Transpersonal Psychology (Doctoral)
Degrees and Certificates
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Doctor of Philosophy in Transpersonal Psychology (PhD), Doctor of Philosophy
Courses
GPHD5130: Positive Psychology–Gratitude, Compassion, and Forgiveness
Credits 3GPHD6101: Foundations of Transpersonal Psychology
Credits 3This course examines the transpersonal psychology’s historical influences at its founding in the 1960s, all the way up to the present day. Psychoanalytic, Jungian, behavioral, existential, cognitive, and humanistic schools of thought will be examined in order to trace their initial and ongoing influences in the field. The course also examines the theories and applications of transpersonal psychology, especially how nonduality, integral holism, and transformational studies have influenced human developmental ideas that utilize the spiritual dimensions of the self to catalyze and quicken the process towards optimal mental health in ways that have proven to benefit individuals, societies, and the environment.
GPHD6103: Qualitative Research Methods
Credits 3GPHD6104: Quantitative Research Methods and Basic Statistics
Credits 3GPHD6203: Introduction to Transpersonal Therapies
Credits 3GPHD6205: Critical Thinking and Scholarly Writing
Credits 3GPHD6206: Transpersonal Finance
Credits 3GPHD6207: Psychology of Cognition and Emotion
Credits 3GPHD6210: The Entrepreneurial Mind and Transpersonal Psychology
Credits 3GPHD6214*: Anomalous States of Consciousness
Credits 3GPHD6216: Psychology of Meditation & Mindfulness
Credits 3GPHD6218: Advanced Seminar in Transpersonal Psychology
Credits 3GPHD6304: Topics in Consciousness Studies
Credits 3GPHD6305: Critical Hermeneutical Thinking
Credits 3GPHD6310: Consciousness and Healing: Integral Perspectives
Credits 3GPHD6411*: Psychology of Extraordinary Dreams
Credits 3GPHD6415: Death and the Afterlife: Comparative Epistemologies
Credits 3GPHD6865: Parapsychology
Credits 3GPHD7000: Intensive Transpersonal Practices Retreat Seminar
Credits 2GPHD7203: History and Systems of Psychology
Credits 3GPHD7210: Transpersonal Leadership
Credits 3GPHD7215: Aging, Individuation, & Wholeness Across the Lifespan
Credits 3GPHD7216: Social Psychology: Transpersonal Bases of Behavior
Credits 3GPHD7219: Psychology of Organizational Change
Credits 3GPHD7222: Lucid Dreaming and Waking Life
Credits 3GPHD7223: Somatic Psychology and Mind-Body Healing
Credits 3GPHD7224: Stages and Applications of Integral Transpersonal Psychology and Psychotherapy
Credits 3GPHD7225: Personality Theory and Transpersonal Studies
Credits 3GPHD7226: Transformative Learning Theory
Credits 3GPHD7228: Psychedelics: Transpersonal and Clinical Applications
Credits 3GPHD7229: Spiritual Competencies
Credits 3GPHD7330*: Archetypes, Myths, & Symbols
Credits 3GPHD7402: Contemplative Practices: Paths toward Conscious Evolution
Credits 3GPHD7506: Creativity Studies and the Imagination
Credits 3GPHD7510: Case Study Method
Credits 3GPHD7513: Hermeneutic Phenomenological Research Methods
Credits 3GPHD7518: Research of Religious and Spiritual Experience
Credits 3GPHD7519: Mixed Methods Research
Credits 3GPHD7527: Philosophy of Mind
Credits 3GPHD7530: Brain, Complexity, and Transpersonal Experience
Credits 3GPHD7543: Meditation in Light of Neuroscience
Credits 3GPHD7615: Advanced Research in Ecopsychology
Credits 3GPHD7803: Emerging Worldviews: The Art and Science of Transformation
Credits 3GPHD7804: Psychology of Cognition, Affect, and Consciousness
Credits 3GPHD7805*: Eco-spirituality: Our Spiritual Connection to Gaia
Credits 3GPHD8202*: Transpersonal Approaches to Dreams and Dreaming
Credits 3GPHD8206*: Ecopsychology—Remembering Our Place in The Natural World
Credits 3GPHD8207*: Sustainability, Culture, and Sacred Ecology
Credits 3GPHD8208*: Nature-Based Programs and Wholeness
Credits 3GPHD8210: Psychology of Learning
Credits 3GPHD8211: Ethics and Multicultural Issues in Psychology
Credits 3GPHD8216: Transpersonal Perspectives on Eros and Gender
Credits 3GPHD8222: Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
Credits 3GPHD8299*: Certificate Integration/Artistic Presentation
Credits 1To conclude the Dream Studies certificate, students will write an integration paper and give an artistic presentation in this course. One Zoom session will be scheduled at the beginning of the course where students will have the opportunity to share their insights and experiences in the Dream Studies Certificate program and discuss their ideas for artistic presentations. Students will work on their integration papers and artistic presentations independently during the term. At the end of the term the final Zoom gathering will include all DSC students sharing their artistic presentations. The integration papers and artistic presentations will uniquely express what the students have learned about studying dreams throughout this certificate program at Sofia.
GPHD8452: PTSD, Psychology and Healing Methods
Credits 3GPHD8600: Neuropsychology of Consciousness
Credits 3GPHD8990: Advanced Topics in Research: Grounded Theory
Credits 3GPHD8996: Neurobiological Foundations of Psychology
Credits 3GPHD8997: Introduction to Dissertation Proposal Writing (“Mini-Proposal”)
Credits 4GPHD9600: Advanced Topics in Transpersonal Theory and Research
Credits 1GPHD9610: Integral Research Skills: Advanced Topics in Transpersonal Psychology
Credits 3GPHD9825: Research Practicum I
Credits 3Part I of this two-quarter Research Practicum involves faculty and student collaboration in an original research project on a topic of transpersonal interest. Students actively participate in every phase of the research project, beginning with research design and carrying through with recruiting participants, conducting interviews, administering surveys, analyzing textual data through a thematic content analysis, conduct statistical analyses using SPSS, determine findings from research data and convey them in a scholarly article.