Terry received her B.A. in psychology from Stanford University and her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from UCLA. During graduate school, she was trained primarily in cognitive-behavioral work and sought additional training at the Gestalt Therapy Institute of Los Angeles (GTILA), eventually becoming President.
Hana R. Masud, Ph.D., is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Dr. Atallah’s Research Team at the University of Massachusetts Boston, Dr. Masud's research focuses on the coloniality of mental health services and its impact on re-colonizing local resistance. Masud is the chair of Decolonial Racial Justice in Praxis, an initiative of Psychologists for Social Responsibility http://psysr.org/. Group of doctoral students, and faculty of color, committed to studying the psychology of colonization. And also an active participant in the Global Psychosocial Network (GPN), composed of experts dealing with the horrors and atrocities of imperial relations, capitalism and the humanitarian crises it creates worldwide.
Arieahn Matamonasa Bennett, Ph.D., joined Pacifica as guest instructor/adjunct in 2019, co-authoring DPT992 Indigenous Healing Traditions and Emerging Cultural Phenomena. She completed her MA and Ph.D. in clinical psychology and Fielding Graduate University and is a licensed psychologist. She is an Associate Professor with the School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS), at DePaul University where she has taught for the past two decades. She has widely published and taught in multidisciplinary research areas: Cross-cultural, ethnic minority & indigenous psychology, women’s psychology, and the history, science, and psychology of human-animal relationships.
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Marital and Family Therapist specializing in individual, couples, and family therapy and maintain a private practice in West Los Angeles and Irvine, California. Jungian Family Systems oriented psychotherapist. With over 20 years experience as a therapist and 15 years as Department Chair of the Marital and Family Therapy Department of The California Graduate Institute of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology specializing in Psychodynamic Systems Theory.
Bradley Denis McDevitt, ACC, is an ICF certified coach with an extensive background in theater/dance performance and somatic integration. He is a certified practitioner of Presence-Based Coaching® and is the founder of Carolina Commons Creative, offering the programs "Theater of Self" and "Presence In Presentation," focusing on strengthening creative thought, generating embodied wisdom, and improving metacognition through play and flow. He is also the host of the Quotidian Podcast.
Jill is a mental health educator and consultant, and a licensed psychotherapist, with a small private practice in Santa Barbara. She received her M.A. in Counseling Psychology, with an emphasis in Depth Psychology, from Pacifica Graduate Institute. Jill have served in the public elementary schools in Santa Barbara as a school based counselor, teaching mindfulness and promoting social-emotional learning, with a special interest in ADHD and trauma-informed care. A native of Dublin, Ireland, Jill enjoys researching the archetypal themes, myth and magic of her ancestral homeland.
Dr. Bryan McNutt is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (PhD), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), and Certified Employee Assistance Counselor (CEAP). Dr. McNutt currently serves as an internal employee assistance psychologist and consultant with the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), where he specializes in providing psychotherapeutic services for faculty and staff members of the UCSD community, in addition to critical incident debriefings, management consultations, and behavioral threat assessment and management support.
James Meetze is the author of five books of poetry, including Phantom Hour (2016) and Dayglo (2010), which was selected by Terrance Hayes as winner of the Sawtooth Poetry Prize, both published by Ahsahta Press. His two most recent books are Neki Novi Hramovi (Some New Temples), translated into Croatian by Ivana Bošnjak (Naklada Bošković: 2020) and Kasno u Dugome Sada (Late in the Long Now), translated into Serbian by Uroš Ristanović (No Rules Izdavaštvo, 2020). He is editor, with Simon Pettet, of Other Flowers: Uncollected Poems by James Schuyler (FSG, 2010). His poetry has been translated into Spanish, Turkish, Finnish, Serbian, and Croatian.
Edmund S. Meltzer grew up in New York City, where he fell in love with Ancient Egypt and opera. He attended the Universities of Chicago (BA, Near Eastern Languages) and Toronto (MA, PhD, Near Eastern Studies), the University of Wisconsin—Stevens Point (public school teacher certification, German-Spanish-ESL) and several field schools in American archaeology. Dr. Meltzer has worked in Egypt as a site supervisor on the Akhenaten Temple Project-East Karnak Excavation, ARCE Fellow and tour lecturer.
