Associate Professor Helena Vissing describes a program where students don't just study somatic psychology — they practice it from day one.
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Associate Professor Doug Ronning graduated from CIIS' Drama Therapy program in 2006. Now he teaches in it — with monsters, role play games, and embodied play.
An endowed Drama Therapy scholarship honors a life of creativity, compassion, and service.
After 15 years in corporate diversity work, Indigo ’26, ’27 pursues both a B.A. and M.A. at CIIS while discovering what it means to show up authentically in community.
Beloved Community is built with ongoing practices that bring it fully to life.
CIIS' Center for Psychedelic Therapies and Research celebrated its tenth anniversary with the people who built it and announced a new endowed scholarship.
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.
What somatic practice and Tibetan Bön teachings reveal about the heart's capacity for luminosity — even in conditions of extreme suffering.
Writer and producer Gina Black graduates from CIIS’ Psychedelics B.S. program 50 years to the day after starting her undergraduate degree.
Discover how spiritual ecology invites deeper connection with nature, fostering well-being, reciprocity, and environmental care.
School-based therapy can be a space for both healing and advocacy. Dr. David Cushman explores why.
Addressing wicked problems takes more than analytical skills. Heart-knowing brings the relational depth that systems-thinking needs to heal.