PACIFICA M.A./PH.D. IN DEPTH PSYCHOLOGY WITH SPECIALIZATION IN SOMATIC STUDIES

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1 PACIFICA g r a d u a t e i s t i t u t e M.A./PH.D. IN DEPTH PSYCHOLOGY WITH SPECIALIZATION IN SOMATIC STUDIES PACIFICA GRADUATE INSTITUTE 249 LAMBERT ROAD, CARPINTERIA, CALIFORNIA PACIFICA.EDU

Log recogized i idigeous cultures, the lived experiece of the body is experiecig a reaissace withi Wester world views.

2 M.A./PH.D. IN DEPTH PSYCHOLOGY WITH SPECIALIZATION IN SOMATIC STUDIES I a disembodied world at risk of losig its soul, there ca be o more crucial task tha reclaimig the sesual mystery of our bodily selves. Log recogized i idigeous cultures, the lived experiece of the body is experiecig a reaissace withi Wester world views. From eurosciece ad medicie to traumatology ad the expressive arts, scholars ad researchers are rediscoverig the itegral role of the bodymid i healig, learig, ad social trasformatio. The program icorporates a iterdiscipliary rage of practices ad perspectives held withi eight subject area streams. Withi these streams icludig Itegrative Health ad Welless, Somatic Depth Couselig ad Psychotherapy, Commuity Developmet, ad Embodied Depth Leadership studets articulate uique fieldwork projects ad dissertatio research that allow them to work at a advaced level i their chose fields. Studets may also pursue qualificatio as a Registered Somatic Movemet Therapist or Registered Somatic Movemet Educator through a articulatio agreemet with the Iteratioal Somatic Movemet Educatio ad Therapy Associatio (ISMETA). Studets i the Somatic Studies specializatio go o to publish books, start commuity o-profits, or develop cosultig practices. Graduates may also choose to pursue academic careers, teachig i higher educatio or egagig i post-doctoral research. Each i their ow way, studets brig a highly developed uderstadig of the body/psyche itersectio to the work they choose to pursue. By ifusig depth psychology with a somatic perspective, studets lear to work deeply ad skillfully at the itersectio of body ad soul across a rage of professios. The iterdiscipliary focus of the Somatic Studies Specializatio is grouded i embodied learig, fieldwork practice, ad origial research that illumiates for each studet how the felt experiece ad uderstadig of the body ca iform their work. ~ RAE JOHNSON, Specializatio Chair The Somatic Studies specializatio i the Depth Psychology program at Pacifica Graduate Istitute is a Associate Member of the Iteratioal Somatic Movemet Educatio ad Therapy Associatio (ISMETA). Selected courses i the Somatic Studies curriculum are pre-approved toward idepedet track applicatio to become a Registered Somatic Movemet Educator or Therapist with ISMETA. Please cotact Pacifica for a list of curret pre-approved courses ad cotact ISMETA for additioal iformatio about the idepedet track applicatio process.

