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School of Holistic StudiesSchool ofHolistic StudiesSupplemental field placement is for students who wish to gainclinical experience in addition to their required 12 units offield practicum and wish to count those hours of experiencetowards BBS licensure. In order to be eligible, a student musthave completed at least 18 quarter units of graduate courseworkin the counseling program. Those 18 units must includeEffective Communication A–B (HSJ 5105–06, SPC 5323–24, orTPC 5213–14), Group Process A–C (HSJ 5101–03, SPC 5004–06,or TPC 5004–06), and Ethics and the Law (HSJ 5235, SPC 5631, orTPC 5235). After receiving permission from the field placementcoordinator and the program chair or director, a student mustregister for the one-unit supplemental fieldwork course for eachquarter of experience.MA in Counseling PsychologySomatic Psychology SpecializationThe central principle of somatic psychology is that soma andpsyche are indivisible. Cognitive, emotional, spiritual, and bodilyexperience must therefore be actively included in therapeuticwork. The MA degree program in Counseling Psychology withan emphasis in Somatic Psychology is a professional training inpsychotherapeutic practice from an integrative, whole-personmodel. It provides students with professional clinical skills ofassessment, diagnosis, and treatment with a particular emphasison somatic processes, such as sensate experience, sensorimotordevelopment, muscular movement, and structure. This master’slevelprogram is one of a very few in the world that integrates thestudy of the body and psycho-emotional process in the practice ofpsychotherapy.The program offers a strong foundation in basic counseling theoryand practice. It combines theoretical and experiential learningmodalities and emphasizes personal attitudes, and beliefsbecome embodied in one’s physical structure, posture, expression,or voice. Movement seminars explore the reciprocal relationshipbetween movement and the psyche. Students learn to utilizemovement and somatic awareness techniques to work throughemotional blocks, allow tension patterns to unravel, and cultivatebody-mind-spirit integration. Students are encouraged to pursueboth spiritual practices and somatic disciplines as a foundation fortheir work with others.As an integrative program, the JFKU Somatic Psychology programis informed by several disciplines, including attachment theory,psychodynamic and humanistic therapy models, prenatalpsychology, neurodevelopmental and psychobiological perspectives,traumatology, psycho-evolutionary theory, and ethology.In addition to a core curriculum, the somatic program offersstudents the opportunity to explore contemporary schools ofsomatic psychology such as neo-Reichian work, Hakomi, Bodynamics,bioenergetics, authentic movement, biosynthesis, somaticexperiencing, and sensorimotor psychotherapy.Performance Review and EvaluationFollowing admission, there is an ongoing evaluation of students’academic performance and readiness to continue in the program.When an evaluation indicates that a student’s performance fallsbelow the standards of the Counseling Psychology program, astudent may be required to take additional coursework, completeadditional supervised field experience, undertake personal growthwork, take a leave of absence, or withdraw from the program.After one year in the program and completion of the courses listedbelow, students are given a year-end progress review. This yearendreview is a supportive team process involving the review ofwritten faculty feedback and evaluation, overall grade standing,and an assessment of the individual’s overall readiness to proceedfurther in the program.Courses Units Prerequisite(s) Co-Requisite(s)_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Undergraduate Prerequisites 1,2PYC 3100 Childhood and Adolescence 0–3 —_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________PYC 3200 Personality and Psychotherapy 0–4 —_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________SCI 3110 Anatomy and Physiology 0–4 —_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Any approved spiritual practice course 3 0–2_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Core Curriculum_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________CNS 5010 Paradigms of Consciousness 3 —_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________SPC 5000 Introduction to Somatic Psychology Program 1 0 —_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Somatic Psychology Specialization__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________SPC 5220 Principles of Somatic Psychology 1 3 —SPC 5241 The Cultural Body: Society, Body, Image,2 —_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________and the Self_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________SPC 5430 Movement Seminar A: The Self in Movement 3 —_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________SPC 5431 Movement Seminar B: Clinical Technique 2 SPC 5430SPC 5512 Somatic Psychology Perspectives2 —_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________on Stress and Psychobioimmunology_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________SPC 5572 Body-Oriented Psychotherapies 2_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________SPC 5612 Supervised Practica in Somatic Psychology 4 2 —SPC 5620 Somatic Psychology Approaches to Trauma3 —_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________and PTSDContinued next page.106 School of Holistic Studies John F. 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