Concentrations

The Business Psychology concentration at Meridian is designed for those who seek to redefine the landscape of organizational behavior and leadership through a lens of group facilitation and psychological depth.

The Clinical Psychology concentration emphasizes coursework aligned with the practice of psychotherapy in contexts such as community clinics, private practice, employee assistance programs, and forensic contexts.

The Collective Trauma and Social Healing concentration is intended for Master’s and Doctoral students in the Psychology and Education programs who aspire to be social healing practitioners in the context of their professional goals.

The Complexity Management concentration emphasizes coursework aligned with the practice of strategic and operational management at small, mid, and large scale, across sectors.

The Depth Psychology concentration emphasizes coursework aligned with professional practice in contexts such as psychotherapy, coaching, depth consultation in organizations, career counseling, teaching.

The Developmental Coaching concentration emphasizes coursework aligned with practice in contexts such as executive coaching, developmental assessment, and management of deliberately developmental organizations.

The Expressive and Movement Arts concentration emphasizes coursework aligned with professional practice in contexts such as conventional healthcare settings, coaching practices, employee wellness programs.

The Generative Entrepreneurship concentration emphasizes coursework aligned with developing the capabilities required for launching new entrepreneurial initiatives.

The Health and Wellbeing Coaching concentration emphasizes coursework aligned with professional practice in contexts such as conventional healthcare settings, coaching practices, and employee wellness programs.

The Integral Psychology concentration emphasizes coursework aligned with professional practice in contexts such as psychotherapy, coaching, depth consultation in organizations, career counseling, and teaching.

The Organizational Development concentration emphasizes coursework aligned with the practice of organizational leadership and development in various institutional domains, like: Business, Non-profits (NGOs); and government including sectors such as education, law, and the arts.

The Somatic Psychology concentration emphasizes coursework aligned with professional practice in contexts such as somatic education, psychotherapy practice, health and wellbeing coaching, employee wellness programs. The approach to learning somatic psychology at Meridian University is rooted in the transformative learning paradigm at the heart of Meridian’s programs, with a particular emphasis on embodied approaches to teaching and learning.

The Transformative Innovation concentration emphasizes coursework aligned with the development of next practices that drive systemic change, social impact, and sustainable value creation.

The Transformative Leadership concentration emphasizes coursework aligned with practice in contexts such as executive coaching, developmental assessment, and management of deliberately developmental organizations.

The Transformative Learning concentration emphasizes coursework aligned with professional practice in contexts such as education, organizational leadership, and adult education.

The Transpersonal Psychology concentration emphasizes coursework aligned with professional practice in contexts such as psychotherapy, coaching, consultation to organizations, career counseling, teaching.

The Yoga and Psychology concentration is intended for master’s and doctoral students in the Graduate School of Psychology who wish to have more expertise on the relationship between Yoga and Psychology in the context of their professional goals. The concentration emphasizes coursework aligned with professional practice in contexts such as yoga therapy, yoga teaching, psychotherapy practice, somatic education, and somatic research.