A doctoral student in CIIS’ Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion program explores how phenomenology, empathy, and place-based practice reshape ecological understanding.
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Associate Professor Helena Vissing describes a program where students don't just study somatic psychology — they practice it from day one.
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.
CIIS' Blue Sky Leaders program is built around a wager: that visionary leadership can be done with care, complexity, and contemplative depth.
Sex therapy sits at the intersection of clinical skill and human intimacy. Here's what training looks like and how the path unfolds.
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.
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.