The Joseph Campbell Foundation Mythological RoundTable® Group of OPUS at Pacifica Graduate Institute presents: Odette Springer, PhD The Indigenous Psyche: Changing Woman and an Artist in Dialogue [...]
Greetings everyone… As summer is finally approaching and the weather seems to be heating up, The Myth Salon is looking ahead to a spectacular lineup of fresh new perspectives. We are excited to [...]
August 2 – 4, 2019 • The Inn at Morro Bay, Morro Bay, CA Three fellow Pacifica alums, Joanna Gardner, MA Mythological Studies 2015; Rachel Lugn, MA Mythological Studies 2015; and, Stephanie [...]
Join us at Coronado Brewing in Imperial Beach on Sunday, May 19 for our quarterly get together We’ll be gathering at Coronado Brewing Company, 875 Seacoast Dr., Imperial Beach, CA 91932 in [...]
Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology Friday, May 24, 2019 • 9AM Schedule Overview C Track Thesis Presentations • Room G / 9:00am—3:00pm C Track Luncheon Buffet / 12:00pm—1:00pm D Track Thesis [...]
Music is often talked about as a form of therapy—after all a DJ can, as Indeep told us, save a life from a broken heart. It’s also often said that making music is like visiting a shrink; Ed [...]
What: A Talk by Mark Humpal & Book Signing Where: The Wildling Museum When: Sat., March 9, 2019, 3:00 – 4:30 PM Cost: Members $5 & General Admission $10 The Wildling Museum of Art and [...]
Next Saturday, April 6 – my good friend and colleague Dr. Raïna Manuel-Paris will be holding an all-day workshop at the University of Philosophical Research in Los Feliz, which is enjoying the [...]
August 2 – 4, 2019 • The Inn at Morro Bay, Morro Bay, CA Three fellow Pacifica alums, Joanna Gardner, Rachel Lugn, and Stephanie Zajchowski, are hosting a new conference, The Fates and Graces [...]
Colonialism and resistance to it, began in the 15th century with the imposition of European cultures and geopolitical powers upon Indigenous cultures. While simultaneously carving up land and [...]
Date: Friday Evening April 12, 2019, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Registration begins at 7:00 p.m. Lecture: “Out of a Mountain of Despair, a Stone of Hope” : The Relationship Between Hope and Despair in Times [...]
Details October 28 – December 13, 2019 An Online 6-Week Course with Craig Chalquist, Kelly Carlin, Kwame Scruggs, Erik Davis, and Mary Wood International participation is encouraged and welcome. [...]
The Forum: An Annual Conference on Theory and Practice Sponsored by the Alliance Saturday, April 13, 2019 – 8:30 am to 3:30 pm Mercer Island Community & Events Center (new location)8236 SE [...]
Friday, March 22nd, 2019 from 9:30am – 4:00pm Harry Grammer A very warm and special welcome to our alum, Harry Grammer, Founder, President and CEO of New Earth, Los Angeles, CA If you know [...]
Experience Pacifica Friday, March 22nd, 2019 from 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Join us for a One-Day Introduction to Pacifica’s graduate degree programs in Depth Psychology, Humanities and Mythological [...]
The Obama Foundation is bringing together emerging leaders from across Africa to be part of a community of innovative changemakers. Could you be one of them? Applications are now open for the [...]
When a young person gets out of the justice system, how can we make sure they don’t end up going back? Harry Grammer has a solution: give them the mentor-based support and care they need to [...]
Shame & Art Expression Sunday, March 31, 2019. 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Faculty: Deborah Cluff, PhD Hilton Los Angeles Airport Shame is at the core of much psychological distress and can even [...]
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JOSEPH CAMPBELL The Romance of the Grail in the Forests of Brocéliande with Evans Lansing Smith September 1-8, 2019 • France The second in a series of Mythological Studies [...]
Dear Pacifica family, from the bottom of my heart I would like to invite each and every one of you, or at least those in the Southern California area, to join me at the world premier of my [...]
By – Beth Anne Boardman, PhD (Mythological Studies, 2012) Watching current events, some of us fall into vats of anger and despair. We may experience hopelessness, helplessness, depression. [...]
NOSTOI AND NEKYIA: POETS AND PAINTERS OF AFRO-CARIBBEAN MODERNISM with Evans Lansing Smith, PhD Two Sunday Sessions, February 24 and March 3, 2019 1:00pm to 4:00pm 801 Ladera Lane, Santa Barbara, [...]
