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School of Holistic StudiesTranspersonal Psychology [TPC] CoursesSchool ofHolistic StudiesTPC 5000 Introduction to theTranspersonal _____________________________________________________________________Psychology Program 0This course will orient students to how the program flows andwhat they need to know in order to complete their program.TPC _____________________________________________________________________5004–06 Group Process A–C 2/2/2In a group context, students use traditional and transpersonalcounseling techniques to examine and work with their own andothers’ feelings, motivations and patterns of behavior. Topicsinclude group theory and dynamics, stage development, leadershipand implications for group therapy. During the third quarter,students gain first-hand experience in facilitating the group (withthe instructor as consultant).TPC _____________________________________________________________________5104 Professional Integrative Project A 1This first course in a two-course sequence helps students clarifytheir professional focus and articulate their theoretical perspective.Students develop an outline for an integrative paper abouttheir work that explores their transpersonal directions.TPC _____________________________________________________________________5105 Professional Integrative Project B 2Students take this course when ready to complete their paperand give an oral presentation on it. This is the second in a twocoursesequence. Prerequisites: TPC 5104 and permission of theinstructor.TPC _____________________________________________________________________5140 Expressive Movement 3This course will be a holistic, experiential journey through themoving body, exploring the mind, body, spirit connection andsome educational/therapeutic uses of expressive movement. Thecoursework will include readings, drawing, writing, movement,and visualization.TPC _____________________________________________________________________5141 Spiritual Systems 2Students select from a variety of spiritual systems, exploringthe underlying theory of the system and engaging in in-depthpractice. Sample topics may include African-based spirituality,music and spirituality, art as a spiritual practice, and nature-basedspirituality, among others.TPC _____________________________________________________________________5152 Marriage and Family Counseling A 3An introduction to major family systems theories, methods forassessment of interaction patterns, and intervention strategiesappropriate to separation, divorce, and family dysfunction.Spousal or partner abuse assessment, detection, and interventionwill be addressed. Also covers relationships between familysystems theory and transpersonal theory. Prerequisites: TPC 5006,TPC 5161, and TPC 5193.TPC _____________________________________________________________________5153 Marriage and Family Counseling B 3Applies principles and methods of marriage and family counselingand marriage and family systems theory to specific problems (e.g.,spousal abuse, terminal illness, psychosomatic family members,and addictive families). Transpersonal issues in working withoptimal family systems are also explored. Prerequisite: TPC 5152.TPC _____________________________________________________________________5158 Child Therapy 3Psychological/developmental issues of childhood are exploredfrom traditional and transpersonal perspectives. The developmentalimpact of such issues as family dysfunction and child abuse arediscussed. Various practical therapeutic methods for working withchildren are reviewed.TPC 5161–62 Fundamentals ofTranspersonal _____________________________________________________________________Counseling A–B 2/2Covers basic postulates of transpersonally oriented counseling.Surveys Jungian psychology, transpersonal approaches to psychoanalyticand existential therapy, psychosynthesis, imagery andmovement psychology, and myth, art, and ritual in counseling.Prerequisite: PYC/PYJ 3200.TPC 5171–72 Systems ofTranspersonal _____________________________________________________________________Counseling A–B 3/3A specific therapeutic approach to psychotherapy is explored indepth (e.g., psychosynthesis, Jungian-archetypal, expressive artstherapy, existential-transpersonal psychotherapy, or transpersonallyoriented analysis). May be repeated for credit with achange of topic.TPC 5192 Individual Developmentand _____________________________________________________________________the Family Life Cycle A 3Covers how the development of the self is conceptualized andperceived, both personally and therapeutically, from a varietyof traditional and transpersonal perspectives including Jungian,object relations, self-psychology, and self-in-relation theory.Deepens understanding of how developmental arrest hasan impact on adult development and becomes expressed inrelationships.TPC 5193 Individual Developmentand _____________________________________________________________________the Family Life Cycle B 3Focuses on traditional and transpersonal views of the family lifecycle and ways it is influenced by and independent of the developmentalexperiences of individual members in their familiesof origin. By drawing on research, literature, and personalexperience, students explore specific dynamics of the family lifecycle. Prerequisite: TPC 5192.TPC 5203–05 Diagnosis, Assessment,and _____________________________________________________________________Therapeutic Strategy A–C 3/3/2A review of traditional and transpersonal diagnostic systemsincluding DSM-IV-TR and alternative typologies (such as theEnneagram, a phenomenological approach, or a body-orientedapproach), assessment methods including interviewing andprojective and objective testing, and therapeutic strategiesappropriate to different diagnostic categories.152 School of Holistic Studies John F. Kennedy University