The Mind-Body Guide to the Twelve Steps by Nina Pick A trauma-sensitive companion to the Twelve Steps: body-based exercises for deepening your recovery, expanding your spiritual practice, [...]
Patricia Reis’s historical novel “Unsettled” Author Patricia Reis’s historical novel will be published October 10, 2023, by new women’s publishing company Sibylline Press. Reis was a [...]
The Little Girl in the Red Boots: A Birth Story by Ximena Pearson Ximena Dussan-Aya Pearson’s book “The Little Girl in the Red Boots: A Birth Story” is an autobiographical story through haikus. [...]
Father Dream by Mark Hein MARK HEIN is a semi-retired psychotherapist. He has also enjoyed careers in theater, journalism, and college teaching. Mark has four adult children and lives in Topanga [...]
Metamorphoses of Psyche in Psychoanalysis and Ancient Greek Thought From Mourning to Creativity By Marcia Dobson This unusual book explores the transformative power of liminal experiences in [...]
2022 Mythological Studies Journal Available It is with great pleasure that we announce the 2022 Mythological Studies Journal, which features the inspired research and writing of seven [...]
New Book: Athena the Brave by Nina M. Kelly Athena used to love going to the dog park, playing fetch and chasing birds. Then Brutus showed up and started bullying Athena and her friends. [...]
The Map of Wilderland Ecocritical Reflections on Tolkien’s Myth of Wilderness By Amber Lehning Examining the mythic importance of wilderness in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth A study of [...]
Illusions of More: A Story out of Shadow by Janiece Anjali “One can easily miss archetypal events.” —Mare von Franz Today, pending legislation in many states is designed to pressure public-school [...]
Forged in Darkness: The Many Paths of Personal Transformation by Joanna LaPrade The book was born from Joanna’s doctoral disseration at Pacifica and she would love to share this [...]
Soul of Caregiving, A Caregiver’s Guide to Healing and Transformation Dr. Edward M Smink writes: Revision is a common human practice. Said another way, revision asks us to adjust, to modify, and [...]
Hendrika de Vries honored with NYC Big Book Award That little toy war dog just keeps winning awards! From the author: Dear Friends, I am thrilled to share that my memoir When a Toy Dog Became a [...]
Trans Sex: Clinical Approaches to Trans Sexualities and Erotic Embodiments By Lucie Fielding Despite the increasing visibility of trans and non-binary folx in media, political representation, and [...]
The Serpent and the Swan by Ashland Pym (Mythological Studies, PhD 2020) She’s not quite human, but is she as dangerous as they believe? Cygna has been kept under the shadow of secrecy for two [...]
The Kore Goddess by Safron Rossi The Kore Goddess is an in-depth archetypal psychological study of an overlooked mythic and psychic pattern. Also known as the Maiden or Virgin, the Kore [...]
DREAMWORK FOR GROWTH & HEALING: A Guided Dream Journal By Dr. Katherine Lawson, MA, Ph.D. The first of its kind, DREAMWORK FOR GROWTH & HEALING: A Guided Dream Journal by dream expert Dr. [...]
A Parable of Lies by Lawrence Spann Zoom Book Launch! Sunday, August 15, 2021 2 – 3 PM (PDT) Introduction, author interview, guest speaker, and Q&A Lawrence’s long-awaited book, A [...]
Evans Lansing Smith: Tikkun Tikkun refers to the Kabbalistic mythology associated with the Sephiroth, vessels created to contain the energies emanating from the divine (En-Sof). Those vessels [...]
Alumni join voices We are excited to announce that two Pacifica alumni have joined their creative energies to produce an awesome audio book: When a Toy Dog Became a Wolf and the Moon Broke [...]
2020 Nautilus Book Awards Gold Medal Winner Sandra Rogers Sandra Rogers, M.A., LMFT, (1996 graduate of the Counseling Psychology Program) has announced she is the winner of a Gold Medal in the [...]