María Mendoza is a licensed psychotherapist in Colombia with a background in social psychology and peacebuilding. She is a certified facilitator in the Open Studio Process and Expressive Sandwork methods, and a member of the Colombian Art Therapy Association where she has taught several courses in the training program. She also has taught and collaborated with other international Art Therapy programs in México and Perú. María’s current private practice includes Jungian psychotherapy in Bogotá and creative mentoring and workshops through her creative enterprise Joy Collage. María co-teaches HMC270-Project Workshop II.
Marilyn is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Pacifica alumna, with broad clinical experience with highly traumatized populations in community, residential, and inpatient treatment settings. She has been in private practice since 2004, and provided clinical training and supervision in both nonprofit and private settings. Marilyn also has a BA in English/Creative Writing, and MA in Theatre Arts, and taught Creative Drama for 10 years prior to becoming a therapist. Marilyn's clinical interests are primarily focused on the integration of Somatic and Jungian psychotherapy, and working with couples. In addition to her day jobs, Marilyn moonlights as a singer-songwriter, performing with her music partner/husband.
Chris serves as Adjunct Faculty in the M.A. Counseling Program at Pacifica. From 2005 to 2018 he worked at the C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles where he also has been a frequent lecturer for the institute and The Analytical Psychology Club of Los Angeles.
Evan is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, and professor. He is widely considered a leader in behavioral healthcare, having pioneered a soul-centered approach to treatment which values the wisdom of the unconscious mind in overcoming addiction. He has helped hundreds of men and women throughout the U.S. recover from drug and alcohol dependency. Evan holds a Ph.D in Clinical Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and is a registered addiction specialist.
Kathee serves as Associate Core Faculty in the MA Counseling Psychology Department, and has been with Pacifica since its inception. She teaches courses such as Process of Psychotherapy, Authentic Movement, Archetypal and Imaginal Psychology and is the program’s faculty liaison. Kathee has been in private practice since 1980, specializing in Jungian, somatic and creative arts psychotherapy. Also a poet and photographer, she brings passion and compassion to the art of witnessing as a spiritual practice.
Dr. Monica Mody is a Core Professor in the Mythological Studies with Emphasis in Depth Psychology Program, and a transdisciplinary scholar, educator, and poet at the intersections of liminal knowing/language, earth-based wisdom, and decolonial frameworks of wholeness. She comes to her teaching and writing as a border-crossing and cross-genre practitioner.
Mark was first licensed in New Mexico as a Clinical Mental Health Counselor where he worked in partnership with Native American healers using traditional healing techniques. He then became licensed in California as a Marriage, Family and Child Counselor and divided his practice between Beverly Hills and Santa Fe. Mark graduated from the Ph.D. Program in Clinical Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute in 2006 and began teaching that same year.
Jacqueline F. Moore is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, fine art painter, and musical composer. She received her MA in Counseling Psychology from the Pacifica Graduate Institute in 2021. She received a BFA in Fine Art Painting from the Academy of Art University in 2013. Her music, published under the name ‘Maya Lumen’ is signed to GYPYPOP Records as of 2018. She is a 500 hour certified yoga teacher, level 2 Reiki provider, and certified meditation teacher in the Theravada Buddhist tradition.
James Moura, Ph.D. is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Community, Liberation, Indigenous, and Eco-Psychologies specialization (CLIE) at Pacifica Graduate Institute and a professor (at the University of International Integration of Afro-Brazilian Lusophony and Federal University of Ceará, Brazil) and community psychologist working in indigenous and black communities in poverty with youth, adults, and older adults since 2007. He has a strong background in mental health promotion intervention projects, participatory liberation methodologies, participant action research, and decolonial studies, mainly in Latin America. He is a visiting professor at Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Mexico and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Lima, Peru.
Brenda Murrow is a graduate of the Clinical Psychology program at Pacifica. Brenda's passions include animals, animal-assisted therapy, play therapy, and research methods. She is enthusiastic about supporting students both in the classroom, and through sharing her clinical experiences when they support students in exploring their own clinical interests.
Elizabeth has been a member of the faculty since 2003, and has served as Dissertation Office Director, Dissertation Policy Director, and currently chairs the Graduate Research Council. She specializes in scholarly writing, research process and strategy, methodology, and dissertation development and also teaches courses in dream, imagery, technology, and cultural studies.
