Alumni Affairs: Alumni News

Patricia Reis (Counseling Psychology 1986)

Mark Kelly — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:16:01 GMT

Patricia Reis M.A. (1986 Counseling Psychology) is a writer and psychotherapist in private practice in Portland, Maine. She is the author of many articles and three books focusing on women’s psychology, mythology, and creative process. Her books are: Through the Goddess: A Woman’s Way of Healing, Daughters of Saturn: From Father’s Daughter to Creative Womanand The Dreaming Way: Dreams and Art for Remembering and Recovery (with Susan Snow) (available from Spring Journal and Books)

Over the past twenty-three years Patricia has facilitated many artists and writers in bringing their work to fruition. Her primary orientation to creativity is through depth psychology, the psychology of the unconscious, and through the power of image-making. At the same time, she has been very interested in the evolution of feminism, its theories and productions and their impact on culture. Her most recent work is a dvd production: “Arctic Refuge Sutra: Teachings from an Endangered Landscape.” Arctic Sutra pairs powerful images of the Refuge with Reis's poetic and moving commentary about her experience journeying down the Sheenjek River, one of the most remote areas in the United States. View a clip by going to the distributor or going to Muskox Productions. Her website is www.patriciareis.net.

Patricia may be reached at preis@midmaine.com.

Leigh Melander: Mythological Studies 2005

Tiare Newport — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:41:30 GMT

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.

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Please join us! For more information, visit: imaginalinstitute.com

Thomas F. McKenna: Clinical Psychology 1998

Tiare Newport — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:52:58 GMT

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

Tiare Newport — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:10:48 GMT

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

Tiare Newport — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:26:10 GMT

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

Robert Lloyd: Depth Psychology 2004

Tiare Newport — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:37:09 GMT

Robert Lloyd, Ph.D., MFT (2004 graduate from Depth Psychology) is the clinical director of counseling services at Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar in San Diego County. His new book, The Knowledge that Leads to Wholeness—Gnostic Myths Behind Jung’s Theory of Individuation is available in the Pacifica bookstore, or online at xlibris.com or barnesandnoble.com.

Robert is an ordained Gnostic priest, a member of a Gnostic community called the Pearl. You can contact Robert through the community’s website at http://www.thepearl.org. (read more)

Lori Pye: Mythological Studies (2002)

Tiare Newport — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:51:21 GMT

Lori Pye Ph.D. (2002 graduate from Mythological Studies) is adjunct faculty in the Clinical and Counseling programs at Pacifica Graduate Institute and teaches Ecopsychology at Santa Barbara City College. Lori's background includes executive management for international marine conservation organizations, including Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ocean Futures Society, as well as working with coalitions in Latin America to develop the Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape Corridor with the Ministers of the Environment from Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador and NGOs such as Conservation International and The Darwin Foundation.<p/> (read more)

Druscilla French: Mythological Studies (1999)

Tiare Newport — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:06:44 GMT

Druscilla French (1999) holds a Ph.D. in Mythology with an emphasis in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, CA. She holds an M.A. in Communications and an undergraduate degree in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as well. Drucie has taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, George Washington University, and Northern Virginia Community College. (read more)

Charlyne Gelt: Clinical Psychology (2001)

Tiare Newport — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 18:09:30 GMT

Charlyne Gelt (2001), Ph.D., MFT, CGP, is a licensed psychotherapist and registered group psychotherapist who integrates 15 years of working with “strong” women struggling with issues of submissive dependency and emotional intimacy in relationships. (read more)

Jennifer Freed

Tiare Newport — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:20:45 GMT

Jennifer Freed, Ph.D (2002 graduate from Depth Psychology) is Co-Director of The Academy of Healing Arts for Teens and the Co-Director of Astrological Counseling Seminars. She is co-author of The Ultimate Personality Guide published by Tarcher Putnam. She has spent the last 30 years counseling individuals, couples, and families and is just finishing a set of workbooks for families on Character, Creativity, Compassion, and Sexual Wisdom due out 2007 by LULU publications. (read more)

Alchemy Inc. with G. Kwame Scruggs

Tiare Newport — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 19:55:40 GMT

G. Kwame Scruggs is the Founder and Executive Director of Alchemy, Inc., a non-profit organization in Akron, Ohio created to assist urban male youth achieve personal and social growth through a support group curriculum utilizing mythological stories and fairy tales within a Jungian Depth Psychological perspective. (read more)

Elephant Trauma: Gay Bradshaw

Tiare Newport — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:04:23 GMT

G.A. Bradshaw, Ph.D., Ph.D, is on the faculty at Pacifica Graduate Institute in the Depth Psychology Program, and at Oregon State University in the Environmental Sciences Graduate Programme. She received her second doctorate at Pacifica in Depth Psychology in 2005. Under the supervision of Dr. Mary Watkins, Gay studied human-caused breakdown of elephant communities in Africa and Asia. Massive genocide, starvation, and the decimation of elephant elders has created severe trauma and symptoms such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in young elephants. (read more)