<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Jorge Ferrer</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jorgeferrer2012@gmail.com">jorgeferrer2012@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 5:37 PM<br>Subject: About the Integral & Transpersonal Psychology PhD at California Institute of Integral Studies<br>To: Jorge Ferrer <<a href="mailto:jferrer@ciis.edu">jferrer@ciis.edu</a>><br>Cc: Marie Thouin <<a href="mailto:mthouin@ciis.edu">mthouin@ciis.edu</a>>, Glenn Hartelius <<a href="mailto:ghartelius@ciis.edu">ghartelius@ciis.edu</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr">




















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colleagues, </span><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black"><span></span></span></p>

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announce that CIIS (California Institute of Integral Studies) is now
offering a </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"><a href="https://www.ciis.edu/academics/graduate-programs/integral-and-transpersonal-psychology/about-the-program" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">doctoral degree in Integral and Transpersonal Psychology</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="font-size:12pt">, and that there are still some available spots for Fall 2018
enrollment.</span></span></p><div style="font-size:large;font-family:"times new roman",serif;display:inline">​ ​</div><b style="font-size:12pt"><i><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Please feel free to circulate
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PhD program in whole-person approaches has been expressly designed for working
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than 35,000 article downloads per year in 170 countries</span><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(33,33,33)">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt;color:rgb(33,33,33)">      </span><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Collaborate with and be supervised by senior scholars such as
Stanley Krippner, Charles Tart, Jorge Ferrer, Jenny Wade, Dean Radin,
and <a href="https://www.ciis.edu/academics/graduate-programs/integral-and-transpersonal-psychology/faculty" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">many more</span></a>, to further their research in
the integral and transpersonal fields</span><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black"><span></span></span></p>

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research-oriented degree that teaches both rigorous intellectual and embodied
approaches to inquiry with high standards of scholarship and critical thinking.
Students in the program will be required to complete 36 units of part-time coursework and
write a dissertation. </span></p><div style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large;display:inline">​</div> <div style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large;display:inline">​​</div><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33)">For three years, they will meet twice a year to participate in a multi-day
residential seminar with the core and associate faculty while completing the
remainder of the coursework online. As students are prepared to start
thinking and writing about their dissertation from the beginning, the program
is designed to be completed in 5 years (3 years of coursework + 2 years of
dissertation writing and defense).</span>



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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33)">To watch current ITP
students talk about their experience with the program, please watch this video: </span><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hc10yaok9szexse/AADL0AJIsVfVhcyFnO845_zQa?dl=0" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://www.dropbox.com<wbr>/sh/hc10yaok9szexse/AADL0AJIsV<wbr>fVhcyFnO845_zQa?dl=0</span></a><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Both Jorge and Glenn
would be happy to speak with you personally or via Skype to answer any
questions you may have. If you have any questions in the meantime, please
contact our admissions representative, Lindsay Roth, at <a href="mailto:lroth@ciis.edu" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">lroth@ciis.edu</span></a> with
the subject line “Integral and Transpersonal Psychology PhD.” We also have
diversity scholarships available. </span><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black"><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33)">The era of
whole-person approaches to mental health has arrived. Be the evolution. </span><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black"><a href="https://www.ciis.edu/academics/graduate-programs/integral-and-transpersonal-psychology/apply" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Apply now</span></a>.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Jorge N. Ferrer, Core
Faculty<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Glenn Hartelius, Director</span><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black"><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><i><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Jorge N. Ferrer, PhD,</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> is regarded as
one of the main contemporary theoreticians of the field of transpersonal psychology.
His participatory perspective is widely discussed in the fields of
transpersonal studies, integral and contemplative education, and religious studies
and comparative mysticism. He is the award-winner author of </span></i><span style="font-family:Calibri"><a href="http://www.sunypress.edu/p-3470-revisioning-transpersonal-theor.aspx" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Revisioning
Transpersonal Theory</a></span><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span><i><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33)">and </span></i><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><a href="http://www.sunypress.edu/p-6388-participation-and-the-mystery.aspx" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Participation
and the Mystery</a><i>, as well as the co-editor of </i><a href="http://www.sunypress.edu/p-4687-the-participatory-turn.aspx" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">The
Participatory Turn</a><i>. Ferrer is currently writing a book on transpersonal
perspectives on sexuality and intimate relationships. </i></span><i><span style="font-family:Calibri">In 2009, he became an advisor to
the organization <span>Religions for Peace</span>
at the United Nations on a research project<span> aimed at solving global interreligious
conflict.</span></span></i><i><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span></span></span></i></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><i><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Glenn Hartelius, PhD</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33)">, is an
internationally known scholar in transpersonal psychology. Building on his
research into developing a comprehensive definition of the transpersonal field,
Glenn serves as editor for the </span></i><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black"><a href="https://digitalcommons.ciis.edu/ijts-transpersonalstudies/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">International Journal of Transpersonal Studies</span></a></span><b><i><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33)">, </span></i></b><i><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33)">which has the largest
online circulation of any transpersonal journal. He co-edited </span></i><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black"><a href="https://www.wiley.com/en-us/The+Wiley+Blackwell+Handbook+of+Transpersonal+Psychology-p-9781119967552" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Transpersonal Psychology</span></a></span><i><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33)">, the first-ever professional handbook for the field. He has
taught in a variety of transpersonal programs throughout the United States and
in Europe, and is engaged in developing a laboratory for whole-person
approaches to neuroscience.</span></i><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black"><span></span></span></p>

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