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Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center

Integrating scholarship, practice and service to address the needs of individuals, families and communities in a world of complexity and change.

Accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center offers three degrees in the psychology program: the Master of Arts (MA), the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and the Doctor of Psychology (PsyD).

Saybrook is a premier learning environment that affirms and expands the humanistic psychology tradition in the light of the cultural transformations of the 21st century. Our programs focus on the study of human experience within its philosophical, scientific, social and political contexts, embracing a scholar-practitioner model that comprises disciplined inquiry, scholarly research and the expression of humanistic values in one's life and work. Knowing that you are part of an engaged community dedicated to making a real difference in the world is one of the compelling reasons to come to Saybrook.

Saybrook blends residential and distance learning in flexible programs that allow students to develop a course of study aligned with personal and professional interests. Face-to-face learning takes place in seminars and workshops during Residential Conferences. Learning at a distance includes individually mentored courses and online classes that allow for faculty and student interaction. Saybrook's blended distance education enables working professionals with a full life to successfully pursue their academic and career goals.

Scholarship Opportunities

Saybrook Graduate School offers a multi-year scholarship program for new MA and PhD students. Awards have potential value up to $24,000 over the academic lifetime of a PhD program (anticipated 4 years until at dissertation stage) and up to $12,000 for an MA program (anticipated 2 years). Students who are awarded a scholarship must have outstanding merit and financial need, and continue to show ability to complete a Saybrook degree program in a timely manner with a minimum of 12 units completed for the first academic year.

Master of Arts (MA) & Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Psychology

Saybrook takes an inclusive, multi-disciplinary approach to the study of psychology, exploring the breadth and depth of human experience through scholarly research, writing and practice. We encourage a lively spirit of inquiry and creativity; and an appreciation of diversity and multiplicity. We view a Saybrook education as a transformative process that endows the student with conceptual and practical skills, but also the self-knowledge and compassion needed to help others heal and change.

Saybrook's innovative program offers a spectrum of courses, including many that explore new ideas and forms of practice based on expanded definitions of health and wholeness that embrace both individuals and cultures. The program is designed for students planning or engaged in health care, teaching, community development, consultation, mediation and conflict resolution, counseling and guidance.

Students who earn a master's degree at Saybrook can transfer all credits toward a Saybrook PhD. Students pursuing a general (non-specialization) master's degree or doctoral degree in psychology may focus their studies in any of the five concentration areas:

• Consciousness and Spirituality
• Humanistic & Transpersonal Psychology
• Integrative Health Studies
• Organizational Systems
• Social Transformation

Students interested in applied psychology for clinical practice and licensure should consider Saybrook's PsyD, PhD Psychology – Clinical Psychology Specialization or MA Psychology – Marriage and Family Therapy Specialization.

Master of Arts (MA) in Psychology & Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Psychology – Jungian Studies Specialization

In partnership with the C.G. Jung Educational Center of Houston, Saybrook offers both an MA and PhD in Psychology with a specialization in Jungian Studies. This distinctive and innovative program uses a hybrid learning model of residential and at-a-distance coursework to provide students with the benefit of unique expertise in Jungian psychology through residential seminars taught by leading Jungian analysts and scholars.

The Jungian Studies specialization is designed for clinicians who are seeking to deepen their understanding of the dynamics of the psyche, for those in the Saybrook PsyD program who desire to add a depth dimension to their work and for those who wish to be stimulated by psychodynamic perspectives as a catalyst for personal growth. While other programs in clinical training and academic preparation are available, no other program offers such a rich mixture of in-person and at distance learning from master teachers and mentors.

Master of Arts (MA) in Psychology - Creativity Studies Specialization

Tapping into creativity--or our originality of everyday life--is increasingly important for both individuals and society. Living in a world that is complex and changes at an increasing speed challenges all of us to develop our unique abilities. The importance of understanding and encouraging creativity has been widely recognized in many fields including education, business, healthcare, government, the arts and science.

Students will receive a theoretical and practical understanding of the creative process. Key aspects of creativity investigated will include significant theoretical models, psychological components, sociological implications, factors that encourage and discourage creativity, creativity in organizations and creativity in specific domains. Students will also develop a range of skills from working with individuals and organizations to enhance the creative process, to facilitating institutional creativity in business organization, to leading groups in effective collaboration, to teaching at the college level.

Master of Arts (MA) in Psychology - Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) Specialization

The MFT specialization offers the current educational requirements (2007) needed to sit for the California Marriage and Family Therapy license examination. Saybrook's program complies with the requirements of the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. The program may also be compatible with licensure requirements in other states; however, state requirements vary, so it is the responsibility of the student to verify the licensing requirements of the state in which they wish to practice.

Grounded in an integrative humanistic and transpersonal tradition, Saybrook's MFT program focuses on personal growth and family dynamics, helping people to find their own voice and also to understand themselves as part of a family, a community, a multicultural world. The program addresses the emerging issues of racial and ethnic diversity, gender and age, honoring the multiplicity of ways that family and relationship are defined within cultures.

The Saybrook MFT specialization offers a personalized and comprehensive program that balances face-to-face learning with web-based learning and research. Foundational courses occur in virtual classrooms where students participate as a cohort. Clinical skills are developed in seminars and workshops during Residential Conferences. The research project allows in-depth exploration of an individual area of interest. Thus, students develop the conceptual and clinical skills to interact effectively with others and to help clients achieve healthy, life-affirming relationships.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Psychology – Clinical Psychology Specialization

The Saybrook doctoral degree in psychology with a specialization in clinical psychology is an academic degree that focuses on clinical psychology with an emphasis on humanistic and transpersonal perspectives. Given its clinical focus, it is a more structured program than the non-specialization doctoral degree in psychology. This program meets the current (2007) educational requirements for licensure in the state of California.

This program can provide those who may not intend or need to use the degree to qualify for licensure with an experience that further develops their clinical knowledge, expertise and professional capacities. Students entering Saybrook who wish to use the degree as a basis for qualifying for a license to practice clinical psychology must become and remain familiar with the education and training requirements for licensure prescribed by the state legislature and/or board of psychology of the state where they intend to seek licensure.

Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)

This 5-year PsyD program is designed for students who aspire to make a difference in the practice of psychology and who envision a wholistic approach to their life's work that integrates professional and personal growth through a learning model that emphasizes scholarship, practice and service.

Saybrook's program emphasizes specializations in a particular life-span development phase such as adolescence, mid-life or late adult life. However, students will also have the flexibility to specialize in other areas that are supported by the experience and expertise of Saybrook clinical faculty such as forensic psychology, integrative and alternative approaches to health or neuroscience.

The Saybrook PsyD program is a cohort residential program for those entering with a bachelor's degree that is comprised of 4 years of course work that is completed in residence and at a distance, plus a fifth year comprised of the internship and dissertation. Time to completion for students entering with a bachelor's degree is anticipated to require the full 5 years.

As a cohort-based clinical program, Saybrook's model balances its in-residence requirements with distance learning to offer maximum flexibility for working adults to pursue a PsyD while ensuring comprehensive support of clinical training outcomes. In-residence learning occurs at specified intervals throughout the program, as residential conferences presented in weeklong and weekend formats.

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