“The privilege of a lifetime is to “The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.” become who you truly are.”
—C.G.
A Letter from the Vice President of Lifelong Learning
breathing dimension of learning as a transformative encounter.
It is in this spirit that I am delighted to introduce this quarter’s offerings—each designed to bring you into dialogue with scholar-practitioners whose work reflects a profound integration of knowledge and soul.
As spring unfolds around us, I find myself reflecting on the quiet insistence of new life the flowers pressing up through rain-soaked earth, the sound of newborn calves in neighboring fields. These seasonal rhythms remind us that learning, too, is a living process—one that continually invites us to grow, to explore, and to discover anew.
Thank you for the depth of presence, curiosity, and commitment you bring to this community. It is what makes this work not only meaningful, but truly alive.
With gratitude, Loralee
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Like myth, memoir presupposes that there is a certain unity to human experience, that we all share similar hopes, dreams, and desires. When we tell the story of how and where we grew up, who our parents were, how the significant people in our lives influenced us, and what challenges and obstacles we faced, we are locating ourselves within an ancient human tradition of storytelling and meaning-making. Memoirs help us find meaning in our lives by showing us how our lives fit into a larger mythic pattern. Although not every memoir reflects a mythic theme, most memoir writers unconsciously reveal mythic themes in their desire to find meaning in their lives. Memoirs address the domains of myth: Who am I? Who are my people? What is my journey? What is my purpose? Where is home? The essence of a great memoir is the voice of the writer and how she brings the reader into a scene with sensory details In an atmosphere of friendship, support, and safety, we will read excerpts from contemporary memoirists like Joan Didion, Dani Shapiro, Natasha Trethewey, and James McBride that reflect mythic themes, and respond to short writing prompts.
MaureenMurdock,PhD
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JenniferLeighSelig,PhD
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March 21st - December 13th, 2026
Number of Classes: 10
Class Time: Various
All Sessions are Pacific Time.
CECs: 0
LONGEVITY,
WELLNESS, AND THE SOUL’S JOURNEY
May 5 - June 23, 2026
Across cultures and throughout history, human beings have sought to understand what it means to live a long, meaningful, and soul-filled life. Today, as longevity science expands and societal narratives around aging rapidly evolve, the deeper psychological, spiritual, and mythic dimensions of growing older often remain neglected. Longevity, Wellness, and the Soul’s Journey invites learners into a rich exploration of aging as an initiatory passage; a sacred unfolding shaped by imagination, embodiment, ancestral memory, and the enduring call of purpose Blending depth psychology with integrative wellness, creativity, and cross-cultural wisdom traditions, this course offers a transformative inquiry into what it means to cultivate vitality, presence, and inner freedom across the full arc of a human life
What does it mean to live well across the full arc of a human life? How do psyche, body, spirit, and culture shape our experience of aging, wellness, and meaning? In a world increasingly focused on productivity and longevity technologies, depth psychology offers a counterpoint: an invitation to view aging as a mythic, soulful unfolding
This interdisciplinary certificate explores longevity not as mere lifespan extension, but as soul endurance; the development of resilience, purpose, creativity, individuation, and relational capacity across life's turning points Drawing from depth psychology, somatics, integrative wellness, mythology, ecology, and spiritual traditions, the course examines aging as a sacred journey involving transformation of identity, body, imagination, and community.
Through live zoom sessions, reflective practice, storytelling, and embodied exercises, learners will explore themes such as midlife transitions, archetypal approaches to aging, somatic vitality, intergenerational healing, the role of creativity, cultural narratives of longevity, and the spiritual tasks of the later life stages.