Presentation on the legacy of Marion Woodman (1928-2018). Saturday October 27th 12:45 to 1:45pm South Hall Lambert campus (249 Lambert Rd.) Pacifica Graduate Institute This talk will focus on [...]
23rd Australasian Conference of Irish Studies ‘Myth and Memory’ 27 November to 30 November 2018, University of Sydney (Camperdown Campus) The theme of the 23rd Australasian Irish Studies [...]
SAVE THE DATES THE ROMANCE OF THE GRAIL In the Footsteps of Joseph Campbell with Evans Lansing Smith September 1-8, 2019 The second in a series of Mythological Studies Tours, this trip takes us [...]
An Evening with Craig Tilley & Friends Saturday, September 22nd, 2018 Moderated by Dr. David Odorisio Craig Titley is a film and television writer/producer who began his film career in the [...]
An Evening with Fanny Brewster Saturday, September 15th, 2018 Moderated by Dr. Thyonne Gordon Dr. Fanny Brewster is a Professor of Depth Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa [...]
Lecture: Engaging the Other through Art and the Feminine SUSAN ROWLAND, Ph.D. and LISA A. POUNDERS, M.A., with RICH RYAN, Ph.D., M.S.W., L.I.S.W. and MARILYN MATTHEWS, M.D. The feminine haunts [...]
Christine Downing, PhD will Receive the Distinguished Educator Award from the International Forum For Psychoanalytic Education (IFPE) at Upcoming 29th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference. [...]
AFRICAN AMERICAN JUNGIAN ANALYSTS: ON CULTURE, CLINICAL TRAINING/PRACTICE AND RACISM (Offered as the 9th Andrew Samuels Lecture) Date and time: Saturday 13th October 2018. 9.30am–6pm Venue: [...]
*NEW LOCATION!! The Alchemy of Adolescence Presented by Beth Anne Boardman, RN, MA, PhD Sunday, September 23rd, 2018 • 4:00 – 6:00 pm Exploring images, music, science, and the wisdom of [...]
Mattoon native lands dream job writing for superheroes Craig Titley can sometimes be seen taking his Marvel superheroes lunch box to work. For a grown man, that might seem a bit unusual. But for [...]
Friday, January 18, 2019 • 1:00 pm – 5:30 pm Balboa Building Auditorium, 735 State Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101 $60 Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, [...]
Event to feature poems, essays on women, sex after 50 Join six contributors to the anthology, Unmasked, Women Write About Sex and Intimacy After Fifty, for a discussion about women, aging, and [...]
New Publication: Leaves from the World Tree: Selected Poems of Craig Deininger and Dennis Patrick Slattery by Craig Deininger, Dennis Patrick Slattery Dennis Slattery, PhD Emeritus Faculty, [...]
Journal of Humanistic Psychology – Newly Released Article Negative Reflections About Positive Psychology: On Constraining the Field to a Focus on Happiness and Personal Achievement Oksana [...]
In Depth Sport Psychology: Reclaiming the Lost Soul of the Athlete is a unique exploration of the vital archetypal elements and themes that emerge when considering elite sports psychology through [...]
PathPoint has announced the addition of Salvador Treviño, clinical psychologist, to its Behavioral Health Division. Through a partnership with the Santa Barbara County Department of Public [...]
APA 2018 Convention in San Francisco, Thursday, August 9 at 4 PM at the Marriott Marquis Hospitality Suite: Pacifica Alumna, Dr. Gina Belton (2017 Depth Psychology)will present and facilitate [...]
Friends, The Journal of Humanistic Psychology just published an advance on line copy of my article, Diagnostic Fictions to be published in print form sometime later this year. It is part of the [...]
Pacifica Graduate Institute Alumnae, Cary Dakin – 2013 PhD Depth Psychology and Alison Poulsen – 2003 PhD Depth Psychology are among the 2018 speakers. TEDxSunValley will field 15 speakers for [...]
Lorraine Warren, 2017 PhD DPCLE ‘Message in the bones’: Tallahassee Rwandan Genocide researcher reflects on healing The rooms of the old school turned memorial at Murambi [...]
PGIAA Proudly announces new book by Anthony M. Bean (2015 Clinical PhD) Working with Video Gamers and Games in Therapy A Clinician’s Guide Working with Video Gamers and Games in Therapy [...]
The Mythmaker is personal myth, fiction based on author’s life Chiron Publications is pleased to announce the release of The Mythmaker, by award wining author and depth psychologist Dr. [...]
