuman, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice with expertise both in relational psychoanalysis and mindfulness practice; her approach is psychodynamic and existential.