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May 5th- June 23rd, 2026
Number of Classes: 8 live Classes, 8 Prerecorded presentations
Class Time: 12:00 - 1:30pm PT
All Sessions are Pacific Time
CECs: 12
This 10-month certificate program in memoir writing takes a unique approach, teaching not only the standard elements of the genre, but applying an archetypal and mythological perspective. Such a perspective seeks to combine the unique aspects of our story with the universal dimensions. In writing with an eye to the unique and the universal, we help our readers reflect upon their own lives as well. Like myth and archetypes, memoir presupposes that there is a certain unity to human experience, that we all share similar hopes, dreams, and desires. When we tell the story of how and where we grew up, who our parents were, how the significant people in our lives influenced us, and what challenges and obstacles we faced, we are locating ourselves within an ancient human tradition of storytelling and meaning-making.
JenniferLeighSelig,PhD
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June 6, 2026 - March 14, 2027
Number of Classes: 10
Class Time: Various
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CECs: 0
Black Moon Lilith is one of the most misunderstood points in astrology. Often reduced to sexuality, rebellion, or shadow projection, it is in fact a precise astronomical point the lunar apogee that marks a threshold within the natal chart. In this course, we will work specifically with the True (Osculating) Black Moon Lilith and explore it as a portal of refusal, exile, and sovereignty
What happens when a person encounters a life arena where belonging requires self-betrayal? Where does autonomy cost something? Where do patterns of withdrawal, rupture, attraction, or destabilization repeat?
Black Moon Lilith marks these thresholds. Rather than treating her as pathology or empowerment narrative, we will examine her as a liminal function one that emerges when structures lose legitimacy and vigilance becomes necessary Through careful chart analysis, mythic context, somatic awareness, and clinical insight, participants will learn to interpret True Black Moon Lilith in natal charts with
precision and depth We will explore house placement as portal, sign as instinct-language, aspects as activation pattern, and lived biography as field of encounter
This Advanced Training Certificate course consists of 8 prerecorded lectures that students can watch at their convenience
The lectures prepare participants for weekly live interactive sessions with two experienced teachers in archetypal astrology and depth psychology. In this graduate-level course, students will encounter complexity, paradox, and differing perspectives while developing a structured and responsible method for working with Black Moon Lilith in professional and personal contexts.
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June 20th - August 15th, 2026
Number of Classes: 8 live Classes
Class Time: 9:00 - 10:30 am PT
All Sessions are Pacific Time
CECs: 12
“We are all part of the old stories; whether we know the stories or not, the old stories know about us. ” Leslie Marmon Silko
The Advanced Training Certificate in Applied Mythology brings together expert myth practitioners with participants eager to understand the multiple ways which myth structures not only storytelling, but psyche itself Recorded learning sessions will usher you into the world of mythology, where deep sources of wisdom can illuminate contemporary turns of life and fate. Live, weekly interactive sessions with master teachers will help you learn to recognize the mythologic patterns that are influencing not only world events, but your own individuation process
Drawing on the sacred stories of many times and places, this Advanced Training Certificate invites you to apply what you learn to a variety of life areas, including selfdevelopment, love and family life, work and career,
spirituality, consciousness, and personal creativity. You will also learn and practice the crafts of storytelling including the science behind why it’s so effective and ceremony creation for workshops and professional presentations.
Explore the inner, storied dynamics of current events: politics and power, science and technology, the media, the environment, religious and spiritual traditions from around the world, all from the standpoint of ready comprehension (no academic expertise required), everyday relevance, and practical application.
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June 25th - August 13th, 2026
Number of Classes: 7 live Classes, 7 Prerecorded presentations
Class Time: PT
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Pacifica Extension’s Microcredentials are 4-6 week hybrid learning experiences that combine recorded content you can complete anytime with live online sessions guided by Pacifica faculty and a community of fellow learners.
Designed for busy professionals and lifelong learners, each course offers a direct, flexible pathway to apply depth psychology in realworld contexts from leadership and education to creativity and care work, through Pacifica Extension.
