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| Faculty and Staff News | | 12/6/2007 |
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 Allen Bishop's Passion. Dr. Allen Bishop, Chair of Pacficia Graduate Institute's Clinical Program, will be performing at the 5th Annual Santa Barbara Beethovenfest on December 7th and 8th, 2007. The December 7th concert is a Benefit for the Santa Barbara Music Club. Allen will be accompanying world renowned cellist Christine Walevska in Beethoven's early G minor Sonata.
Tickets are available through Santa Barbara Sheet Music (805) 966-3113 and can also be ordered by downloading a ticket order form from the website SBBeethovenfest.org and mailing it to Santa Barbara Beethovenfest, 1100 Mesa Road, Montecito, CA 93108.
Linda Buzzell-Saltzman. Linda Buzzell-Saltzman, M.A., M.F.T presented a paper on Ecotherapy: "Psyche and Nature in a Circle of Healing" at the Nature and Human Nature Conference co-sponsored by the Foundation for Mythological Studies, Spring Journal Books and Pacifica Graduate Institute in March 2007 on the Pacifica campus. (read more)
Stephen Aizenstat interviewed in the Santa Barbara Independent. 
In D is for Dream, Martha Sadler interviews
Pacifica's founding president Stephen Aizenstat, who shares his insights on dreams: befriending dreams, dreams as court fool, dream companions at city council, mundane housekeeping dreams, dream art, the cultivation of curiosity and more ... "Inspiration comes from that intelligence that is outside of the construct of our egoic minds".
To learn more of Dr. Aizentstat's dream work, visit his web site at: http://www.dreamtending.com/
Goodbye Diane!. Dear Special Friends,
With an Open Heart . . . In early September I spoke with President Stephen Aizenstat about my decision to leave Pacifica. In turn, Dr. Aizenstat sent a letter to all the members of the faculty and staff, and he began his very kind message by writing "With an Open Heart . . ." (read more)
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| Alumni News | | 2/1/2008 |
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Leigh Melander: Mythological Studies 2005. 
Leigh Melander Ph.D.,(2005 graduate from Mythological Studies)invites you to joinThe Imaginal Institute for a Free Online Conversation on the Work and Contexts of James Hillman.
In celebration of the Special Event for James Hillman, an extraordinary gathering coming next June in Pittsburgh and the accompanying book, Archetypal Psychologies: Reflections in Honor of James Hillman, edited by Stanton Marlan and published by Spring Journal Books, the Imaginal Institute is proud to host a free, seven-week, online conversation beginning February 1, 2008, exploring some of his ideas and those of scholars his work has touched.
Several eminent scholars who have contributed to the upcoming book, including Edward Casey, David Miller, Glen Slater, and Mary Watkins, as well as Hillman’s official biographer, Dick Russell, will join us, along with members of the myth and archetypal psychology community from around the world. Imaginal Institute Founding Fomenter Leigh Melander (Myth Studies ’05) and Fellow Jacob I. Wright (Myth Studies ’06) will host the conversation. (read more)
Please join us! For more information, visit:
imaginalinstitute.com
Thomas F. McKenna: Clinical Psychology 1998. 
Thomas F. McKenna, Ph.D.,(1998 graduate from Clincal Psychology) is a soul-centered depth psychotherapist. He is the co-founder of Life Change Psychotherapy Institute, PC, director of training in archetypal psychotherapy and a practicing therapist for over twenty five years.
LifeChangeTherapy.net
His interest in depth psychotherapy began with his fortunate opportunity to undergo dream therapy with James Hillman in Dallas, Texas in the early 1980’s. Since then he has been pursuing the practice and art of dionysian soul therapy. His published dissertation is entitled The Return of Nietzsche’s Dionysian Psychotherapy. This body of theoretical research argues for a post modern depth psychotherapy not based upon becoming conscious, but based upon a dionysian creative unconscious.(read more)
Amy Kovarick: Counseling Psychology 2005.  Amy Kovarick, M.A., (2005 graduate from Counseling Psychology) is an author, life coach and owner of Empowered Motherhood LLC. Amy is the co-author of BABY ON BOARD! Becoming a Mother Without Losing Yourself: A Guide for Moms-to-Be (AMACOM Books, May 2007). She has spent the last five years coaching clients across the U.S. and Canada. Her previous background includes over eighteen years of experience building and running start-up companies.
