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Catching the World by the Tale

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Craig Chalquist, PhD

is a core faculty member in the Department of Consciousness & Transformative Studies (College of Professional Studies) at John F. Kennedy University and an adjunct research instructor for the California Institute of Integral Studies (East/West Psychology).

 

Psychology

Has worked as a family therapist, conflict resolution facilitator, lecturer, and group facilitator. He earned his PhD at Pacifica Graduate Institute, where he studied depth psychology with an ecological approach. A thesis adviser, dissertation coordinator, and research director, he has taught depth psychology, ecopsychology, family therapy, couples therapy, brief therapy, theories of therapy, theories of personality, social science research, history of psychology, Jung, William James, dream analysis, transpersonal psych, Living Systems, and mythology at six Bay Area schools. While working as a therapist he spent six years providing group counseling for men and women referred for mandatory therapy. As of 2010 he is setting up a one-year Certificate in Ecotherapy at JFK University.

 

Horticulture/Agriculture

Certified Master Gardener through the University of California Cooperative Extension, where he also earned a certificate in Sustainable Landscaping. Also holds a certificate in Permaculture Design. Is on the team that maintains Our Garden, a demonstration vegetable garden in Walnut Creek, California. Gives presentations on "Gardening and Mental Health."

 

Publications

Terrapsychology: Reengaging the Soul of Place came out in 2007, Deep California in 2008, and he is co-editor with Linda Buzzell-Saltzman, MFT of Ecotherapy: Healing with Nature in Mind, Sierra Club's 2009 sequel to Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind. 2009 also saw publication of Storied Lives: Discovering and Deepening Your Personal Myth and The Tears of Llorona: A Californian Odyssey of Place, Myth, and Homecoming. In 2010 published The Folly of Repetition and the Wisdom of Remembrance: 30 Crucial Neglected Lessons of History. [All books available here at Amazon.com.]

 

Has written for AlterNet, HopeDance Magazine, The Journal of Critical Psychology, Spring Journal, Dream Network Journal, Jung Journal, the International Journal of Jungian Studies, Psychological Perspectives, The California Psychologist, and four anthologies, and has been interviewed by Time Magazine, SELF Magazine, Adbusters, the Los Angeles Times, the Conejo Valley Daily News, the Contra Costa Times, and Green Patriot Radio.

Memberships

Master Gardener, Contra Costa County through the University of California

International Association for Jungian Studies

International Association for Ecotherapy (board member)

Ecopsychology (editorial board).

 

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Copyright © 2010 by Craig Chalquist.