The Joseph Campbell Foundation Mythological RoundTable® Group of OPUS at Pacifica Graduate Institute presents: Craig Chalquist, PhD: “Storytelling Nature Myths: A Project of Reenchantment” [...]
PGIAA Announces 2018 Walter Odajnyk Scholarship Recipients: Wendilyn Emrys and James Perrin Wendilyn Emrys, M.A. Wendilyn Emrys has been a mythophile since early childhood. At thirteen years of [...]
AsarumRetreats.com Presents: The Embodied Fool is an introductory workshop designed to reveal the wisdom of the Tarot as a guide through life’s initiations via meeting and embodying the [...]
The CAMFT scholarships, grant and honors awards were presented at the 54th Annual Conference in Garden Grove, CA on April 28, 2018. Details about the award recipients can be found by visiting [...]
Dr. Anthony Bean is a Licensed Psychologist in Fort Worth, Texas. He has worked across the lifespan focusing on various difficulties with life and emphasizes individual strengths and normalizing [...]
Today we’d like to introduce you to Michelle Bitting. Michelle, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today? I’m a dedicated poet and teacher of creative writing. I’ve [...]
Update from the field: Our illustrious alumnus William James Jones, PhD (Clinical 2016) has recently been hired as an adjunct professor at Pepperdine’s Graduate School of Education and [...]
From the Field: Obama Foundation Fellowship Member Harry Grammer, 2013 MA Depth Psychology-Community Liberation Ecopsychology PhD Candidate The Obama Foundation Fellowship program supports [...]
Dear fellow alumni, I serve on the Board of Pacifica Graduate Institute Alumni Association. I graduated with a PhD in Depth Psychology class of 2007. I am currently the chairperson of Special [...]
“Community & Connections – Inspiring Resilience and Hope,” LETTERS OF HOPE: Here’s a simple way that Pacifica students and alumni around the country can offer support to the communities [...]
The Power of Gratitude When I first started working with young clients as a therapist at the Boys and Girls Club I would often begin our sessions by reading a storybook. My youngest clients were [...]
The Myth Salon serves those involved with Jungian, Depth Psychology and cultural studies. Each month, attendees gather in the living room of Dana White’s Santa Monica home from 7-9pmand is [...]
Michael Mollura Widely recognized and respected in the entertainment and healthcare communities as the go to composer for feature films with dramatic spiritual themes, award-winning music [...]
The Collected Works of Carl Jung (21volumes) Published by Princeton Press 2nd edition, 1970, Bollinger XX The Collected Works of C. G. Jung is a book series containing the first collected [...]
PACIFICA ALUM, BRIAN FALK NAMED CARPINTERIA VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR Brian wanted to help both the other businesses in town and help serve the community. He brings with [...]
ABSTRACT Dreams: Soul-Centered Living in the 21st Century begins with some basic information: seven steps to effective dream recall, befriending dream characters—especially disturbing dream [...]
A doctor of my acquaintance recently circulated a letter to announce the closing of his practice after a long, productive and distinguished career. But he did not call it retirement. Rather, he [...]
We are pleased to announce the launch our Returning the Gift Initiative, created by Dr. Jo Todd and PGIAA Regional Coordinators, with the belief that each of us received a gift from our time at [...]
Pacifica Alumna Awarded 2018 SCRA Emory Cowen Dissertation Award Alumna Shelly Stratton’s dissertation is the recipient of the 2018 SCRA Emory Cowen Dissertation Award. Her work is titled, [...]
Finding Meaning in Later Life Gathering and Harvesting the Fruits of Women’s Experience Marcia Nimmer, Wright Institute, USA Finding Meaning in Later Life is an exploration in understanding the [...]
Congrats PGIAA Alum, Mark Humpal (MA Counseling, 1994) on the announcement of his new book: RAY STANFORD STRONG: WEST COAST LANDSCAPE ARTIST Throughout his long and prolific career, Ray Stanford [...]
PGIAA Alumna, Marina Aguilar (MA Counseling 1990) ALCHEMY OF THE HEART: The Sacred Marriage of DIONYSOS & ARIADNE (Recently Released by Chiron Publications) Through the exploration of the [...]
Local Organization Transforms Disabled Children’s Lives Through Music and Art For decades, a historic two-story home in Anaheim’s Maxwell Park hosted the Ability First program, which [...]
PGIAA proudly salutes two alumnae who were recently honored by Chiron Publications. Both are recipients of awards bestowed on their new releases: Imaginal Figures in Everyday Life: Stories from [...]
Temenos and the Power of Myth Article in Voices – Journal of the American Academy of Psychotherapists Once upon a time, in a time when the sun rose in the west and settled in the east, in a [...]
