Pacifica Graduate Institute

10/05/2026

It was an exciting morning welcoming both new and returning students to the MA/PhD in Community, Liberation, Indigenous & Eco-Psychologies program!

From Admissions to Student Life, Pacifica staff and faculty wish you all a wonderful start to the academic year. We look forward to seeing the meaningful contributions you’ll bring to your program and to our community.

Here’s to a year of learning, connection, growth, and transformation.

10/03/2026

We are so proud to welcome the students who have just begun their journeys this Fall at Pacifica Graduate Institute as well as our returning students!

This fall, we are celebrating new students in:
MA Counseling Psychology
PsyD Counseling Psychology
MA/PhD Clinical Psychology
PhD Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices
MA/PhD Psychology, Religion and Consciousness
MA/PhD Mythology and Religious Studies
MA Depth Psychology and Creativity in the Arts and Humanities

And we’re looking forward to welcoming our students in:
MA/PhD Jungian & Archetypal Studies and MA/PhD Community, Liberation, Indigenous & Eco-Psychologies as their programs begin soon.

We can’t wait to see the unique perspectives, questions, and creativity you bring to our community. May this be the beginning of a meaningful and transformative journey of learning, discovery, and soul tending.

Welcome to Pacifica!

09/29/2026

As Pacifica prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary, we’re taking a look back at some moments captured on campus—students and faculty learning, growing, and sharing experiences throughout the school year at Ladera.

Take a trip down memory lane, explore our special 50th anniversary website, and share your own Pacifica story: https://loom.ly/8rStyJY

More to come!

09/25/2026

Pacifica staff welcome Track V of the MA Counseling Psychology program to campus today for check-in! We’re excited to have you here and look forward to supporting you throughout your journey.

09/23/2026

Swinging into fall on our lovely campus!

How did you mark the fall equinox?

Good luck to the students in our MA in Counseling Psychology and PhD in Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices programs who begin this week—and a big congratulations to all the other cohorts beginning their journeys at Pacifica this month. We’re so excited to welcome you!

Curious about these programs? Learn more: https://loom.ly/ov976XQ

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09/22/2026

Stefano Carpani, PhD is an Italian psychoanalyst and sociologist (training analyst and lecturer of the C.G. Jung Institute Zürich, and postgraduate of the University of Cambridge) working in private practice in Berlin (DE) and online.

He initiated and curates “Jungianeum: Initiatives for Contemporary Analytical Psychology and neo-Jungian Studies”, the book series titled “Re-covered Classics in Analytical psychology” and “JUNGIANEUM/Yearbook”. He is also one of the teachers for Pacifica Extension's graduate certificate, Contemporary Analytical Psychology and Neo-Jungian Studies.

In this interview Stefano discusses distinguishing the field of 'Jungians,' 'post-Jungians,' and 'neo-Jungians', analytical psychology as a 'living tradition', and working with a diverse field of Jungian scholars for the course.

To learn more about the course: https://loom.ly/3et4sbM

09/18/2026

Jennifer Degnan Smith holds a PhD in Jungian and Archetypal Studies from Pacifica. Her work bridges ancient myth, depth psychology, and contemporary culture, informed by extensive travel and study in Greece. She applies Jungian, archetypal, and mythological perspectives to both personal and cultural transformation. Her work connects inner life and outer systems, with a focus on psychological, economic, and environmental health.

She is also one of the teachers for the certificate course, Goddess Makers in the Marketplace: Creative Feminine Wisdom for Culture Shaping Careers, that starts October 1.

In this interview, she discusses recovering meaningful connections to our community and to ourselves in a marketplace "starved of eros", how to cultivate and create space in our creative lives, and how to honor and align our working lives with our soul’s calling.

09/16/2026

The latest issue of INSIGHTS is out now!

Pacifica Extension’s exclusive quarterly digital magazine for Lifelong Learners returns with its fifth edition, exploring one of the most profound and elusive concepts in analytical psychology: the Self.

This issue features:
* “Self as Instrument: An Existential-Humanistic Reflection” by Christy Hey

* “The Self: A Transdisciplinary View” by Elizabeth Jones

* “The Self: It’s Not What You Think” by Dylan Martinez Francisco

* Poetry, art, and more explorations of the Self

Every issue of INSIGHTS brings together creative and scholarly work from Pacifica faculty, alumni, and students, offering Lifelong Learners an opportunity to engage with diverse perspectives across depth psychology and the humanities.

Interested in becoming a Lifelong Learner and accessing INSIGHTS?

Learn more here: https://loom.ly/lB5T6Fc

09/14/2026

Alanna Kaivalya, Ph.D.‬ is an author, educator, speaker, and founder of The Satisfied Woman, where she teaches women to reclaim feminine power and create lives rooted in satisfaction, sovereignty, and fulfillment. She holds a doctorate in Mythological Studies with an emphasis in Depth Psychology from Pacifica and is the author of The Way of the Satisfied Woman: Reclaiming Feminine Power.

She is also one of the teachers for the certificate course, Goddess Makers in the Marketplace: Creative Feminine Wisdom for Culture Shaping Careers, that starts October 1.

In this interview, Alanna discusses the assigned identities of women against the fluidity of archetypes, the importance of pausing and re-centering in high-pressure situations for women, and the grief and resulting transformation in assessing success and achievement.

To learn more about the course, please visit: https://extension.pacifica.edu/goddess-makers-in-the-marketplace-creative-feminine-wisdom-for-culture-shaping-careers-certificate-course/

To learn more about Alanna's work, please visit: thesatisfiedwoman.com

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09/08/2026

Kate Eastwood Norris is an award-winning actor, director, playwright, workshop leader, private acting coach, as well as an instructor at the university level whose academic interests center on Humor, Comedy, Depth Psychology, Theatre, Shakespeare, and how they all intertwine.

She is also the teacher for the Pacifica Extension microcredential, Laughing Matters: Jung, Comedy, and the Transformative Power of Humor, that stars October 7.

In this interview, Kate discusses philosophy's historical dismissal of humor, why it should be reclaimed in our current time, how she came to depth psychology as a comedic performer, and the subversive power of humor.

https://loom.ly/6Bqjlhs

Kate Eastwood Norris is an award-winning actor, director, playwrigh...