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Transpersonal Psychology - Online Ph.D.

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Starting Fall 2023, our degrees will have a new name:

PhD in Psychology, concentration in Integral Transpersonal Psychology
PhD in Psychology, concentration in Somatic Psychology 

As a result of our recent program review, we are making some updates to our curriculum, and we have a new degree name. 

The core of our curriculum and the educational values that drive our program remain the same. Our focus will continue to be on the lived experience of being human, including the spiritual, exceptional, and body. We remain guided by and dedicated to offering integral education that honors intellectual excellence, perspective and practice that include spirituality and the body, and the transformative capacities of rigorous inquiry and writing. 

We'll continue to offer a high quality, online PhD for students in whole-person approaches to psychology. 

Integral Transpersonal Psychology and Somatic Psychology will continue to share some core writing and research courses. Our new degree name reflects our two independent tracks: Integral Transpersonal Psychology and Somatic Psychology.  

We are also posting a few curriculum updates here. We look forward to talking with you about them at the CIIS Open House and our Information Meetings. We hope you'll join us. 

Department Overview

CIIS’ Integral and Transpersonal Psychology department seeks to ground academic excellence and the acquisition of professional skills in both the personal transformation of students and the cultivation of a spiritually-informed scholarship.

Transpersonal psychology integrates the mind, body, and the felt connection with a diverse, interconnected, and evolving world. The field pays particular attention to mystical, spiritual, and other exceptional human experiences associated with healing and transformation—encounters that disclose a vibrant reality that enfolds our seemingly individual minds.

Our doctoral graduates are trained for professional careers in education and academia, activism and organizing, psychology, and fi elds related to personal development, social change, and environmental protection.

Our faculty have a wide range of research interests, among them: cultural and historical consciousness studies, spiritual experiences, tantric meditation, altered consciousness and unusual/anomalous experiences, neuroscience of hypnosis and meditation, brain architecture and neurorehabilitation, creative process and cognition, and somatic, developmental, psychoanalytic, and trauma-based psychological theories.

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Our Approach

We offer a whole-person approach to transpersonal psychology that includes learning and research structured to meet the needs and goals of working professionals. 

Our department is guided by and dedicated to offering an integral education that honors intellectual excellence, spirituality as perspective and practice, and the transformative capacities of inquiry and writing. 

We are committed to diversity and inclusion, embodied tools for scholarship, systematic approaches to building transpersonal areas of knowledge, and whole-person learning, including the student's psycho-spiritual development.  

We promote competence in a wide range of research methods and tools, with the goal of enabling students to participate in systematic, scientific knowledge building from the transformative and whole-person stances of integral and transpersonal psychology. Faculty with substantial editorial experience with peer-reviewed journals can help guide students in writing for publication.

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Priority deadline for Fall 2023 - February 15, 2023

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With new president and programs, Sofia University enters new era | News

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Private transpersonal-psychology school moves forward from financial crisis

by Elena Kadvany / Palo Alto Weekly

Uploaded: Sat, Apr 25, 2015, 8:15 am 7
Time to read: about 4 minutes

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Bob Frager, founder of Sofia University and Qiaoyun (Liz) Li, president, stand in the university’s aikido dojo on April 145. Aikido is a regular practice integrated into students’ studies at the university. Photo by Veronica Weber.

The exterior of Sofia University on E. Meadow Circle. Photo by Veronica Weber.

Kundan Singh, Ph.D, leads the cultural psychology class at Sofia University on April 14. Photo by Veronica Weber.

The exterior of Sofia University on E. Meadow Circle. Photo by Veronica Weber.

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It's been more than a year since Sofia University students, faculty and staff were left reeling after the president of the Palo Alto psychology school made significant budget cuts, pushed out longtime faculty -- including the university's co-founder -- and then abruptly resigned, leaving the school in total financial and leadership crises.

Now, the private school on East Meadow Circle is looking to a new president with deep pockets and a broader vision to usher Sofia University, formerly known as the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, into a new era.

This era, most notably, is coming with new programs in computer science and master of business administration (MBA) -- two educational spheres that seem to exist far away from the ethos and curriculum of Sofia University, which since its founding in 1975 has been dedicated to holistic, alternative education. Today, it offers degrees in clinical and transpersonal psychology as well as spiritual guidance and women's spirituality.