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become more closer connected with their own individual dream eeper intimacy with one ’ s own dreaming state that includes a ese connections include the ability to bring into the dreamwork ends, former lovers. Then the archetypal appears in the dream. nce of ego and archetype and the movement of integration in service of being in the life, living fully
Active Imagination gives us the way to explore our dreams Dreaming is a creative act that invites any number of ways of seeing: Seeing differently This is what Active Imagination offers the dreamer Ways to deepen into the unconscious as well as the wake state, to see and act into new ways of being. It is through the dreaming of what we call nightmares that we experience not only fear and anxiety but also deeply emotional ways to remedy this suffering. Nightmares are the bridges to implement change through the connection between the unconscious and ego consciousness. These night dreams are wonderful guides to discovering an understanding to ourselves that we would never otherwise know: Sacred knowledge and the Self
Two diverse yet complementary fields converge in this online 6week Microcredential program. Chinese medicine and depth psychology each possess an expansive view of the body and psyche and are grounded in rich traditions Though Chinese medicine is over 2,000 years old, its relevance and need today is more apparent than ever When integrated with depth psychology, we have a potent mix of healing modalities where each field magnifies the strengths of the other. In areas of psychological health where Chinese medicine is weak and falls short, depth psychology soulfully fills in the gaps. Where depth psychology is deficient and could use a practical, hands-on approach, Chinese medicine offers simple and effective tools Rates: $395 General Rate
This course will provide both a theoretical and practical approach to integrating these two fields. The curriculum emphasizes the fluid nature of the mind-body continuum, touching upon psychic structures, internal organs, physical and psychic energy, and conditions such as anxiety, depression, insomnia, and possession Students will engage with psychoanalysis, analytic and archetypal psychology, acupuncture, herbs, and dietetics. This program will be suitable for those who are interested in an expansive view of mind-body medicine, integrative healing, and for clinicians, researchers, and students keen on delving into two vitalizing traditions
June , 2026
$335.75 Alumni Rate
$316 Lifelong Learner Membership Rate
$237 PGI Extension Student Rate
$30 Continuing Education Credits (6 CEC hours)
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April 7 & 14, 2026
April 7 & 14, 2026
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Nicole K. Miller, PhD
What does one do with a degree in depth psychology?
In a culture organized around efficiency, specialization, and measurable productivity, depth psychology can be difficult to situate. It resists easy categorization. It does not conform neatly to prevailing clinical, behavioral, or neurological frameworks. Its language is symbolic rather than technical, its outcomes qualitative rather than easily quantified. As a result, it is often misunderstood.
Yet it is precisely this marginal position that gives depth psychology its power. Because it stands slightly outside dominant paradigms, it can see what they cannot. It attends to the unconscious dynamics shaping individuals and systems. It asks questions that disrupt reductionism. It insists that soul, meaning, and symbolic life are not luxuries, but foundations.
Dr. Drew’s path into depth psychology was anything but
June 23 & 30, 2026
Rate: Free
direct. Before graduate school, he spent fifteen years on the road in a performance ensemble, crafting and staging work that challenged theological orthodoxies and invited audiences into deeper questioning. The stage became a laboratory for symbolic thinking and cultural critique an apprenticeship in holding the tension and trusting that transformation often begins with challenging narratives.
In hindsight, those years were not a detour but a formation. They cultivated the capacities depth psychology requires: symbolic literacy, comfort with ambiguity, and the courage to hold tension without rushing toward resolution.
In the session on June 23rd, Dr. Drew reflects on designing a vocation that refuses the either/or. Rather than choosing between business and soul, scholarship and application, performance and pedagogy, he explores what it means to carry a depth-psychological lens into spaces where it has traditionally not belonged.
Drew Smith, PhD
Pacifica Graduate Institute’s Clinical Psychology Program continues its “Lighthouse Conversations.” These faculty-led talks are designed to address the question: How do we become the people called for by our time?
This year we are adding talks by our graduates and current students
The series emerges from our commitment to respond to the multiple threats affecting us personally, within our communities, nationally-internationally, and as a species. We recognize that our circumstances are simultaneously external and internal Global and cultural warfare, climate change, and social injustice threaten our world and communities. Simultaneously, these external burdens match internal crises: increasing rates of depression, anxiety, and PTSD, alongside an epidemic of loneliness as screens replace human connection
April 1, April 29, May 27, June 24, July 22, August 12, 2026 Learn More & Register Here!