Empowered Motherhood LLC is a coaching company working with moms and moms-to-be around the country in bringing their full potential to their lives as women and mothers. One of the company’s newest ventures is an Internet radio show, The Empowered Mother. The company offers a range of private coaching, self-coaching programs and virtual seminars. Please visit the site at www.empoweredmotherhood.com.
Amy believes her training and learning at Pacifica has been invaluable in her endeavors outside the traditional therapeutic field. “Pacifica has deepened my insight and compassion and transformed my perspective. I have been able to reach new levels professionally and personally – Pacifica enriched every aspect of my life.”
Amy lives in Carpinteria, California with her husband Mike, her son Matthew and her three step-daughters Layla, Lucy and Meli.
Maura Conlon-McIvor: Depth Psychology 2004.  Maura Conlon-McIvor Ph.D., (2004 graduate from Depth Psychology) is the L.A. Times Best author of She's All Eyes: Memoirs of an Irish-American Daughter
(TimeWarner) which recently had its world premier stage adaptation.
Maura's work has been featured in PEOPLE, ELLE, Glamour, CNN.com, and other publications.
Maura's current interest is teaching others the use of "fresh language" to re-vivify notions of sustainability and the felt sense of belonging to the world. Maura's presentation "Belonging to the World: Depth Memoir and Re-enchantment with Cosmos" will be featured at the October Toward a New Renaissance conference in Pari, Italy, sponsored by the Scientific and Medical Network..(read more)
For more information, go to
mauraconlon.com,
paricenter.com,
scimednet.com
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| News from the Campbell & Gimbutas Library | | 2/15/2007 |
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Annual Joseph Campbell Program at Esalen. Joseph Campbell gave a program at Esalen in March almost every year for almost 20 years. After his death in 1987, the Joseph Campbell Foundation continued the tradition by arranging for people who had worked with Campbell to hold workshops.
This year, Chungliang Al Huang will present a workshop with Robert Walter, the director of the Joseph Campbell Foundation , titled "That was Zen, this is Tao: Eastern Philosophy and the Hero's Journey" from March 23-25, to be followed by the workshop "At Play in the Fields of the Lord: A Mythological Toolkit (14th Edition, Revised)" on March 25-30.
Campbell' Writings on James Joyce. Joseph Campbell was hired at Sarah Lawrence College in 1934 to be a Professor of Literature, and by 1940 he was teaching his students about the writings of the controversial avant-garde writer James Joyce. Many critics thought that the multi-layered book Finnegans Wake was a fraud, and Campbell's first published book in 1944 was "A Skelton Key to Finnegans Wake," which is now available again in a new edition published in cooperation with the Joseph Campbell Foundation .
Also available is Mythic Worlds, Modern Words: On the Art of James Joyce , edited from lectures and scholarly essays that Campbell produced throughout his career.
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| Clinical Psychology: Practicum and Internship News | | 5/7/2008 |
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APPIC Match News Email List. THE MATCH-NEWS E-MAIL LIST
MATCH-NEWS is a FREE e-mail list provided by APPIC as a service to
Match participants. It is VERY STRONGLY recommended that all
internship applicants subscribe to this list as early as possible in the process
(i.e., subscribe NOW if you plan to apply for internship in the Fall
of 2008). MATCH-NEWS is an "announce-only" list, which means that
only APPIC can post messages to the list. The volume of e-mail
messages will generally be very small, usually ranging from zero to
five messages per month. As the Match approaches, the MATCH-NEWS list
will be the primary method of communicating important late-breaking
news and information about the Match, as well as tips and suggestions
about how to make the most of the process. Many applicants from
previous years have told us that the messages posted to MATCH-NEWS
were extremely helpful to them in navigating the selection process.
