East-West Psychology is a multidisciplinary program concerned with the meeting of Eastern and Western spiritual and psychological traditions. Through its unique combination of cognitive and experiential offerings, the East-West Psychology program 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. Approaching the encounter among Eastern, Western, and indigenous paradigms in the spirit of pluralism, dialogue, and open inquiry, we actively explore the implications of this convergence for our diverse and multicultural world.

East-West Psychology constitutes a larger context for many disciplines that explore the interface of psychology and spirituality, including the following four East-West approaches:

Depth Psychology: This approach explores the totality of the psyche, the relationship between the conscious and unconscious mind, the ego and the self, and the spiritual and religious nature of the psyche.

Transpersonal Psychology: This approach focuses on the study of experiences and ways of being that transcend the limits of egoic identity, and explores their psychological, philosophical, and social implications.

Consciousness Studies: This approach emphasizes the centrality of consciousness for a holistic understanding of the person. Students explore the nature of consciousness, its phenomenology, as well as the historical and contemporary theories of the mind.

East-West Spiritual Counseling: This approach explores the meaning and purpose of spiritual counseling. It looks at the ways in which this type of counseling complements, coincides with, and differs from psychological counseling.

The East-West Psychology program offers an integral transformative education that encourages students to engage in the twin tasks of the integration of knowledge (e.g., psychoanalysis and Buddhism, Western and Asian epistemologies, etc.) and the integration of multiple ways of knowing (e.g., somatic, emotional, vital, imaginal, intellectual, contemplative). We are dedicated to bringing spirituality into academia and to exploring the transformative elements of inquiry, learning, and writing.