Sofia focuses on "whole-person education," which means mind as well as body and spirit, said Robert Frager, co-founder of the university.

Sofia's new and first female president Liz Li argues that the mission of Sofia should be applied to other disciplines. She envisions Sofia's 40 years of transpersonal-psychology research as the roots of a tree, providing the nutrition for new, innovative branches, like the computer-science program.

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"Students at the beginning felt like -- they were so worried that this will become an engineering school or a management school," Li said. "I say, it's still a transpersonal school no matter what we are teaching because the value itself can be integrated and applied to any field."

Li, a Palo Alto resident with a doctorate in computer science, 25 years of experience in both the high-tech and academic worlds and a passion for holistic education, heard about the uproar at Sofia over former president Neal King's resignation in December 2013. King had been president since 2011. But discontent over King's leadership style had been bubbling since that summer, faculty said, when King imposed across-the-board salary cuts of 10 percent because of a $1.2-million budget shortfall. A second budget shortfall was announced that November, and the school's chief financial officer told Frager that the school would be bankrupt by the following March. The interim president who later replaced King indicated that enrollment shortfalls and poor planning led to the school's financial crisis, but Aneel Chima, a former student who now teaches at the university, said the explanations were later found to be not credible. He said King's spending was in excess that he was responsible for a huge amount of costly staff turnover during his tenure. King also instituted a tuition hike for one of Sofia's most popular programs, the master's in counseling psychology, which resulted in the majority of students leaving, Chima said.

The Sofia faculty soon passed a "no confidence" vote and seven out of the school's 10 board of trustee members resigned. King stayed on, eventually firing 12 faculty and senior staff members.

Students protested outside the campus carrying signs like "Reinstate faculty & staff now." Many faculty and students left.

Li was appointed last July. She had approached Frager, wanting to save the university -- and having the money to do so. She convinced several friends, some local tech workers and others in her native country of China, to chip in the millions of dollars that would not only bring Sofia back from the red, but sustain it for years to come. Li declined to say how much money she raised, but Frager said it was at least $4 million. The school's total loss, according to an auditor's financial report last year, was $2.35 million, Li said.

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Li also has experience in building up schools. She founded the International Software School of Wuhan University in China and has been credited with getting International Technical University (ITU) in San Jose its Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accreditation in five years. During her professional career, she also worked in various positions at Sony and McNair Technologies Corporation.

Despite Li's depth and breadth of experience, some members of the Sofia community were wary of what the new leadership and programs would mean for the school's alternative culture.

"The misconception is that we came here to get rid of the schools' transpersonal programs," Li said in a July 2014 press release announcing her appointment. "The reality is that we want to build a stronger and sustainable Sofia by utilizing the foundational principles and programs already in place."

And it seems there is a demand for what Li and Frager are calling Sofia University "2.0." Thirty-eight students enrolled in the master of science in computer science this year, which combines both online and in-person instruction. The degree is described as "technological skills with humanistic values" and "promotes creativity, cultural sensitivity and mindfulness." Concentrations include artificial intelligence, human computer interaction, big data and software design alongside holistic leadership and management. Li said transpersonal psychology is critical to finding balance in one's life, particularly so in the competitive, fast-paced world of Silicon Valley.

The masters of business administration is still awaiting WASC approval but has similar leanings. Students will learn business, management, accounting, marketing and economics with an "awareness of the core values of Humanists, an exploration of the social responsibility of oneself and of business, and an understanding of the entrepreneurial spirit needed to address the ever-changing world of business and not-for-profit organizations," the program description reads.

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The school also plans to launch a master's degree in "transformative education," which will focus on instilling the philosophies and practices of whole-student education to current and future educators.

Frager said there will likely be more new programs in the future. Current degrees that have low enrollment, such as women's spirituality and spiritual guidance, might be discarded, he said.

"We have a lot to give the world, and we need to build the school into an institution that has the authority and the size that can do that," Frager said. "What Liz has done is really continued the movement into the real world, which is, I think, terribly important."

Chima, one of the main student organizers during the fallout over King's tenure, recently returned to teach in the school's clinical psychology department. He said he's optimistic about the new leadership.

For those who still have lingering doubts, he said, "My one message to them is, every one of us who fought really hard for the soul of Sofia needs to re-engage and see for themselves that there is something worthy to get behind again."

