Mind-Body Psychology
Course Description
The paradigm is shifting in therapy and inviting transdisciplinary and integrative frameworks in applied models of care. While psychoneuroimmunology set the stage for embracing ancient understandings of the crucial relationship between mind-body-spirit, current research in psychoneuroimmunology, affective regulation, somatic psychology, vagal system therapy, and health psychology, among others, advocate for approaching whole person wellness. This course will take you through a variety of mind-body contexts in therapy.
Adjunct Professors
- Betsy Bates Freed, PsyD
Antioch University Santa Barbara
Colorado State University - Johanna Hays, PsyD
Antioch University Santa Barbara
- Randy Kasper, PhD
California State University San Marcos
- Terry Marks-Tarlow, PhD
California Institute of Integral Studies
Pacifica Graduate Institute
- Indhushree Rajan, PhD
Pacifica Graduate Institute
- Victoria Stevens, PhD
Antioch University Santa Barbara
Pacifica Graduate Institute
University of California Santa Barbara
Course Outline
- Week 1: Mind-Body Psychology in Context
- Week 2: Cultivating Body Awareness and Somatic Systems
- Week 3: Anchoring and Energetic Development
- Week 4: Subtle Movement, Sound, and Silence in Therapy
- Week 5: Ancient Wisdom Traditions and Creating Healing Stories
- Week 6: Attachment, Interpersonal Neurobiology and Affect Regulation
- Week 7: Mindfulness in Mind-Body Psychology
- Week 8: The Sensorimotor System, Trauma, and Mindfulness