NOTE: If you previously signed up for the MATCH-NEWS list, there is
no need to do so again.
To subscribe to the MATCH-NEWS list, send a blank e-mail message to
the following address:
subscribe-match-news@lyris.appic.org
You will subsequently receive an e-mail message (with the subject
line, "Your confirmation needed") that contains instructions for you
to follow in order to confirm your subscription. Simply follow the
instructions in that message, and you will soon receive a Welcome e-
mail in response. This Welcome e-mail confirms that you are
successfully subscribed to the list (please note that you are NOT
subscribed to the list until you have received the Welcome message).
PLEASE NOTE: If your e-mail program uses "Spam" or "Junk Mail"
filtering, it is possible that the confirmation message from the APPIC
server will be automatically redirected to your "Junk Mail" folder
without your knowledge. If you do not receive a confirmation message
in your "In" box, you should check your "Spam" or "Junk Mail" folder
to see if the message is there.
See the contact info below if you have difficulty subscribing.
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THE INTERN-NETWORK E-MAIL LIST
APPIC also maintains a separate e-mail list, called INTERN-NETWORK,
which is a discussion list for internship applicants. This list is
optional for applicants, though many find it useful. Applicants can
use this list to discuss various aspects of the selection process or
to ask questions about the AAPI, interviews, Match, etc. Since this
list can generate considerable discussion at times, and thus
considerable e-mail, subscribers may wish to use the list's "Digest"
mode in order to keep e-mail to a minimum (see www.appic.org, click on
"E-mail Lists," then on "Intern-Network" for more info about Digest
mode). To subscribe to the INTERN-NETWORK list, send a blank e-mail
message to:
subscribe-intern-network@lyris.appic.org
and follow the confirmation instructions as described above for the
MATCH-NEWS list.
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MORE INFORMATION
For general information about the APPIC Match, see:
http://www.appic.org/
and click on "About the Match" and "Frequently Asked Questions."
General information is also available at the matching program web site:
http://www.natmatch.com/psychint
by clicking the links in the "Overview" and "Match Process" sections.
For complete information about all of APPIC's e-mail lists, see www.appic.org
and click on "E-mail Lists."
If you have any questions about these lists or about the APPIC Match
in general, you may contact Dr. Greg Keilin at gkeilin@mail.utexas.edu
or (512) 475-6949.
CAPIC Clearinghouse. Openings in the CAPIC Clearinghouse will be posted in the NEWS section of the News Departments.
California Psychcare, Inc. Practicum Opportunity. California Psychcare Inc. is dedicated to the practice of autism assessment and intervention. Working together, a team consisting of educational psychologists, a clinical psychologist, a behavior analyst and a speech therapist develop and implement strategies to address the deficits and excesses evident in children with autism or other devlopmental delays.
The following services are offered:
Parent Education
Intensive Behavior Intervention (DTT)
Behavior Management Services
Intensive Relationship Based Intervention
Social Skills Training
Students
will receive a stipend for services. They will also receive initial and
ongoing training. Please direct your questions to Dr. Sadeghi when you speak with him.
397 Mobil Ave
Camarillo, CA 93010
(805) 384-1410
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| News from the Graduate Research Library | | 3/3/2008 |
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Prozac works only on severely depressed?.
According to a recent UK Guardian report, Prozac, used by 40m people does not work. Here's an excerpt (click on the link above for full article):
The study examined all available data on the drugs, including results from clinical trials that the manufacturers chose not to publish at the time. The trials compared the effect on patients taking the drugs with those given a placebo or sugar pill.
When all the data was pulled together, it appeared that patients had improved - but those on placebo improved just as much as those on the drugs.
The only exception is in the most severely depressed patients, according to the authors - Prof Irving Kirsch from the department of psychology at Hull University and colleagues in the US and Canada. But that is probably because the placebo stopped working so well, they say, rather than the drugs having worked better.
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