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Private transpersonal-psychology school moves forward from financial crisis

by Elena Kadvany / Palo Alto Weekly

Uploaded: Sat, Apr 25, 2015, 8:15 am

It's been more than a year since Sofia University students, faculty and staff were left reeling after the president of the Palo Alto psychology school made significant budget cuts, pushed out longtime faculty -- including the university's co-founder -- and then abruptly resigned, leaving the school in total financial and leadership crises.

Now, the private school on East Meadow Circle is looking to a new president with deep pockets and a broader vision to usher Sofia University, formerly known as the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, into a new era.

This era, most notably, is coming with new programs in computer science and master of business administration (MBA) -- two educational spheres that seem to exist far away from the ethos and curriculum of Sofia University, which since its founding in 1975 has been dedicated to holistic, alternative education. Today, it offers degrees in clinical and transpersonal psychology as well as spiritual guidance and women's spirituality.

Sofia focuses on "whole-person education," which means mind as well as body and spirit, said Robert Frager, co-founder of the university.

Sofia's new and first female president Liz Li argues that the mission of Sofia should be applied to other disciplines. She envisions Sofia's 40 years of transpersonal-psychology research as the roots of a tree, providing the nutrition for new, innovative branches, like the computer-science program.

"Students at the beginning felt like -- they were so worried that this will become an engineering school or a management school," Li said. "I say, it's still a transpersonal school no matter what we are teaching because the value itself can be integrated and applied to any field."

Li, a Palo Alto resident with a doctorate in computer science, 25 years of experience in both the high-tech and academic worlds and a passion for holistic education, heard about the uproar at Sofia over former president Neal King's resignation in December 2013. King had been president since 2011. But discontent over King's leadership style had been bubbling since that summer, faculty said, when King imposed across-the-board salary cuts of 10 percent because of a $1.2-million budget shortfall. A second budget shortfall was announced that November, and the school's chief financial officer told Frager that the school would be bankrupt by the following March. The interim president who later replaced King indicated that enrollment shortfalls and poor planning led to the school's financial crisis, but Aneel Chima, a former student who now teaches at the university, said the explanations were later found to be not credible. He said King's spending was in excess that he was responsible for a huge amount of costly staff turnover during his tenure. King also instituted a tuition hike for one of Sofia's most popular programs, the master's in counseling psychology, which resulted in the majority of students leaving, Chima said.

The Sofia faculty soon passed a "no confidence" vote and seven out of the school's 10 board of trustee members resigned. King stayed on, eventually firing 12 faculty and senior staff members.

Students protested outside the campus carrying signs like "Reinstate faculty & staff now." Many faculty and students left.

Li was appointed last July. She had approached Frager, wanting to save the university -- and having the money to do so. She convinced several friends, some local tech workers and others in her native country of China, to chip in the millions of dollars that would not only bring Sofia back from the red, but sustain it for years to come. Li declined to say how much money she raised, but Frager said it was at least $4 million. The school's total loss, according to an auditor's financial report last year, was $2.35 million, Li said.

Li also has experience in building up schools. She founded the International Software School of Wuhan University in China and has been credited with getting International Technical University (ITU) in San Jose its Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accreditation in five years. During her professional career, she also worked in various positions at Sony and McNair Technologies Corporation.

Despite Li's depth and breadth of experience, some members of the Sofia community were wary of what the new leadership and programs would mean for the school's alternative culture.

"The misconception is that we came here to get rid of the schools' transpersonal programs," Li said in a July 2014 press release announcing her appointment. "The reality is that we want to build a stronger and sustainable Sofia by utilizing the foundational principles and programs already in place."

And it seems there is a demand for what Li and Frager are calling Sofia University "2.0." Thirty-eight students enrolled in the master of science in computer science this year, which combines both online and in-person instruction. The degree is described as "technological skills with humanistic values" and "promotes creativity, cultural sensitivity and mindfulness." Concentrations include artificial intelligence, human computer interaction, big data and software design alongside holistic leadership and management. Li said transpersonal psychology is critical to finding balance in one's life, particularly so in the competitive, fast-paced world of Silicon Valley.

The masters of business administration is still awaiting WASC approval but has similar leanings. Students will learn business, management, accounting, marketing and economics with an "awareness of the core values of Humanists, an exploration of the social responsibility of oneself and of business, and an understanding of the entrepreneurial spirit needed to address the ever-changing world of business and not-for-profit organizations," the program description reads.

