Discover Your Eco Self Naropa’s Ecopsychology program emphasizes academic rigor, emotional intelligence, cultural sensitivity, deep questioning, Ecopsychology self-reflection, social engagement, and spiritual values within its curriculum. These are fostered through the deliberate formation the field of a supportive learning community that helps students remain expands collaboratively engaged throughout both the in-person intensives and the online components. of traditional
psychology by Program Highlights Address the World’s Needs • Learn collaboratively with a Designed for anyone recognizing how cohort learning community. interested in applying the gifts of ecopsychology and • Engage in experiential transpersonal psychology to summer and winter intensives human health personal development, spiritual that take place on campus growth, environmental health, and in the wilds nearby. and sanity are sustainability, and community • Balance your education with resilience, this unique program your professional and personal encourages students to focus their inextricably woven priorities: learn where you live learning according to their own and enjoy Boulder during the personal and professional calling. four residential components. with the health of While the program does not lead to clinical licensure, it can enrich the rest of the planet. existing clinical or counseling practitioners’ work with ecotherapeutic tools for fostering a deep healing connection with nature and our wiser, wilder selves.
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FAQ What is ecopsychology? Ecopsychology connects psychology with ecological principles, studying Curriculum the relationship between humans and the natural world. Naropa’s MA Year One program is grounded in transpersonal psychology, a subfield that offers Begin an in-depth study of an expanded view of our developmental potential. It holistically integrates insights about human nature and healing from world wisdom traditions ecopsychology, transpersonal and spiritual experience into the framework of modern psychology. psychology, and contemplative Therefore, the study of ecopsychology at Naropa offers a unique nexus practices. Build a learning of psychology, cultural inquiry, spirituality, contemplative practice, and community, and together ecological belonging that can provide vital healing to a world in flux. engage in experiential learning What is the format of the program? practices such as council, The combination of online courses and in-person intensives allows nature connection exercises, students from all over the world to participate, while also forging a ritual, and meditation. deeply connected learning community. The program begins with a one-week intensive during the summer in the Boulder area. Your learning continues online in the fall and spring. Return to Boulder for Year Two the winter intensive each January and again in your second summer, A highlight is the “Psychology for on- and off-campus courses, including the wilderness trip. of Wilderness Experience” Students emerge from this program transformed, possessing course, during which you’ll not only new knowledge but also deeper wisdom and some experience an earth-centered rite of passage in a wilderness tools with which to apply these in addressing the world’s setting. You’ll also integrate current needs. your learning through a ~Tina Fields, PhD, Associate Professor master’s paper and service Chair, MA Ecopsychology learning. PHOTO: TINA FIELDS