3 ACADEMIC FORMAT Studets i the Somatic Studies specializatio come to campus ie times each year for three years. Each campus sessio cosists of three days each moth durig fall, witer, ad sprig quarters. Durig each residetial sessio studets atted lectures ad semiars, egage i experietial ad embodied learig, ad have time for reflectio ad research i the Pacifica Library ad OPUS Archives. Studets egage i off-campus fieldwork i the summer quarters of their first ad secod years of study. CURRICULUM OVERVIEW FIRST YEAR Itroductio to Depth Psychology DPS 730, 2 Uits Itroductio to Somatic Studies DPS 725, 2 Uits Somatic Dreamwork DPS 770, 2 Uits Itegrative Semiar I DPS 791, 2/3 Uit Witer Scholarly Writig ad Publicatio DPS 812, 2 Uits Foudatios i Fieldwork DPS 900, 2 Uits Mario Woodma ad the Jugia Traditio DPS 761, 2 Uits Itegrative Semiar II DPS 792, 2/3 Uit Sprig Neurosciece ad Somatic Depth Psychology I DPS 720, 2 Uits Freud, Reich, ad the Psychoaalytic Traditio DPS 760, 2 Uits Embodied Depth Leadership ad Commuity Buildig DPS 712, 2 Uits Itegrative Semiar III DPS 793, 2/3 Uit Summer Summer Fieldwork I DPS 905, 4 Uits Depth Trasformatioal Practices DPS 997a, 2.5 Uits SECOND YEAR Research I: Foudatios for Research i Somatic Depth Psychology DPS 782, 2 Uits Ecopsychology: The Body o the Earth DPS 732, 2 Uits Presetig the Fieldwork Experiece DPS 880, 2 Uits Itegrative Semiar IV DPS 794, 2/3 Uit Witer Embodied Alchemy DPS 750, 2 Uits Research II: Quatitative ad Qualitative Research Methods DPS 886, 2 Uits Archetypal Psychology DPS 762, 2 Uits Proposal for Summer Fieldwork II DPS 899, 0 Uits Itegrative Semiar V DPS 795, 2/3 Uit THIRD YEAR Relatioal Embodimet DPS 851, 2 Uits The Body i Literature DPS 950, 2 Uits Huma Sexuality DPS 925, 2 Uits Itegrative Semiar VII DPS 797, 2/3 Uits Dissertatio Developmet A DPS 932A, 2/3 Uit Witer The Body i Literature DPS 950, 2 Uits Neurosciece ad Somatic Depth Psychology II DPS 721, 2 Uits No-Wester ad Idigeous Healig Practices DPS 952, 2 Uits Depth Psychology ad the Sacred DPS 920, 2 Uits Dissertatio Developmet B DPS 932B, 2/3 Uit Itegrative Semiar VIII DPS 798, 2/3 Uit Sprig Body, Soul, ad Social Justice DPS 754, 2 Uits Embodied Depth Teachig ad Learig DPS Uits Itegratio of Theory, Practice, ad Teachig Oral Comprehesive Examiatio) DPS 992, 2 Uits Dissertatio Developmet C DPS 932C, 2/3 Uit Itegrative Semiar IX DPS 799, 2/3 Uit Cotiuig Dissertatio Writig DPS 980, 15 Uits This curriculum may vary depedig upo evolvig academic eeds. The required fourth ad fifth years of study focus o readig, research, ad dissertatio writig. This degree program is accredited by the Wester Associatio of Schools ad Colleges (WASC). Visit pacifica.edu/gaifulemploymet for gaiful employmet iformatio. Sprig Body ad Soul i the Expressive Arts DPS 753, 2 uits Research III: Somatic Depth Research Skills DPS 887, 2 Uits Trauma ad Resiliece DPS 850, 2 Uits Itegrative Semiar VI DPS 796, 2/3 Uit Writte Comprehesive Examiatio DPS 892, 0 Uits Summer Summer Fieldwork II DPS 906, 4 Uits Depth Trasformatioal Practices DPS 997b, 2.5 Uits

M.A./PH.D. IN DEPTH PSYCHOLOGY WITH EMPHASIS IN SOMATIC STUDIES The term somatic was coied by Thomas Haa, a existetial pheomeological philosopher, i the 1970s.

Somatic Studies is a umbrella term that icludes somatic psychology (workig with the experiece of the body to support metal health), somatic movemet therapy (workig with the experiece of the body to