Temenos and the Power of Myth Article in Voices – Journal of the American Academy of Psychotherapists Once upon a time, in a time when the sun rose in the west and settled in the east, in a land [...]
I am currently Chair and Core Faculty of the Mythological Studies Program at the Pacifica Graduate Institute, in Santa Barbara, CA. In the 1970s I traveled with Joseph Campbell in France, Egypt, [...]
Friday, November 17 at 7 PM – 8:30 PM EST CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 123 4th Ave #2, New York, NY 10003 Friday evening lecture on Dreams & mini-workshop on Saturday [...]
Ellen “Len” Young, 2005 PhD Mythological Studies, who is currently Executive Director of the Charleston School of Law Foundaton will join the new class of the Riley Institute at [...]
Heart of Myth: Wisdom Stories From Endangered People The Heart of Myth: Wisdom Stories From Endangered People by Dave Alber is a global anthology of myths from the living polytheistic traditions [...]
C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A-T-I-O-N-S to our alumna Dorathea Thompson (MA Counseling 1994), whose Case Study, “An integrative approach — working through fear — case study of a 10-year-old [...]
We Sure Love Our Hero Myths, Don’t We? by Cathy Diorio July 31, 2017 We sure love our hero myths, don’t we? Reaction to John McCain’s dramatic last minute vote on the Senate healthcare [...]
An Interview with MFT Consortium Stipend Recipient, Naris Kesheshe A Guest Post by Bonnie Bright, Ph.D. When she was 13 years old, Naris Kesheshe—who recently finished her third year in the [...]
Dreams, Calling, Suffering, and Individuation: Finding Light in the Darkness An Interview with Jungian Analyst and New Pacifica Core Faculty Member, Fanny Brewster. A Guest Post by Bonnie Bright, [...]
A heartwarming story of courage and hope – Our alums, Max Mancini and Jen Schumacher, 2015 MA Counseling Psychology. “We have these camps to help increase self esteem and build [...]
Los Angeles (CNN) Several times a week, a security officer lets Harry Grammer through the gates of Camp Gonzales, a juvenile detention center in Los Angeles. Inside, Grammer addresses a group of [...]
The Dark Divas of depth are back! Yup! We are back! Some of us docs who co-authored our book, Seeing in the Dark, will be at the Leimert Park Village Book Fair on August 19th! Please come out and [...]
Congratulations Dr. Rae Johnson Chair, Somatic Studies Specialization M.A./Ph.D. Depth Psychology Embodied Social Justice introduces a body-centered approach to working with diversity and equity, [...]
The Chancellor’s Award for Excellence “Tending Soul” Harry Grammer, Founder of New Earth Harry Grammer is a poet/ musician and founder of New Earth. As the Founder and Director of Programs, Harry [...]
In honor of LGBT Pride Month, author Edward Santana reflects on how the historical 1993 March for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation shaped his personal and professional identity, [...]
Congrats to PGIAA M.A. Counseling Psychology alumna and now Community Psychology, Liberation Psychology, and Ecopsychology student Hala Khouri for being featured on the cover of LA YOGA [...]
“Soul Honoring Retreat” “My soul, where are you? Do you hear me? I speak, I call you – are you there? I have returned, I am here again. I have shaken the dust of all the lands from my [...]
A re-written and adapted Amor&Psyche for the stage in Rosenheim, Germany, but in English by Pacifica Alumni Marie Elliot-Garner, 2003 PhD Myth. Amor & Psyche: Worum geht’s? Synopsis: [...]
The Power of Self-Actualization Revealed by Historical African-American Leaders A guest post by Bonnie Bright, Ph.D. One of the benefits of depth psychological traditions is that they can be [...]
The Myth Salon Dana C. White, PhD Adjunct Faculty and Alumnus, Mythological Studies The Myth Salon emanated from the desire to create a setting and a program format to experience the substance of [...]
The carnivore needs no introduction: fearsome, cold and brutal. But G. A. Bradshaw, known for her psychological work with elephants, asks readers to reconsider. In “Carnivore Minds,” she argues [...]
Sharing the upcoming release of my book Elli’s Ride: Death beyond Imagination. This was my production piece of my dissertation. It is an creative nonfiction of an 11 year old death and beyond She [...]
Inspired to Greatness: A Feminine Approach to Healing the World Is it possible for a woman to be empowered and be happy? Exciting new release explores this question from a research perspective [...]
