Alexis Gibson

Review of Pacifica graduate institute

I recently completed the MA Counseling Program and...

I recently completed the MA Counseling Program and I am so happy I chose Pacifica. It was a deep and transformative experience and I feel well-prepared to start my career as as a psychotherapist. I did not know much about depth psychology or psychodynamic psychotherapy when I started, but two years later I was writing a thesis and deeply invested in the theoretical orientations and qualitative research questions I had the freedom and faculty guidance to explore. If you are philosophical, empathetic, free-thinking, and prefer insight-oriented therapy that looks at the roots of suffering over therapy that is focused solely on symptom remission, this is a good place to seek training. Talk to alumni or current students to get an idea about whether the school is a good fit for you!