Welcome to The Virtual Experience Portal
Friday, June 14th, 2024 | 10:00 AM – 3:15 PM PT
Virtual Experience Portal
A Comprehensive Virtual Introduction to Pacifica’s Masters and Doctoral Degree Programs
- Introduction
- Breakout Sessions
- Student Services Panel
- Contact Admissions
- Admissions Presentations
- Free Application
- Financial Aid
- Alumni Association
- Important Downloads
- Virtual Campus Tours
Welcome to Pacifica Graduate Institute
Thank you for taking the time to join us for Pacifica Graduate Institute’s virtual experience day! We welcome you to dive deep and learn about our various degree programs in the tradition of Depth Psychology, informed by the teachings of C.G. Jung, Joseph Campbell, Marion Woodman, James Hillman, and others.
You will embark on a journey of knowledge with presentations and conversations with our faculty and staff. As Pacifica president Dr. Leonie H. Mattison, Ed.D., MBA, has shared “Our Pacifica Experience Days are a great way to discover your new learning community. Explore a rich array of degree programs, hear from world-renowned faculty, engage with our dedicated staff, and more. As Pacifica’s president, it is my delight, along with our Provost, to welcome your leadership, scholarship, creativity, and impact.”
Pacifica is an accredited graduate school offering masters and doctoral degrees. The Institute has two beautiful campuses nestled between the foothills and the Pacific Ocean in Santa Barbara. All of Pacifica’s degree programs are offered through low-residential learning sessions that take into account vocational and life commitments.
Today you will enjoy a featured faculty presentation, program breakout sessions, and a Student Services panel. We hope you will consider applying to one of our academic programs using our free application link, and you may contact our Admissions Advisors at any time. Our admissions team is available to help you through every step of the application process. Enjoy the day!
Helpful Notes:
- Although there is a password shown for the meetings, the password is automatic and participants will be able to join by just clicking the link.
- The waiting room will be enabled, so participants when they first log in, may need to wait a moment to be let in.
Call-in Information:
For participants to call in via phone: Dial by your location, then enter meeting ID when prompted:
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose),
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston),
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago),
+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
Application for Enrollment
Apply today and your $75.00 application fee will be waived.
Free Application Link
Introduction & Featured Speaker
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM PT
Featured Presentation: Transgressive Alchemy: An Anzaldúan Reimagining of Soul-Making and World-Making
with Dr. Mary Antonia Wood, followed by Alumni Panel
Speakers:
Jessica Rubinstein, M.S.Ed., Director of Admissions
Leonie H. Mattison, President and CEO, Ed.D., MBA
Rica Toribio, Ed.D., Vice President of Strategic Enrollment and Student Success
Deneatrice Lewis, Vice President of People, Culture, and Belonging
Mary Antonia Wood, Ph.D., Chair of M.A Depth Psychology and Creativity with Emphasis in the Arts and Humanities Program
Meeting ID: 914 7981 0508
Passcode: 722565
Degree Program Breakout Sessions
Please select (click) the degree breakout session below that you would like to join.
MA in Counseling Psychology with Emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Clinical Counseling, and Depth Psychology
with Ben Heilveil, LMFT,
Cynthia Fredericksen, LMFT
Meeting ID: 939 7498 2461
Passcode: 281323
PsyD in Counseling Psychology
with Emphasis in Depth Psychology
with Jaclyn Deilgat, PhD,
Nitsa Dimitrakos, PhD
Meeting ID: 995 1139 4391
Passcode: 112241
MA in Depth Psychology and Creativity with Emphasis in the Arts and Humanities
with Susan Rowland, PhD
Meeting ID: 921 2837 4125
Passcode: 043248
MA/PhD in Clinical Psychology with Emphasis in Depth Psychology
with Session 1: Camille Harris, Ph.D.,
Session 2: Camille Harris, Ph.D.,
Benjamin Strosberg, Ph.D.,
William James Jones, Ph.D.
Meeting ID: 967 6165 6181
Passcode: 916363
PhD in Depth Psychology with Specialization in Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices
with Juliet Rohde-Brown, PhD
Meeting ID: 989 5087 8981
Passcode: 139315
MA/PhD in Depth Psychology with Specialization in Jungian and Archetypal Studies
with Keiron Le Grice, PhD
Meeting ID: 967 6585 7505
Passcode: 229909
MA/PhD in Mythological Studies with Emphasis in Depth Psychology
with Monica Mody, PhD
Meeting ID: 992 2602 2929
Passcode: 963184
MA/PhD in Depth Psychology with Specialization in Community, Liberation, Indigenous, and Eco-Psychologies
with Susan James, PhD
Meeting ID: 922 4070 7789
Passcode: 880182
MA/PhD in Psychology, Religion,
and Consciousness
with David Odorisio, PhD
Meeting ID: 938 6783 4248
Passcode: 270792
Student Services Panel
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM PT
Student Services Panel
Jessica Rubinstein, M.S.Ed., Director of Admissions,
Nicole Kitzmann, Student Residential Services Manager,
Vickie O’Neal, Financial Aid Coordinator,
Lauren Lastra, MPA, Director of Student Services and Accreditation Deputy
Please join the Student Services departments at Pacifica Graduate Institute for a brief overview of our departments as well as the opportunity for prospective students to ask questions to our staff. This panel features Student Services, Admissions, Guest Services, and Financial Aid. Prospective students will have the chance to ask questions about admissions processes, acceptance procedures, financial aid, and more.