News from Pacifica’s student/alumni subcommittee of the Diversity & Inclusion Council (DIC) March 2017 By Jana Hendricks We are proud to announce that Pacifica has recently hired three [...]
Get Out the Way: The Power of a Grandma by Beth Anne Boardman, PhD Without getting into politics (cue hysterical laughter), per se, I would like to relate my wobbly path through current events. [...]
Writing as a practice is something that doctorate students are advised to develop. Write everyday, we are told. I do my most productive writing when I am overflowing with feeling. The feelings [...]
the Movember Project: Strength and Unity. This is the First Grant Movember Project has granted to a mental health study. Reducing Stigma of Mental Illness among Boys and Men in Asian Communities [...]
Shelter in Place ~ “Shelter in place:” a comforting as well as chilling phrase in this bewildering time. The idea that we can find shelter where we are – comforting! The idea that we need to [...]
Paul’s first encounter with Depth Psychology began more than twenty years ago when he still lived in Washington, DC. Like many, the difficult circumstances of life pushed Paul, “kicking and [...]
Morning Talk: Moving Beyond Painful Memories by Cynthia Hale February 18th Therapeutic work and other empathic relationships can be rooted in traumatic experience, unconsciously evoking a mutual [...]
Pacifica Graduate Institute Alumni Association is proud to announce the following Alumni authors have answered the call and will be participating in 2017 Authors Spotlight! Join us Saturday, [...]
Winter A time of turning inward, we have settled into longer nights and a deeper darkness. An important season of gestation before the world is reborn with Spring. What internal stirrings need [...]
The NYC Pacifica Alumni group came together at Dorathea Thompson’s home, in the historic South Street Seaport area of Manhattan, to share food, soulful conversation and to deepen [...]
Kwame Scruggs is the founder and director of programs and training for Alchemy, Inc., a non-profit organization in Akron, Ohio established in 2003. Alchemy creates a safe environment for the [...]
The Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) and Klarman Family Foundation have launched a new program to help teaching artists improve the quality of their work with youth in schools and community [...]
On November 9, 2016, the United States of America awoke to the realization that our next president would be Donald Trump, and this news changed me. I suddenly saw the world from an altered [...]
Photography by Andrew D. White Making Sense of the Election ______ Dana C. White, PhD As we learn from Joseph Campbell, myths provide orientation – they are ways to make sense of things that [...]
Trump. Prisons. Kids…and You. As I sat in my living room over a year ago watching the local network news I began flipping through channels looking for something that did not remind me of the [...]
Friends, The stress and trauma of this election cycle — and fears for the future — are real. Many are enduring abuse now in their daily lives. All of us are trying to metabolize a [...]
Introduction to Archetypal Activism Craig Chalquist, PhD Chalquist.com If you are a citizen yearning to take intelligent action but not called to the activist path, or an activist burned out from [...]
On Grieving This Historic Moment By: Tara E. Atherley, M.S.T., M.A. Psy, Doctoral Candidate, Depth Psychology with emphasis in Community, Liberation and Eco-Psychology To those of us who are [...]
Motherlines Love, Longing, and Liberation Motherlines-500 Patricia Reis SheWritesPress Publication date: October 11, 2016 When she was twenty, Patricia Reis’s mother asked, “What about your [...]
Every once in a while, a term emerges on the horizon of my awareness which I find strikingly beautiful. In this case, it is the “image-making capacity of soul.” The language of soul is symbol, [...]
TROY HARVEY/SPECIAL TO THE STAR Owner Lupe Zuniga tastes some food in the kitchen for quality control at Lupe’s Mexican Restaurant in Thousand Oaks on Saturday. By Amanda Covarrubias, [...]
From my first glance at the school emblem during an online search for PhD programs in psychology, I knew I would apply to Pacifica. Until then, what had come up in that search failed to appeal to [...]
Pacifica Graduate Institute: An Alumni Tribute to 40 Years of Tending Soul in and of the World Pacifica peeps, the alumni book project is complete–here’s a link to it on Amazon. In [...]
Jeannette Athena Rothweiler, MA MFT I am pleased to share with my fellow alumni that I am again leading a group to Greece this September through Anima Mundi Journeys. We will travel in an [...]
SBCAMFT & Antioch University Present: Empowering Teens with PeaceQ: How to use the teen brain to do great things Dr. Jennifer Freed will be discussing how to maximize the [...]
Depth psychotherapist Philip Ruddy discusses breaking down writer’s block through exploring the unconscious, Active Imagination, and courage. By Brock Swinson. Philip Ruddy Philip Ruddy is a [...]
