--- title: Pacifica Graduate Institute's Official Blog | Pacifica Post | narrative description: narrative | 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/) ## [The Call to Pacifica: Spotlight on Heesun Kim and the Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices Specialization](https://info.pacifica.edu/call-to-pacifica-spotlight-heesun-kim-dpt) Posted by [Melissa Ruisz Nazario](https://info.pacifica.edu/author/melissa-ruisz-nazario) on Jun 15, 2019 4:46:19 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.pacifica.edu/hubfs/IMG_7486.jpg)](https://info.pacifica.edu/call-to-pacifica-spotlight-heesun-kim-dpt) *A blog post by Melissa Ruisz Nazario based on an interview with Heesun Kim, LMSW. * Many times, when prospective students visit Pacifica, they describe their experience as feeling “called” to the school, perhaps because of the campus, the community of people they meet, and oftentimes, Pacifica’s mission “to tend to the soul in and of the world.” Similarly, when Heesun Kim, LMSW, a first year student in Pacifica’s **[Ph.D. Program in Depth Psychology with Specialization in Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices](https://www.pacifica.edu/degree-program/integrative-therapy-healing-practices/)**, first arrived at the Lambert Road campus in Santa Barbara, she felt it was a homecoming. [Read More](https://info.pacifica.edu/call-to-pacifica-spotlight-heesun-kim-dpt) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.pacifica.edu/call-to-pacifica-spotlight-heesun-kim-dpt#comments-listing) Posted in: [Psychology](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/psychology), [depth psychology](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/depth-psychology), [Pacifica Students](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/pacifica-students), [Pacifica Graduate Institute](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/pacifica-graduate-institute), [narrative](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/narrative), [interview](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/interview), [Integrative Therapy & Healing Practices](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/integrative-therapy-healing-practices) ## [The Grieving Tree: Offering a Public Space to Express Grief](https://info.pacifica.edu/grieving-tree-offering-public-space-to-express-grief) Posted by [Melissa Ruisz Nazario](https://info.pacifica.edu/author/melissa-ruisz-nazario) on Jun 7, 2019 12:11:08 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.pacifica.edu/hubfs/woman-crying-535244669_2362x3543.jpeg)](https://info.pacifica.edu/grieving-tree-offering-public-space-to-express-grief) *A blog post by Melissa Ruisz Nazario based on an interview with Heesun Kim, LMSW. * About five or six years ago, Heesun Kim, LMSW, a student in **[Pacifica’s Ph.D. Program in Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices](https://www.pacifica.edu/degree-program/integrative-therapy-healing-practices/)**, was on the subway in New York City, and she noticed a woman sitting in front of her with tears streaming down her face. She was trying so hard to hold in those tears. It was a face that felt very familiar to Heesun, and she thought about the many times she had been in a similar situation. “So I remember I was, a couple times, I ended up in the public bathroom, so I had to cry there,” she says. “And then I thought, you know, my grief, my sadness or all this sorrow needs to be respected, not in the corner of a public bathroom.” [Read More](https://info.pacifica.edu/grieving-tree-offering-public-space-to-express-grief) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.pacifica.edu/grieving-tree-offering-public-space-to-express-grief#comments-listing) Posted in: [The Psyche](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/the-psyche), [transformative](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/transformative), [Psychology](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/psychology), [depth psychology](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/depth-psychology), [images](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/images), [Pacifica Graduate Institute](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/pacifica-graduate-institute), [narrative](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/narrative), [somatic](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/somatic), [relationship](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/relationship), [relationships](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/relationships), [interview](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/interview), [Integrative Therapy & Healing Practices](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/integrative-therapy-healing-practices) ## [Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Depth Psychologist?](https://info.pacifica.edu/sherlock-holmes-consulting-depth-psychologist) Posted by [Melissa Ruisz Nazario](https://info.pacifica.edu/author/melissa-ruisz-nazario) on Jan 9, 2019 10:45:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.pacifica.edu/hubfs/Blog_post_images/1024px-Adventures_with_Sherlock_Holmes_TD_Gallery_Jan_5-Mar_10%2c_2012.jpg)](https://info.pacifica.edu/sherlock-holmes-consulting-depth-psychologist) *A guest blog post by Craig Chalquist, Ph.D., Associate Provost of Pacifica Graduate Institute.