--- title: Pacifica Graduate Institute's Official Blog | Pacifica Post | immigration description: immigration | Pacifica Graduate Institute's Official Blog, The Pacifica Post, is a hub of information & resources while keeping you up-to-date on everything PGI. --- - [Student Services](http://www.pacifica.edu/about-pacifica/pacifica-graduate-institute-student-services) - [Alumni](http://www.pgiaa.org/) - [Faculty](http://www.pacifica.edu/dedicated-faculty) - [My.Pacifica](http://my.pacifica.edu/) - - - - - [mailto:admissions@pacifica.edu](mailto:admissions@pacifica.edu) [![pacifica-logo.png](https://info.pacifica.edu/hs-fs/file-1600351009-png/website-images-only/pacifica-logo.png?width=304&name=pacifica-logo.png "pacifica-logo.png")](http://www.pacifica.edu) [![pacifica-post.png](https://info.pacifica.edu/hs-fs/file-1600351014-png/website-images-only/pacifica-post.png?width=632&name=pacifica-post.png "pacifica-post.png")](http://pacificapost.com) - [About Pacifica](http://www.pacifica.edu/about-pacifica) - [Degree Programs](http://www.pacifica.edu/degree-programs/graduate-degree-programs-in-depth-psychology) - [Admissions Events](https://www.pacifica.edu/admissions/admissions-events/) - [Retreat Events](https://retreat.pacifica.edu/all-programs/) ## [Matriotism and America Dreams: An Interview with Minh Tran](https://info.pacifica.edu/matriotism-and-america-dreams) Posted by [Angela Borda](https://info.pacifica.edu/author/angela-borda) on Jun 2, 2021 10:00:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.pacifica.edu/hubfs/Untitled%20design%20(22)-1.png)](https://info.pacifica.edu/matriotism-and-america-dreams) Minh Tran is a Ph.D. student in Pacifica’s Depth Psychology program, as well as being a licensed family therapist. He has been selected to be a featured artist in the Artist Spotlight at LACPA. The featured project he was selected for is “America Dreams,” an intellectual musical exploring matriotism and social artistry. I’m delighted to talk with Minh about his project: **Angela:** What can we look forward to in “America Dreams,” the presentation you will be giving on June 6th for the LACPA? **Minh:** It’s a choreographed essay with its roots in a presentation I made for a course at Pacifica in Cultural Psychology, on America and social justice. That was the genesis. The Spotlight series the LACPA has this year, reached out to me to see if I wanted to elaborate more on the topic and present more on what “America Dreams” is about. The origin of the choreographed essay was inspired by a music video of a Vietnamese singer who was choreographing with her hands. I was so inspired by it. And at the gym, one fine morning, my active imagination was at work, and I started to think about my essay and my hands just started moving, and it started to look good, and I just went along with it. So the hand movements were new to me, but they are choreographed movements. In my clinical practice, I work with kids also, and I started experimenting with elaborating with my hands like puppets, and it became natural. I started paying more attention to hand gestures as a form of communication during telehealth sessions. On a conscious level I was drawing inspiration from Ericksonian Hypnotherapy, Milton H. Erickson, the “wizard of the desert.” His form of hypnotherapy widens what we think of as hypnotherapy. My intention is to queer the line between edification and entertainment. I hope people who experience “America Dreams” walk away entertained, inspired, and moved on some level, as we are by a great concert or movie. But I want people to also think deeply about topics of the times. I want the art to speak to the times. [Read More](https://info.pacifica.edu/matriotism-and-america-dreams) 1 Comment [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.pacifica.edu/matriotism-and-america-dreams#comments-listing) Posted in: [Connecting Cultures](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/connecting-cultures), [creativity](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/creativity), [depth psychology](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/depth-psychology), [individuation](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/individuation), [immigration](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/immigration) ## [Immigration Statement](https://info.pacifica.edu/immigration-statement) Posted by [Krystyna Knight](https://info.pacifica.edu/author/krystyna-knight) on Jul 3, 2018 3:19:22 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.pacifica.edu/hubfs/mitch-lensink-220106-unsplash.jpg)](https://info.pacifica.edu/immigration-statement) June 30, 2018 Immigration Statement As Clinical Psychologists, Depth Psychologists, and Marriage and Family Therapists teaching at Pacifica Graduate Institute, we feel compelled to publicly offer our professional perspectives regarding the current United States immigration policies and actions at the U.S. border with Mexico. 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