2016 Annual Conference Marcy 22-25, 2016 • Seattle, Washington Hotel Sheraton Seattle The PCA/ACA is highly regarded in academe with well over 3,000 academic oral presentations [...]
As part of my dissertation journey for the past 2 years, I’ve created origami cranes with prayers connecting my work to global needs. I’ve created a couple mobiles using the cranes [...]
Dr. Carol Rizzolo’s personal and professional life has long been defined by membership in the family of helping professions. Following a brief career in Clinical Genetics and a 20+ year career [...]
Dr. Andrea Deerheart is the passionate founder of The HeartWay. She has gathered knowledge and wisdom from decades of guiding many people of all ages through the inevitable trials and [...]
You are invited! Pacifica Graduate Institute’s Free Public Lecture and Reception/Book Signing Dezombifying Higher Education: A Depth Psychological Approach with Frank McMillan, [...]
Psychotherapy’s Epic Pilgrim: The Inside Story of the Analytic Client July 18-22, 2016 Course Description The focus of this advanced seminar is on the lived experience of the analytic [...]
Depth Psychology Spring Soiree for Oregon Pacifica Alum Date/Time: Saturday, March 12th, 2016 • 3 pm – 5 pm in Portland Topic: The Inner World of the First Half of Life: Analytical [...]
THE POLITICS OF ADDICTION – BIPARTISAN CONSENSUS ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL ON NEED FOR NEW TREATMENT OPTIONS TO STOP “EPIDEMIC” OF ADDICTION The presidential primary season is upon us and with it [...]
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO JOIN US FOR THE THIRD ANNUAL FLORENCE SEMINARS JULY 18-29, 2016 FLORENCE, ITALY REGISTER HERE THE 2016 SEMINARS INCLUDE: Mental Health Seminars The authentic calling [...]
Raw, Well-Cooked, and Burnt to a Crisp: Recovering from Burnout with Marilyn J. Owen, MA, LMFT Please join us as we start the new year with our January luncheon on January 20, 2016 at 11:30 [...]
Christine Downing Dissertation Fellowship 2A15 – 2016 Award Recipient OPUS Archives and Research Center, lnc. is pleased to announce that Ryan R. Adamczyk, M.A. has been awarded the 2015 [...]
“Mentoring is not mind-control or indoctrination into a narrow corridor of beliefs. Rather, it is an avenue to liberation from such tyranny. Something in the process of the beneficiary of [...]
Fanny Brewster Present at Upcoming International Association for Analytical Psychology in collaboration with the Associazione Italiana di Psicologia Analitica (AIPA), the Associazione per la [...]
Symbolic Art of the Kabbalah Showcase by Joel Sloane November 1st to January 31st Philadelphia My art has evolved over the past decade through my participation at the Whitemarsh Art Center in [...]
Pacifica Graduate Institute Alumnae, Troy Byer Bailey MA, Communication Liberation Psychology/Ecopsychology (CLE) Depth Psychology Jungian and Archetypal Studies (DJA) Student Born in New York [...]
November 12-14 There is a place where words are born of silence, A place where the whispers of the heart arise. Rumi These transformation gatherings invite you into a new worldview. By stepping [...]
PEARSON RISING by Beth Anne Boardman, PhD (Myth 2012)A Review of Persephone Rising: Awakening the Heroine Within by Carol S. Pearson What a joy to read. First of all, let me just say that I am [...]
Pacifica Graduate Institute Alumni Associaton (PGIAA) Inauguaral East Coast Dissertation Gathering The PGIAA Dissertation Group had their first meeting in New York City on October 3rd. The [...]
The final Empowered Author’s Academy Workshop of 2015 is this November 7th & 8th in beautiful Ojai. Your community reaches a wide variety of authors and hopeful authors that may need that [...]
Announcing the launch of Traditional Cultures Project’s new online multimedia piece: Alevis of the Munzur Valley! Visit http://www.munzurvalley.com/for more details.* *Read NY Times article, [...]
Boys at Risk Boys are disproportionately at risk for school failure, juvenile criminality, and mental health problems—issues that usually become known and of concern in adolescence. In contrast [...]
Join me and special guests for a 2-day writing weekend intensive in beautiful Ojai, California “Zhena’s Author Academy opened my eyes to the reality, joy, and accessibility of being a published [...]
The Unity Spiritual Enrichment Center sponsors a lecture and one-day workshop on the “Wisdom of Women’s Stories” on Friday-Saturday, Sept. 18-19. The lecture, at 7 p.m. on Friday, is by [...]
