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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.
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.
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.