The school also plans to launch a master's degree in "transformative education," which will focus on instilling the philosophies and practices of whole-student education to current and future educators.

Frager said there will likely be more new programs in the future. Current degrees that have low enrollment, such as women's spirituality and spiritual guidance, might be discarded, he said.

"We have a lot to give the world, and we need to build the school into an institution that has the authority and the size that can do that," Frager said. "What Liz has done is really continued the movement into the real world, which is, I think, terribly important."

Chima, one of the main student organizers during the fallout over King's tenure, recently returned to teach in the school's clinical psychology department. He said he's optimistic about the new leadership.

For those who still have lingering doubts, he said, "My one message to them is, every one of us who fought really hard for the soul of Sofia needs to re-engage and see for themselves that there is something worthy to get behind again."

Transpersonal Psychology Online - Diploma

Transpersonal Psychology Online - Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.

Faculty - Psychology - Correspondence Learning

Transpersonal Psychology - Correspondence Learning

This program expands the prospects for classical psychology, including a new approach to the work of the human mind, which connects spirituality with the science of mind. The course will examine the rich cultural contributions of traditions such as shamanism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and their influence on therapeutic practices.

Academic Supervisor : Román Gonzalvo Pérez
Detailed information about this supervisor and other faculty at Bircham International University is available on the Bircham University Human Network website. More...

Transpersonal Psychology Online via distance learning

Diploma, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor - Transpersonal Psychology.

Programs (modules) of all specialties offered by Bircham International University correspond to the Master's level, and can be adapted to the levels of Specialist, Expert, Bachelor and Ph.D. It is also possible to study the subjects of each module separately. This program can be combined with other modules or supplemented with disciplines from another module of the same faculty. For example: Addictive Behavior - Gestalt Therapy - Clinical Psychology - Cognitive Psychology - NLP Neuro-Linguistic Programming - General Psychology - Organizational Psychology - Psychoanalysis - Psychological Counseling - Performance Psychology - Psychopedagogy - Psychotherapy - Sexology - Social Psychology - Forensic Psychology.

Diploma - Specialist / Expert - Transpersonal Psychology - remotely
Cost: 1.050 Euros (1.350 US$) ... 1.470 Euros (1.890 US$).
Diploma - Specialist / Expert - remotely: 15 ... 21 А.К. (Academic Credits) are required to complete this program More...
Structure: Transpersonal Psychology - Distance Learning = 39 A.K. (academic credits) - Choose from the list of subjects of the program 5 disciplines for graduates or 7 subjects for an expert diploma.

Bachelor - Transpersonal Psychology Online
Cost: Min. 3.510 Euros (4.420 US$) ... Max. 6.800 Euros (8.700 US$).
Bachelor - remote: 130 A.K. (Academic Credits) are required to complete this program More...
Structure: Transpersonal Psychology - Distance Learning = 39 A.K. (academic credits) + 60 general education credits from previous education and professional experience + You can choose several additional subjects from other modules of this faculty. Any proposal to change the curriculum must be approved by the Study Committee of Bircham International University. For example: The science of consciousness.

Master - Transpersonal Psychology Online
Cost: Min. 4.680 Euros (6.120 US$) ... Max. 7.020 Euros (9.180 US$).
Master - remote: 36 ... 54 А.К. (Academic Credits) are required to complete this program More...
Structure: Transpersonal Psychology - Distance Learning = 39 A.K. (academic credits) + You can choose several additional subjects from other modules of this faculty. Any proposal to change the curriculum must be approved by the Study Committee of Bircham International University. For example: The science of consciousness. + 13 A.K. (academic credits) (thesis or dissertation. Further...).

Doctor Ph.D. - Transpersonal Psychology Online
Cost: Min. 5.850 Euros (7.650 US$) ... Max. 9.360 Euros (12.240 US$).
Doctorate (Ph.D.) - remotely: 45 ... 72 A.K. (Academic Credits) are required to complete this program More...
Structure: Transpersonal Psychology - Distance Learning = 39 A.K. (academic credits) + You can choose several additional subjects from other modules of this faculty. Any proposal to change the curriculum must be approved by the Study Committee of Bircham International University. For example: The science of consciousness. + 18 A.K. (academic credits) (thesis or dissertation. Further...).

