Diagnosis in psychology is based on the most current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) that sets the criteria for diagnosis in the field. Clinical licensing and practice requires a thorough knowledge of the categories and criteria for diagnosing mental disorders. The course provides students with an understanding of psychodiagnosis that will prepare them for clinical licensing. Consideration will be given to the limitations of specific diagnostic categories as part of a deliberate effort to medicalize what it is that psychiatry treats, and the implications for the therapeutic relationship
- Instructor: Sam Aganov
The students will develop an understanding of the physical basis for the “aura,” the “chakras,” and the acupuncture system in terms of their behavior as physical fields. This new understanding will likely lead to many new ideas for future research and practical application, which can help test this model and will be of value to the students of this new science, healing practitioners as well as to professionals in conventional academic discipline . The overall goal of this course is to build a bridge between the traditional esoteric or clairvoyant understanding of energy healing and a new description based on scientific principles, using the latest discoveries from many fields of science. It now appears that such a comprehensive understanding of living systems is possible, and this course describes the various elements that make it up.
- Instructor: Claude Swanson
Conducting beneficial counseling requires specialized attitudes and abilities on the part of the therapist. This course emphasizes the fundamental aptitude for active empathic listening and responding by the counselor. This course addresses the skills associated with the task of grasping the point and meaning of communication and perceiving difficulties on an intuitive and/or subtle level. These skills are relevant in any discipline and professional path in which a student will work with people.
- Instructor: Michelle Dexter
This course focuses on selected esoteric teachings and healing practices among the major Eastern and Western religious traditions.
- Instructor: Mali Burgess
The course draws upon investigations and models concerning the nature, types and levels of consciousness, drawn from religion, yoga, mysticism, spirituality, shamanism, Jungian psychology, and parapsychology. It also explores the nature of transcendent consciousness, or super consciousness from spiritual traditions, as well as the practices used in the various traditions to attain these states.
- Instructor: Roger Cavnaugh