4 M.A./PH.D. IN DEPTH PSYCHOLOGY WITH EMPHASIS IN SOMATIC STUDIES The term somatic was coied by Thomas Haa, a existetial pheomeological philosopher, i the 1970s. Although may of the approaches ow cosidered somatic predate this term by hudreds of years, they share a commo focus: workig with the lived, subjective experiece of the body. Somatic Studies is a umbrella term that icludes somatic psychology (workig with the experiece of the body to support metal health), somatic movemet therapy (workig with the experiece of the body to promote improved movemet fuctioig), ad may forms of health ad welless. A somatic perspective also flourishes withi the fields of educatio, philosophy, sociology, athropology, ad performace studies. Our research-based program offers studets the opportuity to work withi this broad iterdiscipliary umbrella while retaiig a clear focus o depth psychology. I some ways, this program is more tightly focused tha other graduate programs (for example, those i somatic couselig psychology), i that it works withi a sigle approach to psychological iquiry. I other ways, it is broader; the somatic studies emphasis allows us to draw from a rage of ideas ad practices ot typically addressed i cliical somatic psychology programs. The emergig paradigm for the 21st cetury requires idividuals who ca thik across professioal ad discipliary boudaries, fully embody a holistic ad itegrative perspective i their area of iterest, ad kow how to haress their visio ad eergy to tackle real-world problems. I particular, we believe that leaders i this ew paradigm will have the capacity to work through the body to ted the soul of the world. This program positios studets to create ad fulfill these leadership roles by: Providig them with foudatioal kowledge i depth psychology ad iterdiscipliary somatic studies. Egagig them i trasformative practice ad fieldwork projects specifically tailored to their iterests ad expertise. Teachig skills that stregthe their professioal effectiveess, ad helpig them to idetify ad research issues with the potetial to chage how we live i the world. As a somatics professioal, I foud Pacifica s commitmet to this emergig field to be cuttig edge. The masterful balace betwee academic rigor ad tedig to the soul ivites studets to develop a capacity for scholarly iquiry, while coectig with their passio ad true vocatioal callig. The purpose of life is ot to trasced the body, but to embody the trascedet. ~ H. H. DALAI LAMA JENI AMBROSE, M.A. Depth Psychology Graduate

STUDENTS IN THE SOMATIC STUDIES SPECIALIZATION: Read, iterpret, ad critically reflect upo the theories ad traditios of depth psychology, rememberig the body ad recallig its voice.

Develop literacy i the emergig domai of eurosciece as it applies to depth psychology ad the mid/body coectio.

5 STUDENTS IN THE SOMATIC STUDIES SPECIALIZATION: Read, iterpret, ad critically reflect upo the theories ad traditios of depth psychology, rememberig the body ad recallig its voice. Develop the capacity ad skill to maitai awareess of ad coectio to the ucoscious. Explore dream work, body movemet, ad active imagiatio as trasformative practices. Develop literacy i the emergig domai of eurosciece as it applies to depth psychology ad the mid/body coectio. Develop skills i research ad writig that articulate ad promote ew theoretical directios ad practical applicatios. Participate with iterdiscipliary scholars ad practitioers i a emergig field of study. Create a professioal portfolio to ehace existig career skills. At Pacifica I foud it possible to egage i the academic world i a embodied way a approach that icludes ot just the thikig mid but also the sesig ad emotioal body. As a expressive arts therapist, I felt validated ad ecouraged to cotiue articulatig my kowledge. Pacifica opeed the door for me to a ew paradigm i depth psychology, oe that ot oly sustais the primacy of the psyche, but also sees the psyche as body. ROSARIO SAMMARTINO, M.A. Doctoral Cadidate Depth Psychology Program Egage i trasformative practices ad fieldwork projects. Everythig breathes together. ~PLOTINUS

PACIFICA M.A./PH.D. IN DEPTH PSYCHOLOGY WITH SPECIALIZATION IN COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY, LIBERATION PSYCHOLOGY, AND ECOPSYCHOLOGY

PACIFICA M.A./PH.D. IN DEPTH PSYCHOLOGY WITH SPECIALIZATION IN COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY, LIBERATION PSYCHOLOGY, AND ECOPSYCHOLOGY PACIFICA g r a d u a t e i s t i t u t e M.A./PH.D. IN DEPTH PSYCHOLOGY WITH SPECIALIZATION IN COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY, LIBERATION PSYCHOLOGY, AND ECOPSYCHOLOGY PACIFICA GRADUATE INSTITUTE 249 LAMBERT ROAD,