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Transpersonal Psychology - Remotely

List of subjects (each subject is 3 A.K.):


1 academic credit (A.C.) BIU = 1 semester A.C. USA (15 hours of training) = 2 A.K. ECTS (30 hours of study).
You can study any subject as a separate online continuing education course. More...

Psychosomatic Connections
This course introduces the relationship between mind, body and spirit that goes beyond understanding traditional concepts of body and mind. Offers new explanations for the interdependence between mind and body. Shows psychosomatic interpretations of physical symptoms and their impact on mental disorders and vice versa, also highlights the role of these interpretations on our mental, emotional and physical health.
Academic Supervisor: Frances Chelos Lopez

Movement and Meditation
This course examines the role of movement in our lives by examining the relationship between the energy of movement, the body and emotions. Explores various methods of meditation and concentration with a focus on their physiological and psychotherapeutic effects. She also studies breathing, singing, movement and meditation in various traditions.
Supervisor: Catherine Wanjiru Gachutha

Healing practices and rituals
This course explores the main traditions of healing, with an emphasis on spiritual and ritual practices and their healing properties. Analyzes the relationships between medical practices and their impact on our body, mind and spirit. Various approaches to stress management, such as meditation, guided imagination, dance, movement and artistic expression, are considered to improve emotional state and physical well-being.
Supervisor: Bibhuprasad Bhattacharyya

Human Development
This course introduces us to theory, empirical research and applied problems in developmental psychology. It focuses on the study of the psychological, cultural, emotional, spiritual and social aspects of a person's development throughout his life, as well as the application of these theories in counseling. This course invites students to analyze and reconsider their development.
Supervisor: Catherine Wanjiru Gachutha

Disease Awareness and the Life Cycle
This course focuses on applying psychosomatic concepts developed throughout the life cycle and culture to the healing of people with chronic symptoms, disabilities, terminal illnesses and developmental imbalances. The main idea of ​​this course is to promote well-being through the influence of human life experience.
Supervisor: Jean Mutabaruka

Interaction of body, mind and spirit
This course explains the importance of the relationship of mind, body and spirit. Discusses various types of stress management practices, meditation techniques, guided imagination, exercise, biofeedback, and forms of artistic expression related to emotional health or illness.
Academic Supervisor: Robert Burton Bradley

Mind Science
The Mind Science course builds a bridge between science and religion to appreciate that there is much more to human life than can be seen at the level of neurons. Consciousness can be defined as the perception of something internal or external. This subject examines various points of view on the nature of consciousness and the reasons why consciousness is not a simple problem to deal with.
Supervisor: Radwani Houda

Human Consciousness
This course focuses on the human consciousness. The brain with its complex biochemical, physiological, nervous processes is the material substratum of consciousness. Consciousness is a subjective image of the objective world, a phenomenon beyond the reach of neurology. Even a detailed study of the functions of the brain and the actions of neurons may not be enough to explain the ability of a person to be aware of the world around him and of himself.
Academic Supervisor: Román Gonzalvo Pérez

Emotional Intelligence
This course will highlight the five important levels of emotional intelligence and analyze the impact of emotion on physical well-being and professional success, thus providing a new approach to understanding emotional intelligence. Students will explore why empathy, self-awareness, and self-discipline are important positive elements for successful human performance. During the training, effective tools for managing our emotions, relationships and daily activities will be considered.
Academic Supervisor: Francisco Yuste Pausa

Spiritual Well-Being
This course examines the differences between religion, theology and spirituality. Students will study in detail the phases of the spiritual development of the individual; the relationship between spirituality and human health from the point of view of various religious movements. During the training, the effectiveness of spiritual practices in achieving well-being and the impact of spirituality on a person's daily life will be analyzed.
Academic Supervisor: Robert Burton Bradley

States of Consciousness
This course focuses on the analysis of wakefulness, sleep, and dreams as examples of states of consciousness from a biological, psychological, physiological, and neurological point of view. Identifies the main models of the philosophy of mind and analyzes attention in detail.
Academic Supervisor: Frances Chelos Lopez

Transpersonal Psychology
This program expands the horizon of classical psychology to include a new approach to how the human mind works. The course will examine the rich cultural contributions of traditions such as shamanism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and their influence on therapeutic practices. Transpersonal psychology builds a bridge between science and spirituality.
Academic Supervisor: Román Gonzalvo Pérez

Stages of Therapeutic Trances
This course examines various states of consciousness including hypnosis, sleep, dreams, lucid dreaming, contemplation, psychedelic experiences, and analyzes the consequences of these states in the therapeutic experience.
Supervisor: Román Gonzalvo Pérez

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Transpersonal Psychology - distance learning

Links to recommended professional associations.

