Naropa Course Catalog

MA Psychology: Contemplative Psychotherapy Requirements

First year, fall

PSYC600 Opening Retreat (noncredit)

PSYC608 Introduction to Buddhist Psychology (2)

PSYC609 Group Process I (0.5)

PSYC618 Human Growth and Development: Contemplative View (3)

PSYC650 Community, Interdependence & Multicultural Foundations (3)

PSYC660 Maitri I (1)

PSYC778 Transitions, Lifestyles and Career Development (3)

SUBTOTAL 12.5

First year, spring

PSYC605 Large Group Process (0.5)

PSYC619 Group Process II (0.5)

PSYC658 Buddhist Psychology II: Abhidharma and the Psychology of Confusion (2)

PSYC675 Maitri II (1)

PSYC628 Lineages of Understanding: Buddhist and Western Perspectives on Well-being and Disorder (3)

PSYC728 Therapeutic Relationships I: Theory and Practice (3)

SUBTOTAL 10

Second year, fall

PSYC629 Group Process III (0.5)

PSYC668 Family Process (2)

PSYC669 Buddhist Psychology III: Compassion and the Heart of Emptiness (2)

PSYC760 Maitri III (1)

PSYC798 Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy (3)

PSYC864 Contemplative Psychotherapy Practicum (3)

SUBTOTAL 11.5

Second year, spring

PSYC639 Group Process IV (0.5)

PSYC700 Research and Statistics (2)

PSYC708 Buddhist Psychology IV: The Practice of Psychotherapy and the Path of the Bodhisattva (2)

PSYC738 Psychopathology, Psychosis and Ordinary Mind (2)

PSYC758 Therapeutic Relationships II: Professional Orientation (3)

PSYC775 Maitri IV (1)

SUBTOTAL 10.5

Third year, fall

PSYC702 Assessment and Appraisal (2)

PSYC709 Contemplative Psychotherapy Seminar: Mandala and Clinical Applications (2)

PSYC719 Group Process V (0.5)

PSYC808 Field Placement I (3–5)

PSYC818 Clinical Tutorial I (2)

SUBTOTAL 9.5

Third year, spring

PSYC729 Group Process VI (0.5)

PSYC739 The Art of Practicing Contemplative Psychotherapy (3)

PSYC858 Field Placement II (3–5)

PSYC860 Maitri V (0.5)

PSYC868 Clinical Tutorial II (2)

SUBTOTAL 9

TOTAL CREDITS 63

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