Integral Psychology

Concentration

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Concentration Description

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

Topics of great significance to psychological inquiry and human flourishing such as trauma, gender, health, conflict, addictions, intimacy, and psychotherapy can be viewed through many psychological perspectives or orientations enabling whole-person and whole-system understanding.

Integral Psychology as a meta-orientation gathers diverse orientations to psychology and enables diverse ways of enacting distinct Integral psychologies. The Meridian concentration on Integral Psychology especially draws on the work of Jean Gebser, Sri Aurobindo, Carl Jung, Ken Wilber, Jean Houston, and A.H. Almaas.

Integral practitioners working in diverse domains and contexts — for example, organizational development or psychotherapy — are informed and guided by a practical understanding of integral psychology.

Practices, methods, ideas, and topics engaged within this concentration’s courses, by way of example, include: meta-theory, spiritual and mystical experience, states and stages of consciousness, post and meta-modernism, subtle capacities, contemplative practices, affective neuroscience, and relational & emotional development.

"No matter how bad our crises, our responses will decide both their consequences and our destiny. If that’s so, and it is, it raises one of the great questions of our time and of all time: How can we contribute most effectively to help mitigate or heal these crises? As integral practitioners, this question becomes: How can we use our integral skills to contribute most effectively? Of course, beneath this lies another question: How do we discover our most effective contributions?"

Roger Walsh FROM "CALLING ALL INTEGRAL PRACTITIONERS" -2021

Sample Courses

Integral Practitioner Perspectives

Integral Development

Integral Practitioner Lab

The Shadow and Development

An Integral Approach to Evil

History of Integral Psychology

Human Development and Cultural Evolution

Developmental Assessment

Contemplative Neuroscience

Relational Fields and Development

Post-Conceptual Identity Development

"We’re living in a time where the reset button of history has been hit. Radical social, economic and environment changes are becoming the norm and creating a rapidly changing world that demand new patterns of thinking, being and doing for our own personal development, as well as for collective well being."

— Jean Houston Chancellor, Meridian University

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Academic Structure

Meridian’s academic structure gives students the flexibility to navigate the University’s curricular architecture in ways that match their passions, professional goals, and other life commitments.

The structure is designed to serve a diverse student body, who live around the globe, have varied cultural and clinical visions for their careers, and are at different stages in their professional journey.

Students enroll in a degree program, can elect a concentration, and register for one or multiple courses each quarter. In addition to core courses for the specific degree program and anchor courses that represent the Transformative Learning intent of Meridian’s curriculum, students select elective courses that align with their Meridian concentration, background, and career path.

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Learning Formats

Meridian University offers two learning formats: Online and Hybrid.

The Online format is ideal for students completing their degrees remotely, combining synchronous and asynchronous learning.
The Hybrid format is tailored for those seeking a blend of online learning and in-person classes at Meridian’s Los Angeles Campus.

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