Kitty,
I would like to provide some potentially helpful responses.
I, too, am not quite sure what the student means by mind/body/
spirit. However, there are several APA-accredited programs,
with both master's degree and doctoral programs, which provide solid
scientific training but also the opportunity to study other
approaches to understanding people (theological, anthropological). These
programs are:
-The Graduate School of Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary
(my graduate alma mater), located in Pasadena, California
-Rosemead School of Psychology, located in La Mirada, California
(the LA basin)
-Wheaton's Graduate Program in Psychology, located in Wheaton,
Illinois
They all use the scientist-practitioner model, and provide
outstanding training. At Fuller I actually received a separate
M.A. in Theology along with the Ph.D. in Psychology, and the
Clinical program was 6 years long with an internship rather
than 5 years long (many summers involved coursework, also,
to achieve the Theology degree).
-Luke Dalfiume, Ph.D.
Eureka College
Eureka, IL
Eureka, IL
Quoting K Jung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Considering the not-so-helpful replies I've received, I'm just going to
> do
> what most of you imply - manipulate the student into believing their
> interests are not valid nor respected by academics thereby forcing them
> to
> do something that is NOT their passion. Me thinks maybe some of your
> were
> victims of this rigid philosophy. Pity.
>
> peace,
> K
>
> Kitty K. Jung, MA
> Truckee Meadows Community College
> Reno, NV
> 775.673.7098
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> >From: "John W. Kulig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: Gary Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >CC: Discussion List TIPS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Re: mind/body/spirit
> >Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 09:26:57 -0500
> >
> > Another approach is to ask the student for a specific definition
> of
> >mind/body/spirit. A glance through the last two years of _American
> >Psychologist_
> >articles reveals topics of Flow and Happiness (Csikszentmihalyi,
> Deiner,
> >Buss
> >articles), automaticity vs. free will in cliical psychology (Kirsch &
> Lynn
> >article, 1999), and an entire issue devoted to "happiness, excellence,
> and
> >optimal human functioning" (January 2000). Once these terms are
> >operationalized
> >to _any_ reasonable degree, we make contact with main-stream society.
> The
> >student may have a vague idea of where their interests lie, but has not
>
> >devoted
> >any time thinking it through. I like think that in the pastoral
> programs,
> >they,
> >too, will demand the student clarify what they mean.
> >
> >Gary Peterson wrote:
> >
> > > I must confess I shared Tom Allaway's reaction. I would hope
> the
> > > student can differentiate psychological science from these other
> >"shadows"
> > > that characterize--some would say plague, psychological practice.
> On
> >the
> > > other hand, there are serious ways to study whatever these terms are
> > > referring to, or coming to mean, in pop-culture. Perhaps, various
> > > counseling programs, health psych degree programs? It's hard to
> know
> > > without getting more information about the student's search.
> Perhaps, a
> > > program in transpersonal psychology? Perhaps some pastoral
> programs?
> > > Perhaps, Deepak Chopra's institute (doesn't he have one?). I'd have
> a
> >range
> > > of feelings if my senior-level students wanted to go in that
> direction,
> >but
> > > then such interests/ideas/fields may appeal to some. I would
> probably
> >try to
> > > help the student consider such diverse options, her motivations for
> such
> > > study and, frankly, be curious as to such interests....but then I'd
> wish
> >her
> > > the best. (yes, I would sigh a lot ;-)
> >
> >--
> >---------------------------------------------------------------
> >John W. Kulig [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Department of Psychology http://oz.plymouth.edu/~kulig
> >Plymouth State College tel: (603) 535-2468
> >Plymouth NH USA 03264 fax: (603) 535-2412
> >---------------------------------------------------------------
> >"What a man often sees he does not wonder at, although he knows
> >not why it happens; if something occurs which he has not seen before,
> >he thinks it is a marvel" - Cicero.
> >
> >
>
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