When the Light Breaks Through: Understanding Kundalini Experiences Through Psychology, Body, and Story By Dana Swain Kundalini is a spiritual, energetic force inherent in every human being and is [...]
New Book: Alchemy, Jung, and Remedios Varo Cultural Complexes and the Redemptive Power of the Abjected Feminine By Dennis Pottenger and Rebecca Livingston Pottenger Alchemy, Jung, and Remedios [...]
Peace from Anxiety: Get Grounded, Build Resilience, and Stay Connected Amidst the Chaos Congratulations to Hala Khouri, 2004 counseling psychology alum and current CLE PhD student, on the [...]
The Pacifica Papers: Essays on Pop Culture, Mythology, and Flatulence Hollywood screenwriter and television producer Craig Titley (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Scooby-Doo, Cheaper by [...]
In the Eye of the Storm: Staying Centered in Personal and Collective Crises by Ashok Bedi & Robert BJ Jakala In the spring of 2020, America and the world were overwhelmed by the Covid-19 [...]
Just off the press: “Songs from the Depths” by Beth Anne Boardman “I could not help but think of the relation between poetry and prayer. All of the poems she includes carry a [...]
The Heroine’s Journey: Woman’s Quest for Wholeness – 30th Anniversary Edition By Maureen Murdock, PhD (Mythological Studies, 2011) A modern classic examining woman’s search for [...]
The Collective Unconscious in the Age of Neuroscience by Dr. Hallie Durchslag Warmest congratulations to Dr. Hallie Durchslag (2015 Clinical Psychology alumna) on the publication of her [...]
An Obscure Order: Reflections on Cultural Mythologies by Dennis Patrick Slattery, Ph.D. Core Faculty, Mythological Studies Program Pacifica Graduate Institute. A myth, I hope these essays reveal, [...]
From Career to Calling: A DEPTH PSYCHOLOGY GUIDE TO SOUL-MAKING WORK IN DARKENING TIMES A new book from Alumna and Pacifica Adjunct Faculty, Suzanne Cremen. Finding and following an authentic [...]
Soul Circles: Mandalas and Meaning Jeremy Jensen is a MA Counseling 2018 alumni and has co-authored the book Soul Circles: Mandalas and Meaning available on Amazon here.
Doing the Work – Critical Reading from Black Authors Support Black books during a period of national crisis and protest over race—and beyond. #BlackoutBestsellerList Articles about the [...]
Karin Zirk: Judi Bari, Redwood Summer, and the True Price of Activism Sunday, May 17 – 3pm Author and environmental activist Dr. Karin E. Zirk, will read from her new novel Falling from the [...]
“Havel: Unfinished Revolution” David Barton, PhD 2006 Mythological Studies Associate Professor Northern New Mexico College An intimate and sweeping portrayal of Václav Havel, this biography [...]
The Racial Complex: A Jungian Perspective on Culture and Race The Racial Complex: A Jungian Perspective on Culture and Race, by Dr. Fanny Brewster has won an internal Routledge Publisher award [...]
NEW BOOK – Knowledge in a Nutshell: Carl Jung Gary S. Bobroff, (MA-D ’02) is the author of a new book from Arcturus Books (London) Knowledge in a Nutshell: Carl Jung. The book is an [...]
Author Captures Beautiful Collection of Memories Between her Husband in New Book Dr. Ann Hedge-Carruthers’ (1998 PhD Clinical Psychology) poetic everlasting romance is illustrated in new [...]
New Book from Carder Stout Lost in Ghost Town: A memoir of addiction, redemption and hope in unlikely places Addiction trumps privilege in Carder Stout’s (2015 PhD DPSYCH) vivid memoir [...]
A Jungian Inquiry into the American Psyche: The Violence of Innocence by Ipek S. Burnett (Depth Psychology, 2015) In A Jungian Inquiry into the American Psyche: The Violence of [...]
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 [...]
New book in the Joseph Campbell library was coedited by Evans Lansing Smith and Dennis Patrick Slattery. Proving that there is still more to learn from Joseph Campbell, this volume shares his [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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