* Today is January 9th, which fans of the Great Detective have decided is his birthday. For those into astrology, this would make his natal sun sign studious, hard-working Capricorn. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s novels give no indication of the time of day Holmes was born, but I have a feeling, given his interests and how he pursued them, that his natal chart is nocturnal. No doubt Virgo, Mercury, Pluto, and Saturn had a lot to say to each other in it, especially in Houses 12 (secrets, mysteries) and 8 (death, rebirth, other people’s money). I encountered Holmes as a result of committing a crime. When I was in high school, a bully made the mistake of picking on my friends and me. The school authorities did nothing, so I knocked him out at lunchtime and set his locker on fire for good measure. [Read More](https://info.pacifica.edu/sherlock-holmes-consulting-depth-psychologist) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.pacifica.edu/sherlock-holmes-consulting-depth-psychologist#comments-listing) Posted in: [C.G. 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Interview with David M. Odorisio, Ph.D. A Guest Blog Post by Devon Deimler, Ph.D.c.* **You began forming your Joseph Campbell Round Table presentation last Fall (2017). We had to postpone the event due to the Thomas Fire and subsequent mudslides. Of course, the mythical phoenix cyclically burns and rises from ashes. What first drew you to the phoenix myth/*X-Men* character and how has your relationship with it/her transformed after experiencing a wildfire?**   My plan was to spend the month of December preparing for the January presentation. This was after spending the past year immersed in the Phoenix material and almost obsessively researching every *X-Men* storyline that involved, referenced, or developed her or her daughter’s character (another Phoenix). I live in a small house in the Toro Canyon area of Santa Barbara County, which became one of the heaviest and prolonged fire-fighting areas during the Thomas Fire. The fire was progressing closer and closer to the County line, and spreading to my surrounding area as I was literally putting together the presentation. At one point it was raining ash on my neighborhood. My yard was a blanket of snowy white ash. The visibility was maybe 10-15 ft. and the air quality outdoors was terrible – pure smoke. Here I am, spending hours indoors each day at work on this research, immersed in images of a fiery female figure and here She is right at my front door.  I reached a point where I had to pause and ask, “Am I invoking this?” Of course it wasn’t personal, but it *was* personal at the same time, because I’m internalizing and making my own meaning from the experience as we all have for those of us who have lived through it.    [Read More](https://info.pacifica.edu/phoenix-force-feminine-jouissance) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.pacifica.edu/phoenix-force-feminine-jouissance#comments-listing) Posted in: [symbol](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/symbol), [mythological](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/mythological), [collective trauma](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/collective-trauma), [narrative](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/narrative), [storytelling](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/storytelling), [symbolism](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/symbolism), [complex](https://info.pacifica.edu/topic/complex) ## [The World Is Made of Stories: The Power of Myth and the Study of Mythology](https://info.pacifica.edu/the-world-is-made-of-stories-the-power-of-myth-and-the-study-of-mythology) Posted by [Nikole Hollenitsch](https://info.pacifica.edu/author/nikole-hollenitsch) on Oct 11, 2017 1:20:44 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.pacifica.edu/hubfs/Blog_post_images/binocular_view.png)](https://info.pacifica.edu/the-world-is-made-of-stories-the-power-of-myth-and-the-study-of-mythology) *A guest post by Dr. Patrick Mahaffey, Associate Chair and Research Coordinator in the [**Mythological Studies Program**](https://www.pacifica.edu/degree-program/mythological-studies/) at Pacifica Graduate Institute* We live in a world that is awash in diverse and contentious worldviews. How can we better understand these differences and co-exist in ways that engender peace and harmony rather than strife and conflict? One approach is to appreciate the power of myth. I offer for your consideration five reflections on why the study of myth is one of most enlightening fields of study we can pursue in the contemporary world. 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