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Professional Studies
College of Professional Studies Course Descriptions
PSY 9100 exit Meeting 0
This exit meeting formalizes the preparation of paperwork that
must be processed as students complete field placement and change
from trainee to intern upon graduation. This meeting allows
students to reflect upon and bring closure to their gradu ate
experience as they prepare for their future as practitioners.
Somatic Psychology [SPC] Courses
SPC 5000 introduction to Somatic
Psychology Program 0
This is a required, no-cost, no-credit course for all students entering
the Somatic Psychology program. Taken during the student’s first
quarter, this course will orient students to program standards and
procedures and provide other information that students will need to
complete their program.
SPC 5004–06 group Process a–C 2/2/2
Using traditional, holistic, and somatic group therapy techniques,
students examine and work with their own and others’ feelings,
motivations, and patterns of communication and behavior in a group
context. Through class participation, students experience and learn
group theory and group facilitation skills. This class must be taken
in three consecutive quarters.
SPC 5115 Cross-Cultural issues in Counseling 3
This course provides an overview of the field of cross-cultural issues
related to counseling. Special emphasis is placed on fostering an
understanding and awareness of cross-cultural dynamics in
counseling through an examination of the historical, political,
somatic, and biopsychosocial issues that impact life in a
multicultural, heterogeneous society like the Bay Area.
SPC 5204 diagnosis, assessment,
and Therapeutic Strategy a 3
This course is an examination of traditional diagnostic categories
including psychodynamic models and dSM-Iv-r. Assessment
methods, therapeutic strategies, and best practices for different
diagnostic categories and cross-cultural contexts are covered.
SPC 5205 diagnosis, assessment, and Therapeutic
Strategy B 3
This course focuses on specific diagnosis, assessment, and treatment
skills and concepts from traditional and somatic psychology
perspectives including character analysis, formative psychology, and
other somato-psychological systems for evalu ating and developing
psychotherapeutic treatment strategies.
SPC 5216 Sexuality 2
The sexual response cycle, male and female sexuality, gender
diversity, sexual development, and sexual dysfunction are dis cussed
from physiological, psychological, multicultural, and somatic
psychology perspectives. The course explores therapeu tic
approaches as they apply to individuals, couples, and families from
a variety of sexual orientations.
SPC 5220 Principles of Somatic Psychology 3
This course is an introduction to the fundamentals of somatic
psychology, the field, and its basic concepts and values. Areas of
focus include history, issues, principles, and practices with attention
to the origins and psycho-emotional consequences of the mind-body
split. Students are introduced to basic practices such a sensory
self-tracking, centering, and self-forming, and the concepts of
dynamic systems and self- regulation.
SPC 5241 The Cultural Body: Society,
Body image, and the Self 2
This course will look at the manner in which family, society, and
culture act as intervening variables in our relationship to bodies.
Beliefs (personal, familial, social, and cultural) and mythologies
regarding the body and the impact of these beliefs on our
somato-psychological experience will be examined. Eating disorders
such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and compulsive eating are
examined as specific examples of cultural distortion of bodily
self-awareness. In addition, the course will also look at cross-cultural
differences in the manner and meaning of embodiment and the
ramifications for clinical practice.
SPC 5250 Basic addiction Studies 3
Basic information about alcoholism and chemical
dependency—definitions, impact upon the users and their
environments, medical and neurological aspects, current theories of
the etiology of substance abuse, cross-cultural issues, and somatic
psychology perspectives on addiction major treatment approaches
including 12-step and harm-reduction approaches and a survey of
the community resources available.
SPC 5323 Therapeutic Communication a 3
This course is an introduction to basic principles and practices of
therapeutic communication. Students will study and practice basic
psychotherapeutic concepts, skills, and self-awareness. Through
lectures, films, and experiential practice, students will be helped to
develop the clinical skills of somatic reflection, aware ness, clear
communication, flexibility, insight, compassion, cross-cultural
sensitivity, and personal presence.
SPC 5324 Therapeutic Communication B 3
This course introduces students to specific Somatic Psychology
clinical processes and practices within a holistic and psycho-dynamic
model. Training in recognizing transference and coun tertransference
issues and in developing effective therapeutic interventions is the
focus. The emphasis is on understanding and working with
nonverbal and verbal communication and somato-psychological
defense patterns in individuals, couples, and family systems.
Prerequisite: SPC 5323.
SPC 5430 Movement Seminar a:
The Self in Movement 3
This course is an experiential and theoretical introduction to
movement as a point of theoretical inquiry, clinical exploration, and
therapeutic intervention. Students will become familiar with a wide
variety of both directive and free-movement approaches including
psychodynamic traditions, developmental movement, authentic
movement, body mind centering, and continuum movement.
SPC 5431 Movement Seminar B: Clinical Technique 2
This course focuses on the learning and practice of movement-based
psychotherapy interventions with diverse populations in a variety of
therapeutic settings. Students explore the development of movement
patterns, the process of re-patterning, and the use of movement for
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