Membership in professional associations is the best way to grow professionally.

Membership in professional associations is the best way to grow professionally. The requirements for candidates vary depending on the faculty, qualifications and background of the graduate, thus BIU cannot guarantee the membership of its graduates in various associations. Bircham International University does not participate or mediate in this process. BIU only provides links to professional associations in the case of each faculty. If you are interested in any organization, please contact them directly. More...

 

ABPA - Associação Brasileira de Psicólogos Antroposóficos
ABPD - Associação Brasileira de Psicologia do Desenvolvimento
ABPT - Associação Brasileira de Psicanálise Transpessoal
ABPT - Associação Brasileira de Psicologia Transpessoal
ABPT - Associação Luso-Brasileira de Transpessoal
ACMA - Asociación Científica de Medicina Antroposófica
AFT - Association Française du Transpersonnel
AHP - Association for Humanistic Psychology
AHPB - Association for Humanistic Psychology in Britain
AIP - Association of Independent Psychotherapists
AIPPT - Asociación Internacional de Psicología y Psicoterapia Transpersonal
APIH - Asociación de Psicoterapia Integradora Humanista
ASSC - Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness Ibericalpersonality
ATI - Asociación Internacional de Psicología y Psicoterapia Transpersonal
ATP - Association for Transpersonal Psychology
EHEN - Exceptional Human Experience Network
ESPP - European Society for Philosophy and Psychology
ETPA - European Transpersonal Psychology Association
GCP - Global Consciousness Project
IAPR - International Association for the Psychology of Religion
IASD - International Association for the Study of Dreams
ICRL - International Consciousness Research Laboratories
IJTA - International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
INPM - International Network on Personal Meaning
ISEPP - International Society for Existential Psychology and Psychotherapy
ISSI - International Society for Self and Identity
ITA - International Transpersonal Association
MF - Meditation France
PAAM - Physicians Association for Anthroposophic Medicine
PCT - Psicología y Conciencia Transpersonal
PMA - Pastoral Medical Association
SPPE - Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicoterapia Existencial Psychology
UK02 Humanistic Psychology Association
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Admission Requirements - Transpersonal Psychology

Diploma - Specialist / Expert, Bachelor - Bachelor, Master - Master, Doctorate (Ph.D.).

For admission to Bircham International University, it is necessary to send by e-mail an official application for admission, filled in on a standard form with a date and a signature. You can download this application form from our website or request it by mail. Send the complete package of documents by mail to our address or as attachments (PDF or JPG format) to our email address. More...

Once your application has been reviewed, Bircham International University will issue an official Certificate of Acceptance stating the total number of transfer points credited from your previous education and professional experience, and a list of all subjects you must master to complete the main program training in your chosen specialty. This process cannot be carried out without receiving an application for admission. More...

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Bircham International University (BIU) offers print-based higher education. Upon registration, Bircham International University will order and mail to the student the books appropriate for the study program. Attestation of study is based on the degree of mastery of the material presented in the prescribed books and the submission of abstracts of 20 to 35 pages. All written works can be sent by e-mail or regular mail. Training is considered completed after a positive attestation of all required works. Subsequently, Bircham International University will issue an appropriate diploma to the student. For more information, see the BIU Student Guide. More...

Students applying for distance learning should take into account the following points:
1. Address: Bircham International University must have a valid postal address for sending study materials and documents.
2. Communication: Communication between the university and the student is maintained by telephone, e-mail or postal mail.
3. Restrictions: Any difficulties, physical or psychological, affecting the reading and understanding of books, writing essays, must be reported to the university at the time of admission.
4. Technical requirements: No special technical or technological means are required to study at Bircham International University.
5. Language of instruction: Obtaining study materials and submitting abstracts in a specific language must be requested by the applicant and approved by Bircham International University during the admission process.
6. Discrimination: There is no discrimination based on race, color, sex or creed.
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Duration of study - Transpersonal psychology - distance learning

An approximate calculation of the duration of study is made on the basis of the indicator: 15 study hours per week. Thus, in the case of a program covering 21 academic credits (A.C.), the training will last 21 weeks. For a program covering 45 academic credits (A.C.), the training will last 45 weeks. The length of study also depends on the number of transfer points credited from previous education and professional experience. More...

