"Everything is held together with stories. That is all that is holding us together, stories and compassion."
- Barry Holstun Lopez

The Alumni Association of Pacifica Graduate Institute is proud to feature alumni profiles that share stories of Pacifica experiences. Initially, an online collection of stories from Pacifica's program in Depth Psychology was collected at depthstories.com and maintained by alumna and core faculty member Jennifer Selig (PhD Depth Psychology 2004). In collaboration with this effort, the Alumni Association welcomes those stories to their new home here on this website, as well as extends the story-sharing effort to all of Pacifica's academic degree programs.

MORE PROFILES

Ann DeRosa

Corinne Bourdeau

Craig Chalquist

Dana White

Dayna Cipolla-Jetton

Holly M. Reusing

Jennifer Leigh Selig

John Eric Killinger

G. Kwame Scruggs

Matthew Green

Rob Lay

Siri Sat Nam Singh

Suzanne Cremen Davidson

Tayria Ward

LATEST ALUMNI PROFILES

To feel for the first time that I wasn't alone, that there were other people who felt like me, saw like me, questioned like me, went 'deep' like me. The friendships that we forged then, the way we supported and loved and respected each other through thick and thin, through similarities and differences, all of that stays with me now ... Jennifer Leigh Selig Ph.D. Depth Psychology 2004

An artist is courageous enough to open up their self and share it with others, allowing others to discover things about themselves. Without having a dissertation to complete I would have never created these apps, nor would I have been given the opportunity to help children with autism and developmental delays. Dayna Cipolla-Jetton Ph.D. Clinical Psychology 2011

It's that irresistible creative impulse toward transformation, exploration, individuation, and beauty, that archetypal knowing that loves paradox -- this is what's most meaningful for me from the Pacifica experience. Ann DeRosa Ph.D. Clinical Psychology 2003

Connecting with myth is such a powerful way of connecting with your passions. Corinne Bourdeau M.A. Engaged Humanities 2010

I find that I have access to a deep sense of compassion because of depth psychology's understanding of how the psyche is affected by every experience, by our memories, culture, ancestry and even our biology. Tayria Ward Ph.D. Depth Psychology 2003

Pacifica's interdisciplinary and holistic approach, combining academic rigor with sensitivity to soul, has been an intellectual and spiritual oasis. I've heard it said, "You come here because you can't not come here." That statement encapsulates my calling. Suzanne Cremen Davidson M.A. Engaged Humanities 2010

The study of myth and depth psychology opens the full range of the human senses and psyche -- for me it has enabled an ability to listen with more than my ears, to see with more than my eyes, and to engage life with passion and compassion. Dana White Ph.D. Mythological Studies 2003

My degree has garnered me respect yet I am quite aware that humility is crucial. Siri Sat Nam Singh Ph.D. Depth Psychology 2009

I regard Jung's suggestion to dream the myth onward in modern dress to be a core task of depth psychology. Craig Chalquist Ph.D. Depth Psychology 2003

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Kwame Scruggs

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