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School of Holistic StudiesCourses Units Prerequisite(s) Co-Requisite(s)_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________TPC 5158 Child Therapy 3 —TPC 5192 Individual Development and the Family Life Cycle A 3 —_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________TPC 5193 Individual Development and the Family Life Cycle B 3 tPC 5192_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________TPC 5231 Sexuality 2 —_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________TPC 5250 Basic Addiction Studies 3 —_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________TPC 5325 Ethics and the Law 3 —_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________TPC 5422 Cross-Cultural Issues in Counseling 3 —_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________TPC 5703 Clinical Skills: Partner and Spousal Abuse, Elder Care 2 —_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________TPC 5705 Counseling Case Seminar 3 —_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________TPC 9005 Personal Psychotherapy 0 —_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________TPC 9015 Child Abuse Assessment and Reporting 0 —_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Field Placement_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________tPC 5751 Field Placement A 3 —_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________tPC 5752 Field Placement B 3 tPC 5751_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________tPC 5753 Field Placement C 3 tPC 5752_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________tPC 5754 Field Placement D 3 tPC 5753_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Professional Integrative Project Sequence_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________tPC 5104 Professional Integrative Project A 1 —_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________tPC 5105 Professional Integrative Project B 2 tPC 5104_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Total units required 92–102_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________1This requirement must be completed prior to year-end review.2These undergraduate courses or their approved equivalents are prerequisite to the graduate program. Students who have not completed them priorto admission are required to do so during the first year of graduate study.Holistic Studies SpecializationThe Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology with aspecialization in Holistic Studies prepares students for careers aspsychotherapists, with a special emphasis on transpersonal andsomatic approaches to psychotherapy. This program is offeredat our Campbell campus only. Students are admitted into fall orspring cohorts for this program specialization.This degree program offers a strong foundation in basiccounseling theory and practice. The program combines theoreticaland experiential learning modalities and emphsizespersonal growth and development. Students engage in selfreflectionthroughout the program, particularly in understandingthe role of the family system in shaping their attitudes, beliefs,behaviors, and way of relating with others. Core courseworkallows students an opportunity to develop awareness of theirown process while developing counseling, interpersonal, andcommunication skills. Students also explore the integration ofbody, mind, emotions, and spirit in their work through coursesin body-oriented psychotherapies, transpersonal counseling, andJungian psychology.Transpersonal psychology addresses many of the same clientissues and utilizes many of the same methods as more traditionallyoriented therapies. However, transpersonal psychology alsoemphasizes the quality of presence and authenticity of thetherapist, an openness to non-ordinary states of consciousness,and a trust in the client’s innate health and inner guiding wisdom.Transpersonal therapists may also utilize some form of meditation,yoga, breath awareness, or imagery methods. The coursework intranspersonal psychology deepens students’ knowledge of the roleJohn F. Kennedy Universityof meditation, dreams, archetypes, myth, and ritual in fosteringpsychological and spiritual well-being.Somatic psychology courses investigate the ways emotions,attitudes, and beliefs become embodied in one’s physicalstructure, posture, expression, or voice. Movement seminarsexplore the reciprocal relationship between movement and thepsyche. Students learn to utilize movement and body meditationtechniques to work through emotional and energetic blocksand to cultivate body-mind-spirit integration. Students areencouraged to pursue both spiritual practices and somaticdisciplines as a foundation for their work with others.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 proceedwith the Counseling Psychology program. All students enteringthe Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology with a specializationin Holistic Studies are required to demonstrate their abilityto write a well-developed, coherent essay. Students who cannotwrite a well-developed, coherent essay will be required to take anon-credit writing workshop.School of Holistic Studies 109School ofHolistic Studies