All documents about your distance learning will be submitted in English. You may request submission of written works in another language.

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Faculty - Psychology - distance learning

Transpersonal psychology - remotely

Diploma - Specialist / Expert, Bachelor - Bachelor, Master - Master, Doctorate (Ph.D.).

Transpersonal psychotherapy - seminar, Institute Imaton

Introduction

Time of classes

Time on the first day from 11:00 to 18:00, on other days from 10:00 to 17:00.

Format

Classes are held in the classrooms of the Imaton Institute.

In modern post-analytical schools of psychology and psychotherapy, the dominance of the unconscious in the mental life of a person is an indisputable axiom. It controls the mood, feelings, worldview, relationships, in other words - our whole life.

Depth psychology focuses on the hidden areas of the psyche and opens the way for a person to his true "I", unity with himself and the world, harmony and successful creative self-realization. Many years of experience of specialists gives grounds to assert that everything that is needed for happiness is already in the hidden “storerooms of our soul”, in our unconscious.

C. G. Jung wrote: “The unconscious is divided into two layers - personal and collective. The personal unconscious contains repressed memories and painful experiences that are forming but not yet ripe for consciousness. The collective unconscious is a repository of subpersonalities and archetyres, a deep source of both conscious ideas and the sense-generating ability of consciousness. The figures of the unconscious are ideas that we intuit, growing apart from thinking.

We constantly encounter the activities of archetypes and subpersonalities in everyday life and psychological practice. The deep structures of the psyche act autonomously. They, in addition to our desire, form the plots of our life, and in the main, fateful moments, they begin to play a leading role.

The activities of the figures of the unconscious are often perceived by us as a hostile and destructive force. We are annoyed by seemingly random but repetitive twists of fate or the processes of our soul that prevent us from carrying out our intentions and achieving the desired results. However, these seemingly harmful “chains of synchronistically connected events” are nothing more than “friends” rejected by us and ignored “teachers”, whose purpose is to contribute to our perfection. Having understood their essence, their place in our soul, we will be able to develop and improve ourselves. This understanding turns the activity of the unconscious from a stress-generating, traumatic factor into a powerful resource. In depth psychology, the acquisition of this understanding is considered the main process of personality development.

Program participants will be able to master the latest, effective strategies and methods of working with the unconscious resources of the individual and enjoy vivid, unforgettable sensations.

In personal terms, the program material will be useful to everyone, and specialists - psychologists and psychotherapists - will also be able to apply the acquired knowledge and skills in training and consulting work.

As a result of the training, participants will be able to:

  • to master the methodology of effective work with problems, the origins of which are in the unconscious;
  • get ideas about the figures of the unconscious as the basic resources for the development of the personality;
  • master the tools to activate these resources;
  • intensify their own processes of achieving integrity and personal harmony;
  • move towards improving the quality of your life;
  • use the acquired knowledge and skills in working with clients.

In program

  • The deep unconscious and its autonomous figures are subpersonalities and archetypes.
  • The archetype of the shadow and the deep nature of the "dark" sides of the soul, destructive states and negative emotions. Transformation of aggression, anger and anger into a creative force.
  • Anima and animus archetypes in family and romantic relationships. Psychotherapy of family dysfunctions.
  • Archetypes of the totem (inner animal), mana (personal force) and chaos, the development of the individual and civilization.
  • Unus Mundus is the archetype of a single, integral Universe, synchronicity and the development of intuition.
  • Using the energy and archetypal resource of fear to mobilize the individual, overcome obstacles, make decisions and act effectively in difficult situations.
  • Archetypes of charisma and success. Why you need to be and how you can become a charismatic, bright, successful person.
  • Myth is a way of symbolic comprehension of the unconscious. Mythodramatic spontaneous theater of subpersonalities.

Forms of work

mini-lectures, insight discussions, psycho-gymnastics, breathing psycho-techniques, sessions of active imagination, mythodramatic sketches, demonstrations, case studies, supervision.

  • Program scope 32 academic hours

  • Certificate of advanced training.

Materials

We invite you to get acquainted with the materials of speeches, publications and master classes of Gennady Mikhailovich:

  • "Superpowers" - a support and a guide in the space of uncertainties

We invite you to get acquainted with the educational program of the seminar

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