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CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
ECOPSYCHOLOGY TRAINING INTENSIVE
(Taught from Depth / Archetypal Psychological Perspectives)
COURSE OPENS February 1, 2010
Registration Process:
1.Fill out Education Program Application
2.Make your course Enrollment Deposit
3. Pay course fee before due date
Upon Registration Completion you will receive Course Syllabus and information for how to join our Student Program Orientation with Lori Pye and Rinda West on February 1 (this will be a live online Webinar).
Ecopsychology is a budding field that recognizes the complex interconnection, interaction, and interdependence between the natural world and the human aspect of this world. It is a cross-pollination among the sciences and humanities that provides a critical and necessary understanding that the well being, the flourishing of the planet and that of the human and non human world must include sustainable and mutually enhancing relationships.
Biologists, with their ever more subtle and complex knowledge of the natural world, have provided us with a rich field of imagery. Psychologists have also contributed to the repertoire of imagery with their ever richer descriptions of the human psyche, and of the mind. Depth psychologists, in particular, have deepened our understanding of archetypes and shadow, or unknown elements of the psyche or soul. This lens allows us to more deeply mine rich ecopsychological concepts.
Ecopsychology places human psychology in an ecological context, thereby ecologizing our psychology and psychologizing our ecological understanding. Our goal is to examine ideas for psychological, ecological and cultural restoration.
Ecopsychology Training Curriculum
Ecopsychology Training Course Description:
This 6-month training course will offer comparisons from principles of depth psychology with corresponding principles in biology and ecology in order to help us understand how metaphors and images can either hold a framework or mythology in place, or stimulate the creation of a change in attitudes and behaviors, in other words - the creation of a new mythology toward Self, each other, and the natural world.
It emphasizes relationships between personal, community, organizational, economic, social, ecological and ethical issues. We will review fundamental concepts in ecology, depth and archetypal psychology and explore their relevance to ecopsychology.
We'll discuss ideas for how and why change is required for ecosystem health, and discuss how a sustainable psychological system encourages the development of sustainable natural systems, organizational systems, political and educational systems.
The Certificate in Ecopsychology Training is recommended for those seeking in-depth training for how to utilize ecopsychology in practical and meaningful ways. This course is geared for clinicians, health care practitioners, educators, natural resource managers, landscape and urban planners, environmental consultants, ecological designers, those working in non-profit sectors, communications consultants, community leaders, and environmental and social change advocates.
Course Requirements for Certification:
Eco-Journal Assignments: Each student will keep a journal that will be have your thoughts, ideas or even sketches or drawings about specific questions I will give the class each week to muse over, observations I may ask you to make as well as your own observations, reflections and interpretations. These will be the basis for our weekly Online Discussions.
Ecopsychology Certification Test: This is an Online test of the basic ideas, concepts and applications that you will have learned during this training. For Certification: The student must pass 85% of the questions correctly. You will be well prepared for this exam.
Certification: Your Certification passage is based on your full participation in completing the readings, participating in discussions, making journal entries that demonstrate reflection and effort, and your final test (for Certification). This is a Certification Course and those planning on obtaining Certification in Ecopsychology must pass 85% of the test questions at the end of the program.
Non-Certification: Full participation is required for this training whether you plan to obtain Certification or not. This is a professional training designed for those wishing to study Ecopsychology in a deeply engaging manner.
Online Discussions:
This is an important aspect to our online ecosystem (the class). All students are required to participate in these discussions adding ideas, thoughts, questions, share confusions or disconnections.
CEU'S are provided for each certificate program.
Continuing Education Units Application
ENROLLMENT DEPOSIT
Before starting the program, you must submit a non-refundable enrollment deposit of $50 within three weeks. Once paid, the fee will reserve a space for you and will apply to your first quarter's fees.
Make Your Enrollment Deposit
The Center for the Study of Change admits students of any race, color, sexual orientation, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to its students. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other school administered programs.
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