All sessions Pacific Time 5-6:30pm PT Rate: Free Details
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In a world in which old certainties seem to be crumbling, many women feel insecure or lost In Ripening, Sharon Blackie insists that fairy tales are precisely the stories we need for such times
In this complimentary Author Spotlight conversation, Sharon Blackie joins Loralee M Scott, MFA, Vice President of Institutional Advancement & Lifelong Learning at Pacifica Graduate Institute, for a depth-psychological dialogue on her forthcoming book
April 27th, 2026
More than anything, fairy tales are soul-food They show us how to take hold of our own personal narratives and transform them into stories that might begin with trauma, but end with empowerment. They offer us images of startling resonance and beauty, while showing us how to recognize and make use of the possibilities that rise to the surface when broken systems are cracked open
Long before they became bywords for people-pleasing princesses, these old stories – passed down to us through generations by our peasant ancestors – told us everything that women need to learn about the world. They might be set in difficult and dangerous times, but they insist that their heroines face the unfaceable and dig deep for previously unimagined inner resources They teach us to be savvy, inspire us to grow in confidence, show us how to be bold and claim the future we dream of
April 27, 2026
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Individuation and Beyond is a profound exploration of the psychospiritual journey toward wholeness and awakening. Drawing on over five decades of academic study, spiritual practice, and teaching at Pacifica Graduate Institute, Dr. Patrick J. Mahaffey interweaves insights from process relational theology, Jungian depth psychology, the Diamond Approach, contemplative yoga traditions, and integral philosophy. The book invites readers to engage deeply with their inner lives by examining the worldviews and God-images that shape meaning and identity He proposes a form of integrative spirituality a path that unites psychological wholeness with spiritual realization More than a synthesis of great ideas, this work is a guide for the modern seeker a mandala of perspectives designed to illuminate the divine within the human. Each chapter concludes with reflection questions and practices that encourage experiential engagement, making the book both intellectually rigorous and personally transformative
June 16th, 2026
June 16, 2026
Meet The Pacifica Extension Meet The Pacifica Extension &
International Studies & International Studies
(PEIS)
Team (PEIS) Team
Caroline Coffman is the Program Administrator for Pacifica Extension and International Studies. Caroline graduated from UC Santa Barbara in 2015 with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Psychology and Communication, and has a professional background in marketing, sales coordination, event/logistics planning, and program administration. She joined Pacifica Graduate Institute in 2019, and has expanded her role and responsibilities throughout the years In her free time, Caroline enjoys being in nature, cooking, and creating acrylic pour paintings She is passionate about bringing people together and helping to facilitate meaningful experiences.
Carolyn Vega, MA, is Director of Pacifica Extension and International Studies She oversees PEIS programs, cultivating engaging and inclusive learning experiences for a diverse community of learners. Her work draws on her background from Pacifica Humanities, experience supporting a wide range of communities, and over a decade of live event production and management at Stanford University. Guided by an appreciation for storytelling and the transformative potential of the arts, Carolyn is dedicated to creating learning environments that support personal and professional growth As an artist, she creates a visual language that explores the depths of the psyche
Loralee M. Scott, MFA, is Vice President of Institutional Advancement and Lifelong Learning As an entrepreneurial leader, she brings a proven track record of successful organizational leadership as well as post-graduate, depth psychologically informed curriculum design, development and delivery Loralee holds an MFA degree in inter-disciplinary studies focused on somatic depth psychology and cultural transformation. Her work as an award-winning choreographer is featured in Grief and the Expressive Arts published by Routledge and was responsible for the creation and passage of antitrafficking legislation A respected thought leader, she has contributed to Jungian academic journals and lectured internationally in several countries Loralee’s blend of strategic vision and hands-on experience equip her to effectively guide initiatives that bridge academic excellence with real-world impact. Her leadership exemplifies a commitment to lifelong learning and the transformative potential of depth psychology in today’s complex global landscape.
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