Dr. Matthew Silverstein is a founding member and director of the Spiritual and Depth Psychology Specialization (SDP) within the MA Psychology Program. He is honored to have been a founding member of the LGBT Specialization in Clinical Psychology. From 2003-2011 he was a member of the clinical staff in the Adult Partial Hospitalization Program at UCLA’s Neuropsychiatric Hospital’s Adult Partial Hospitalization Program. At UCLA he was also a research associate to mindfulness research psychologist, Dr. Lobsang Rapgay. Dr. Silverstein’s research interests include integrative depth psychology, LGBTQ affirmative psychotherapy, clinical applications of classical mindfulness, dream work/social dreaming, cultural complexes (cultural psychopathologies, e.g. racism, trans and homophobia), intercultural understandings of the unconscious and self realization, and intergenerational trauma and recovery. Dr. Silverstein has been teaching at Antioch University Los Angeles since 1997. He maintains a private practice in West Hollywood, and his work was featured in an article in VoyageLA in October of 2017.

Celina is a Chicana artist, a creative soul, and a wounded healer. She specializes in using creativity and ritual to heal the heart, mind, and spirit. Celina offers Latinx therapy, transpersonal healing, yoga, meditation, and breath work as an LMFT, Art Therapist, Curandera Apprentice, and Holistic Healer. She holds a MA in Marriage and Family Therapy and Art Therapy from Phillips Graduate Institute, a BA in Psychology, and BFA in Studio Art from New Mexico State University. 

Her creative, spiritual, and academic paths have converged to support an approach to healing that pulls from ancestral knowledge and contemporary psychology to reclaim ancient wisdom in new ways. Her artwork is intimately connected with her personal healing and has been exhibited in galleries and exhibitions in the Los Angeles area. Celina has 20 years of experience in the mental health field, where she began working in residential and in-patient psychiatric facilities. She has been a consultant in private practice for ten years and is the resident Art Therapist for Mujeres de Maiz. She is a co-founder of Indigenous Wellness Collective in Los Angeles and founder of the international therapist community, Not Your Mom’s Therapist, which focuses on radical inclusion and humility by highlighting intersectional psychotherapy and offering burnout support, interdisciplinary mental health and BIPOC ancestral healing community forums. She holds virtual individual therapy sessions in California and offers a community care membership program, as well as holistic healing retreats in California and Mexico.

Mark began teaching Philosophy and Humanities at UC Irvine and other colleges and universities in Orange County in the mid-1980s when the academy began to rethink its mission in terms of a multicultural humanistic perspective. I started teaching for the MAP program at Antioch University Los Angeles in 2005. It is my calling to integrate my study of philosophy and depth psychology by grounding these in clinical practice in the diverse communities of Los Angeles. I have worked in a community mental health clinic and residential treatment facilities and provided counseling in public and non-public schools in Orange County and Los Angeles since 1991, mostly with children, teens, and their families. I am a Diplomate Jungian Analyst in private practice and teach courses for the Analyst Training Program at the C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles and contribute these experiences to the Spiritual and Depth Psychology Specialization. I serve on the Editorial Board of Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group).

Dr. Nolan specializes in mindfulness-based psychotherapy, neurobiology, and trauma. He has been practicing meditation in various forms since 1973, teaching mindfulness practices since 2002, and has been a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist since 2011. He earned his Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology with Depth Emphasis from Pacifica Graduate Institute and his Doctor of Psychology degree from California Southern University (magna cum laude). At Antioch, Dr. Nolan has concentrated on how to utilize mindfulness-based practices and interventions in the clinical setting.

Vallerie E. Coleman, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst and the founder of Stand InBalance Equine Assisted Healing [standinbalance.com] located in Westlake Village, CA. Dr. Coleman and her team specialize in helping individuals and couples improve their lives and relationships through both traditional therapy and equine-assisted psychotherapy. Her work is based in a combination of object relations theory, attachment theory, and sensorimotor psychotherapy. Certified by the Equine Experiential Education Association and the Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association, Dr. Val is passionate about equines (horses and donkeys) and their ability to help humans embody their authentic selves. 