The City Where People are Mended Kwame Scruggs, PhD Friday, October 9, 2015 7:30 to 9:30 PM Location: The Ethical Society Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia Admission Fee: $15 NBCC CE certificate: [...]
What’s Up, Doc? A Post Doctorate Retreat October 15 – 18, 2015 In Santa Barbara, California (With extended stay options through October 25th for those wishing to write and delve [...]
Towbes Foundation Awards $6,000 to Conflict Solutions Center of Santa Barbara The Towbes Foundation recently awarded a $6,000 grant to Conflict Solutions Center. Funding will be used to support [...]
Lim Ruger Presents a Three-Panel Series WOMEN@theTABLE Co-Sponsored by Lim, Ruger & Kim, LLP 1055 West 7th Street, 28th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90017 5:30pm – 7:30pm PANEL 3 Gender [...]
Pacifica Graduate Institute Alumni Association Launches East Coast Dissertation Group Thursday, August 13, 2015 For Immediate Release ~ The newly formed Pacifica Graduate Institute Alumni [...]
Nicole Miller, CONGRATULATIONS! Sharing exciting news! Over a year in the making, I am excited to announce this new academic publication, published by Inter-Disciplinary Press, which I co-edited [...]
When I walk past the fragrant forest after heavy rain, which smells like the freshest salad you ever ate, some vegetation from Otherworld that when eaten makes you feel alive, then I listen, [...]
Dear Community, I am very pleased to let you know that the Depth Psychology Alliance Administrative Board has a new Executive Committee! In the past two weeks, we have established (for the first [...]
Forced to flee the Godlian Invasion, two princes of Korshan are flung to their separate destinies. The warrior Prince Talland to seduction and betrayal by the Godlian Questioner’s beguiling [...]
Mario Prietto PhD, LCSW, and Barry Miller, PhD present Private Practice in Your Home Office: A Depth Psychological Perspective Mario Prietto has been practicing in a home office in Silver Lake [...]
The results are in! Pacifica Graduate Institute Alumni Association (PGIAA) proudly announces the new Board of Directors who will serve during the 2015-2016. Let’s make this year one of the [...]
Excitement, pride and tender reunion characterized the collaboration of three Pacifica Alumni at the Seizing an Alternative Toward an Ecological Civilization held June 4 – 7 at Pomona College in [...]
Sometimes all the science of happiness, positive psychology is the study of what makes people happy. While traditional psychology focuses on psychological problems and their treatment, positive [...]
Greetings Dear Alumni/ae, Today is summer solstice when the sun shines longest and the year reaches its apex. It reminds me of some lines from a lovely poem by e.e. cummings entitled I Thank You [...]
Several New York City Pacifica alumni meet for lunch in Soho on Sunday, June 7th. It is the wonderful beginning to another PGIAA adventure. Please contact Fanny Brewster (drbrew3@aol.com) or [...]
Alumni Presenting at International Conference! Psyche, Spirit and Science: Negotiating Contemporary Social and Cultural Concerns (4th IAAP/IAJS Joint Conference) Yale University July 9-12, 2015 [...]
Book of the week-A big congratulations to #PacificaAlumni David Burston who is our featured book of the week. Psychological, Archetypal and Phenomenological Perspectives on Soccer by David [...]
Section VIII. Reimagining and Reinventing Education Plenary: Are we Really Related (Franz Riffert) Track 5: Compassion as a Pedagogical Study and Practice: A Call to Those Who Teach. Track [...]
Road Frame Window: A Poetics of Seeing Cowritten by Dennis Patrick Slattery, Timothy Donohue, and Stephanie Pope Stephanie Pope (Afterword) Jennifer Leigh Selig (Foreword) The three metaphors [...]
PGIAA Chesapeake Region Spring Gathering by: Grace Porter The Pacifica Graduate Institute Alumni Association of the Chesapeake Region met for a Labyrinth Walk in Arlington on April 18th. Here [...]
Congratulations to PacificaStudent Sherrie Sims Allen who successfully defended her dissertation “Transforming Rage: Revisioning the Myth of Angry Black Woman” today! The [...]
PGIAA Board Member, William James Jones Shares Advices for Prospective Students! William James Jones, 4th year student in Pacfica’s Ph.D. Program in Clinical Psychology, [...]
Alternative to Violence Program: Training Opportunities for Alumni Would you like to learn how to co-facilitate a program on nonviolent living at a prison, juvenile hall, local jail, school, or [...]
