Psychology at CIHS
A graduate psychology department for clinical practice and frontier research.
The Psychology Department at CIHS brings together three distinct graduate pathways: the M.A. in Psychology, the Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, and the Ph.D. in Integral, Transpersonal, and Positive Psychology.
Together, these programs reflect a shared commitment to understanding human beings in their full depth — psychologically, relationally, somatically, culturally, spiritually, and scientifically. Students enter a department shaped by whole-person clinical training, research-oriented transpersonal psychology, positive psychology, consciousness studies, and a serious commitment to the future of the field.
Department at a Glance
Three graduate pathways. One integrative vision of psychology.
The Psychology Department holds clinical, research, and human potential pathways side by side, without reducing them to the same thing. Students can pursue clinical formation, research-oriented doctoral study, or a broad graduate foundation in psychology and human development.
Whole-Person Clinical Training
The Clinical Psychology pathway is designed for students called toward ethical, reflective, whole-person clinical formation, with preparation for professional clinical practice.
Research That Builds the Field
The ITPP Ph.D. is designed for students drawn to research, scholarship, consciousness, human flourishing, and the scientific study of transformation — not only learning the literature, but helping build it.
Cost-Conscious Clinical Pathway
The M.A. Pre-Clinical to Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology pathway is structured to reduce redundancy, support academic progression, and provide a financially responsible route to professional clinical practice.
Mind, Body, Spirit Approaches
Across its programs, Psychology at CIHS approaches human experience through clinical practice, mind-body integration, contemplative inquiry, depth-oriented perspectives, positive psychology, spirituality, and transpersonal psychology.
Faculty Mentorship
Students study with faculty who bring together scholarship, clinical experience, research, and integrative practice. The department supports students as emerging clinicians, researchers, scholars, and practitioners.
Flexible Online Format
Psychology programs at CIHS are designed for distance students and working adults, with opportunities for meaningful faculty engagement, community connection, and ongoing academic support.
Meet the Department Chairs
Two leaders. Two complementary approaches.
Psychology at CIHS is shaped by leaders in whole-person clinical training and research-oriented transpersonal psychology, giving the department both professional depth and frontier scholarly vision.
Farnaz Khoromi, Psy.D.
Co-Chair, Psychology Department
Director, Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology
Dr. Khoromi’s clinical pathway emphasizes whole-person clinical training, mind-body-spirit integration, ethical formation, and preparation for professional clinical practice and California licensure.
Glenn Hartelius, Ph.D.
Co-Chair, Psychology Department
Director, Ph.D. in Integral, Transpersonal, and Positive Psychology
Dr. Hartelius’s ITPP pathway emphasizes rigorous research, field-building scholarship, transpersonal psychology, consciousness studies, positive psychology, and the scientific study of human transformation.
Meet the Psychology Faculty
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Degree Pathways
Choose the psychology pathway that fits your calling.
Three graduate pathways serve different professional and scholarly aims: a customizable master’s foundation, a clinical doctoral pathway, and a research-oriented doctorate in integral, transpersonal, and positive psychology.
M.A. in Psychology
Customizable graduate foundation
The M.A. in Psychology gives students a flexible graduate foundation in psychology, consciousness, spirituality, human development, and whole-person approaches to transformation.
- Designed for students seeking a broad, integrative psychology foundation.
- Can support doctoral preparation or personal and professional development.
- Offers multiple concentration options and individualized areas of focus.
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology
Whole-person clinical formation
The Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology is designed for students called toward professional clinical practice, psychological healing, ethical formation, and mind-body-spirit approaches to the whole person.
- Focused on clinical coursework, supervised training, and doctoral research.
- Designed to support preparation for professional clinical practice and California licensure.
- Built as a streamlined M.A. Pre-Clinical to Ph.D. pathway for continuing students.
Ph.D. in Integral, Transpersonal, and Positive Psychology
Research psychology at the frontiers
The ITPP Ph.D. is a research-oriented doctoral program for students interested in consciousness, human flourishing, transformation, transpersonal psychology, and the scientific study of human potential.
- Emphasizes research, scholarship, and field-building psychological science.
- Supports inquiry into consciousness, spirituality, nonordinary states, and transformation.
- Includes distinctive concentrations in Psychedelics and Parapsychology.
Concentrations & Curriculum Focus
Customization where it fits. Clinical focus where it matters.
The Psychology Department uses concentrations differently across its programs. The M.A. offers flexible areas of emphasis, the Clinical Ph.D. centers its curriculum on professional clinical formation, and the ITPP Ph.D. includes distinctive research concentrations at the edges of contemporary psychology.
M.A. Concentrations
The M.A. allows students to customize their graduate study through a Pre-Clinical track or concentration options such as Consciousness & Transformation; Psychedelics, Consciousness & Transformation; Parapsychology; and Spirituality & Whole Person Psychology.
View M.A. options →Clinical Ph.D. Curriculum
The Clinical Psychology Ph.D. curriculum is focused on the clinical sequence, dissertation research, and preparation for professional practice. The program weaves whole-person, spiritual, and integrative approaches directly into the clinical curriculum.
View clinical pathway →ITPP Ph.D. Concentrations
The ITPP Ph.D. includes innovative concentrations in Psychedelics, Consciousness, & Transformation and Parapsychology, supporting research into nonordinary states, exceptional human experiences, consciousness, healing, and transformation.
View ITPP pathway →