Professor Jun Wang shares how CIIS’ East-West Psychology Department teaches students to unite scholarly understanding with embodied practice through Eastern, Western, and indigenous wisdom traditions.
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Dane Cervine '84 has spent four decades weaving together clinical psychology, contemplative practice, and poetry — a life he traces back to CIIS.
Associate Professor Sara Salazar shares how CIIS’ B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies creates space for students who have started and stopped their degrees to finally complete on their own terms.
Writer and producer Gina Black graduates from CIIS’ Psychedelics B.S. program 50 years to the day after starting her undergraduate degree.
CIIS' first class of Psychedelic Studies graduates completed a program built on a conviction: that a booming field needs rigorously trained leaders.
How one CIIS alumna moved from seeking answers about consciousness to living — and leading — inside the inquiry.
Understand the key differences between MFT and LPCC licenses to choose the right clinical path for your career.
CIIS alum Missy Lahren is fighting to give forests, rivers, and living ecosystems a formal voice in the legal system.
Nick Blanc ’26 left a fulfilling career in homeless services to pursue undergraduate education at CIIS rooted in ancestral wisdom, indigenous traditions, and community healing.
Systems thinking equips changemakers and doctoral researchers to find meaningful intervention points within complex social and ecological challenges.
Film composer Layla Minoui shares how healing from cancer led her to CIIS’ Expressive Arts programs and a new purpose as an emerging coach.
Discover how these approaches differ and why the arts can unlock new pathways for growth and self-discovery.
Preschool teacher Linette Illastron returned to school after a decade and rediscovered her voice, her strength, and her passion for learning at CIIS.