Dreams: The Daytime Kind Imagine really wanting something a lot, seriously a lot, and no matter how much you push and work and labor and pray, you get no closer to making it happen. In my book, [...]
This revolutionary book gives the unexpected advice that sometimes the best way to be happy is to give up on the life you planned. She would be honored to have an opportunity to host a book [...]
Pacifica Alumni to Foster Soul at Ecological Conference in June! Some 1,000 presenters from more than 30 countries and 80 fields of specialty (including at least 3 Pacifica alumni!) are coming [...]
American Academy of Religion Western Region Conference was held April 20-22, 2015 at Santa Clara University in California. Five Pacifica Mythological Studies scholars presented under the topic [...]
The Midas Complex: How money drives us crazy and what we can do about it A WORKSHOP FOR THERAPISTS with Aaron Kipnis, PhD “Money doesn’t talk, it swears.” – Bob Dylan [...]
One glorious late spring day on Pacifica’s Ladera Campus I witnessed a humming, writhing, vibrant swarm of honeybees on a bougainvillea bush. It stopped me in my tracks, entrancing me with the [...]
Anne S. Perrah writes . . . “Coming Home” is an apt phrase to encapsulate my experience of that incredible weekend. Walking again on Pacifica’s home grounds at Ladera Lane, [...]
Learning to Speak Out Loud by Robin Gordon Participating in the “Coming Home” event was special. The speakers were very motivating about getting our voices out in the world. [Robin is the author [...]
A Jubilee of Books! Co-sponsored by the Pacifica Bookstore and PGI Alumni Association, the Alumni Authors Book Faire covered the Ladera Lane lobby in a rainbow of books. The Book Faire took place [...]
A Slow Miracle as witnessed by Beth Anne Boardman, Ph.D. (Myth 2012) Watching the unfolding of Pacifica Graduate Institute Alumni Association’s “Coming Home” weekend was like watching the [...]
An Alumna Author Reflects on “Coming Home” by Annamarie Fidel-Rice, Ph.D. I loved participating in the Alumni weekend! Standing there with my book was wonderful and humbling. It is my [...]
Brightness from the Bookstore by David Laughlin PGI Bookstore Manager In the Bookstore, one of our favorite experiences is meeting and connecting with authors. To hear from alumni who want to [...]
The “Coming Home” alumni weekend in January was a real treat. I felt as if I had returned to the “mother ship” for a much needed recharge! Not only did I get to see some well‐loved colleagues, [...]
Home – Revisited by Annie Parry PhD. Myth E. As a recovering PhD graduate, I imagine that like most alum, I am reluctant to spend more money on Pacifica – or on any further “post-grad” education [...]
Please forgive me in advance. What you are about to read may geek out, gush, and glow. I can’t help it—I am still ablaze from the glorious “Coming Home” weekend. From the emails I’ve received in [...]
Graduation as Rite of Passage Dorene Koehler, Ph.D. (Mythological Studies, 2012) | originally posted 15 July 2013 •|• Well-constructed, intentional rites of passage are rare in contemporary [...]
Our Faculty Voices series invites Pacifica faculty and alumni into engaged conversation, a community call-and-response to which all are invited. On The Soul’s Meaning: Imagining An [...]
Ladera Medicine Wheel Jacqueline Leeba, M.A. (Depth Psychology, 2012) | originally posted 11 Feb 2013 •|• Whether you are looking for inner wisdom, or calming harmony and insights, the final [...]
At the Symposium for the Study of Myth Beth Anne Boardman, Ph.D. (Mythological Studies, 2012) | originally posted 12 Sept 2012 •|• The recent Symposium for the Study of Myth unfurled an amazing [...]
Our Faculty Voices series invites Pacifica faculty and alumni into engaged conversation, a community call-and-response to which all are invited. Regarding Alumni Aaron Kipnis, Ph.D. | Core [...]
NEXT DATE > 15 November 2014 The Pacifica Experience: A One-Day Introduction to Pacifica’s Degree Programs [pullquote] Once, I came to a public program. There, others spoke the [...]
Alumni/AE Celebrating their Pacifica Experience (Read their stories here) The original website of the Pacifica Graduate Institute Alumni Association (PGIAA) included a section titled [...]
• Alumni News • The original website of the Pacifica Graduate Institute Alumni Association (PGIAA) included a section titled “Alumni News” that served as a blog roll of [...]
• Alumni In Action • We publish. We teach. We transform. We heal. The original website of the Pacifica Graduate Institute Alumni Association (PGIAA) included a section titled [...]
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