Veteran Leadership Concentration
Available within the Master of Arts in Transpersonal Psychology (MATP) and PhD Degree programs as electives.
The Veteran Leadership concentration is one of three concentrations students can enroll in as part of the MA and PhD in Transpersonal Psychology programs as optional electives.
This concentration empowers individuals to integrate transpersonal insights, service founded strengths and purpose to create meaningful impact in Veteran, First Responders, and civilian communities.
A Transpersonal Approach to Leadership
Through a transpersonal framework, participants transform lived experience into embodied wisdom by exploring the psychospiritual, cultural and systemic dimensions of moral injury, identity development, and life-world integration.
Participants learn to transform service experiences into embodied wisdom, peer mentorship, and community impact.
Who This Concentration Serves
For Veterans and First Responders
Addresses the lived realities and invites insight into the culture of complex trauma and its challenges through:
◆ Transpersonal Psychology
◆ Moral injury repair and post traumatic growth
◆ Personality and identity development
◆ Embodied practices
◆ Purpose-driven meaning-making
◆ Community-oriented servant leadership in action
For Family Members and Professionals
Cultivate rare cultural, transpersonal and psychological competency by offering:
◆ Insight into the transpersonal dimensions of the veteran experiences
◆ Evaluate the family and systemic dynamics in shaping the lifeworld of service members
◆ Address and facilitate dimensions of trauma from authentic and peripheral experiences
◆ Community oriented servant leadership in action
Learning in Action
Graduates are prepared to lead from a place of embodied wisdom across diverse settings, including:
Peer Facilitation
Community Leadership
Nonprofit Development
Veteran Support Programming
Healing and Integrative Service Organizations
Veteran Leadership Courses
A transpersonal concentration focused on post-traumatic growth, moral injury repair, and purpose-driven leadership among veterans and allied service professionals.
Immersive Learning Experience
All 7 courses include (1-3 days) in-person immersion, designed to support:
- Experiential learning
- Peer connection
- Embodied leadership practice
The Psychedelic-Informed Approaches course includes a one-day immersion in conjunction with the Fall Seminar.