Passcode: 754928
Featured Presentation Description
Transgressive Alchemy: An Anzaldúan Reimagining of Soul-Making and World-Making
The activist and the artist are molded, guided, and driven by archetypal patternings whose aims have intersected throughout time–very often within the same human being. The influential mestiza theorist, Gloria E. Anzaldúa was certainly an activist/artist, but she was also an alchemist, an alquimista. Combining the archetypal characteristics of both artists and activists, alchemists consciously enter the eternally shifting forces of creation and destruction. They blur boundaries between psyche and matter, between the imaginal and what we call reality. They fully expect (as Anzaldúa did) that their inner, esoteric operations are as powerful as their outer, explicit operations, and that the union of both can transform matter and realities.
This talk will bring Anzaldúa’s complex theory of conocimiento (particularly its recursive processes and stages) into dialogue with archetypal and alchemical theories of the psyche/soul as advanced by depth psychological thinkers such as C.G. Jung, Marie-Louse von Franz, Henry Corbin, and James Hillman. While it is well known that Anzaldúa was profoundly influenced by depth psychological concepts such as the shadow, the daimon/soul guide, and the mundus imaginalis/imaginal world, along with processes such as personification, active imagination, and soul-making, the value of her own revisioning and alchemizing of these concepts for our diverse contemporary world has yet to be fully understood, appreciated, and applied.
Admissions Contact Information
Pandora Holmes,
Executive Admissions Advisor
pholmes@pacifica.edu
805-881-1637
Programs Advised: M.A in Counseling Psychology with Emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Clinical Counseling, and Depth Psychology
Katherine Bailey, MBA,
Executive Admissions Advisor
kbailey@pacifica.edu
805-881-1638
Program Advised: Ph.D. in Depth Psychology with Specialization in Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices, M.A/Ph.D in Depth Psychology with Specialization in Jungian and Archetypal Studies, M.A in Depth Psychology and Creativity with Emphasis in the Arts and Humanities, M.A/Ph.D in Clinical Psychology with Emphasis in Depth Psychology
Andres Alcala Ramirez,
Admissions Advisor
aalcalaramirez@pacifica.edu
805-220-8613
Programs Advised: MA/PhD in Depth Psychology with Specialization in Jungian and Archetypal Studies, MA/PhD in Psychology, Religion, and Consciousness
State Authorization: Click to View States Pacifica is Authorized to Enroll By Program.
Admissions Procedures
Application for Enrollment
Apply today and your $75.00 application fee will be waived. Free Application LinkFinancial Aid at Pacifica Graduate Institute
Pacifica Graduate Institute is a degree-granting institution, accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) and is approved by the US Department of Education for participation in the Federal Loan Programs. We would like to take this opportunity to extend our welcome to you. While the process of financing an education can be challenging, the Financial Aid Office is committed to making this process as manageable as possible. The purpose of financial aid is to provide financial assistance to students enrolled in at least a half-time basis (minimum of three units/quarter) in an eligible program at Pacifica. Pacifica’s Board of Trustees, administrators, faculty, and staff do all they can to ensure a quality educational experience.
Contact Financial Aid
Financial Aid
249 Lambert Road
Carpinteria, CA 93013
Office Hours: Monday–Friday 8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Phone: 805.679.6197 | Fax: 805.565.9887
Email: financialaid@pacifica.edu
Alumni Association
The mission of the Pacifica Graduate Institute Alumni Association (the “Association”) is to develop and operate an educational and charitable organization that supports Pacifica Graduate Institute (the “Institute”) alumni and the wider community in the pursuit of developing their intellectual, spiritual, altruistic, and professional capabilities. To further its mission, the Association will engage in varied charitable and educational activities and programs, including, but not limited to, the following:The resulting Pacifica Graduate Institute Alumni Association seeks not only to provide alumni and the general public with opportunities for personal and professional growth, but also to serve as a path for making positive changes within society as a whole through service and education.
Important Downloads
Virtual Campus Tours
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Take the Lambert Campus Virtual Tour
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