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TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY [TPC] COURSESTPC 5000 INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSPERSONALPSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM 0This course will orient students to how the program flowsand what they need to know in order to complete theirprogram.TPC 5004–06 GROUP PROCESS A–C 2/2/2In a group context, students use traditional and transpersonalcounseling techniques to examine and work with theirown and others’ feelings, motivations and patterns ofbehavior. Topics include group theory and dynamics, stagedevelopment, leadership and implications for group therapy.During the third quarter students gain first-hand experience infacilitating the group (with the instructor as consultant).TPC 5104 PROFESSIONAL INTEGRATIVE PROJECT A 1This first course in a two-course sequence helps studentsclarify their professional focus and articulate their theoreticalperspective. Students develop an outline for an integrativepaper about their work that explores their transpersonaldirections.TPC 5105 PROFESSIONAL INTEGRATIVE PROJECT B 2Students take this course when ready to complete their paperand give an oral presentation on it. This is the second in atwo-course sequence. Prerequisites: TPC 5104 and permissionof the instructor.TPC 5140 EXPRESSIVE MOVEMENT 3This course will be a holistic, experiential journey throughthe moving body, exploring the mind, body, spirit connectionand some educational/therapeutic uses of expressivemovement. The coursework will include readings, drawing,writing, movement, and visualization.TPC 5141 SPIRITUAL SYSTEMS 2Students select from a variety of spiritual systems, exploringthe underlying theory of the system and engaging in in-depthpractice. Sample topics may include African-based spirituality,music and spirituality, art as a spiritual practice, and naturebasedspirituality, among others.TPC 5152 MARRIAGE AND FAMILY COUNSELING A 3An introduction to major family systems theories, methodsfor assessment of interaction patterns, and interventionstrategies appropriate to separation, divorce, and familydysfunction. Spousal or partner abuse assessment, detection,and intervention will be addressed. Also covers relationshipsbetween family systems theory and transpersonal theory.Prerequisites: TPC 5006, TPC 5161, and TPC 5193.TPC 5153 MARRIAGE AND FAMILY COUNSELING B 3Applies principles and methods of marriage and familycounseling, and marriage and family systems theory tospecific problems (e.g., spousal abuse, terminal illness,psychosomatic family members, and addictive families).Transpersonal issues in working with optimal family systemsare also explored. Prerequisite: TPC 5152.TPC 5158 CHILD THERAPY 3Psychological/developmental issues of childhood areexplored from traditional and transpersonal perspectives.The developmental impact of such issues as familydysfunction and child abuse are discussed. Various practicaltherapeutic methods for working with children are reviewed.TPC 5161–62 FUNDAMENTALSOF TRANSPERSONAL COUNSELING A–B 2/2Covers basic postulates of transpersonally orientedcounseling. Surveys Jungian psychology, transpersonalapproaches to psychoanalytic and existential therapy,psychosynthesis, imagery and movement psychology, andmyth, art, and ritual in counseling. Prerequisite: PYC/PYJ3200.TPC 5171–72 SYSTEMS OF TRANSPERSONAL COUNSELING A–B 3/3A specific therapeutic approach to psychotherapy isexplored in depth (e.g., psychosynthesis, Jungianarchetypal,expressive arts therapy, existential-transpersonalpsychotherapy, or transpersonally oriented analysis). May berepeated for credit with a change of topic.TPC 5192 INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ANDTHE FAMILY LIFE CYCLE A 3Covers how the development of the self is conceptualizedand perceived, both personally and therapeutically, from avariety of traditional and transpersonal perspectives includingJungian, object relations, self-psychology, and self-in-relationtheory. Deepens understanding of how developmental arresthas an impact on adult development and becomes expressedin relationships.TPC 5193 INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ANDTHE FAMILY LIFE CYCLE B 3Focuses on traditional and transpersonal views of the familylife cycle and ways it is influenced by and independent ofthe developmental experiences of individual members intheir families of origin. By drawing on research, literature andpersonal experience, students explore specific dynamics ofthe family life cycle. Prerequisite: TPC 5192.TPC 5203–05 DIAGNOSIS, ASSESSMENT,AND THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY A–C 3/3/2A review of traditional and transpersonal diagnosticsystems including DSM-IV and alternative typologies (suchas the Enneagram, a phenomenological approach, or abody-oriented approach), assessment methods includinginterviewing and projective and objective testing, andtherapeutic strategies appropriate to different diagnosticcategories.TPC 5213 THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION A 3Development and application of communication skills to individual,couple, and family therapy. Students learn centering,attention and listening skills, and means of discriminatingbetween content and process.TPC 5214 THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION B 3Training in recognizing transference and countertransferenceissues and in making effective therapeutic interventions.Assessment of communication patterns in dysfunctional,functional, and optimal individual, couple, and family systemsare explored. Prerequisite: TPC 5213.SCHOOL OF HOLISTIC STUDIES 159