Program Requirements
The Designated Emphasis in Somatic Psychology is a 36-unit online degree program situated within CIIS' Integral and Transpersonal Psychology Ph.D.
The Somatic Psychology Emphasis explores the implications for understanding human complexities that emerge from serious, prolonged cultivation of direct bodily experience: breathing, touching, sensing, moving.
The program welcomes existing professionals in the field of somatics/somatic psychology, or people who have a substantial background in one or more practices for understanding bodily experience. Students bring their expertise in the material from previously conducted trainings, workshops, or certificate programs that apply to professional practice.
Students are required to attend five-day residential intensives each fall and spring. The remainder of coursework is completed online.
The course of study consists of core requirements, research courses, 18 units in the Designated Emphasis, two comprehensive exams, and a dissertation written using original research.
Course of Study
Two comprehensive exams are required. The first is a comprehensive exam in general psychology that is to be completed no later than the first day of Semester 4. The second exam is a 30-page publishable quality paper graded by an Integral and Transpersonal Psychology faculty member that must be completed no later than one semester prior to enrolling in ITP 6898 Proposal Writing course.
Curriculum Highlights
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