She is an accomplished presenter and has been on the faculty at Loyola Marymount University, the Newport Psychoanalytic Institute, and Antioch University. She has published in the areas of both domestic violence and equine-assisted psychotherapy. Dr. Val’s TEDx talk on Finding your Authentic Self with the Help of Horses reflects her passion about relationships, authenticity, and how equines can help us become better humans.

Jason Murphy, LMFT, is a teacher, author, consultant, addiction counselor, and psychotherapist based in Los Angeles, California. Drawing upon over two decades of experience as an Insight meditation teacher and psychotherapist, Jason utilizes his extensive knowledge of Eastern contemplative practices to help individuals and families navigate the negative and limiting beliefs that often accompany and underlay substance abuse and addiction. 

He is a licensed International Addiction Counseling professional and received his graduate education in counseling psychology with an emphasis on East/West psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), as well as a specialized degree in Behavioral Sciences with an emphasis in Psycho-pharmacology from the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC). Jason is a certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) facilitator and has implemented this approach in educational systems, corporations, private businesses, and community mental health organizations.

Marli Kakishima, MFT, is a Teaching Faculty at Antioch University Los Angeles, and a member of the Spiritual and Depth Psychology Specialization in the Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology Program. She received her BA from the University of Sao Paulo (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil), and her MA from Antioch University Los Angeles. After concluding her BA studies, she spent two years as a Research Student in the Education Department at the University of Niigata (Niigata Daigaku, Japan), with academic studies focused on Asian Music. Her work as Professor focuses on interdependence as a crucial template for psychological well-being, especially on the relationship between biopsychosocial & spiritual variables and multidisciplinary approaches for preventive care, restoration of existential meaning, and recovery. Having inherited a blend of different cultures, she also contributes in the creation and implementation of international courses at the MAP program, with the objective of expanding students’ human diversity sensitivity, community work awareness, and global citizenship. The second edition of the course Japanese Approaches to Mindfulness and Mental Health in Kyoto has been launched in Winter 2013, and she is currently collaborating in other MAP international projects to be released in a near future. Among several working experiences, the following are the most significant: Music Educator at Creche Coracao Materno, a non-profit after-school program at the slum of Vila Brasilandia (Sao Paulo), Clinical Program Director at Sunnyside Residential Rehabilitation Program for adults diagnosed with persistent co-occurring disorders, Program Coordinator and Therapist at Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services, and Staff Research at the Integrated Substance Abuse Programs at the University of California Los Angeles.

Hi, I’m Dr. Robert Antonacci. I moved to Los Angeles from New York City 20 years ago to start a new chapter in my life after the tragedy of 911. I decided to go back to grad school later in life, looking for greater purpose and meaning. I came to clinical work from the entertainment industry, wanting a fuller professional life that gave back to my community, the LGBTQ+ community. Elevating the voices of minority culture is a passion of mine and has never been more important than now, especially in this divided political environment that is seeking to restrict the rights of non-majority diverse people. This is the ongoing goal in my private practice.

That said, I am passionate about dream work, spirituality, creativity, and improving the overall quality of life for anyone who seeks it and is ready for the challenging soul work that is depth psychotherapy.

Dr. Rajan has spent over 20 years working with child, adolescent, and adult survivors of physical, sexual, and psychological trauma, in diverse cultural and socio-economic communities in California. She is an internationally published author and has written and spoken worldwide on the topics including human trafficking, modern day sexual slavery, issues impacting immigrant populations, intersectionality and identity, postcoloniality, diaspora, and the marginalized feminine. For the past 10 years, Dr. Rajan has been doing research and clinical work with sex trafficking survivors in California and India. In 2008 Dr Rajan founded Project Satori and has since been working to realize its mission to provide comprehensive mental health care to survivors of human trafficking and their families, in and around Los Angeles; to promote education and advocacy around the global human trafficking crisis, both domestically and abroad; and to offer psychoeducational training services about human trafficking prevention and treatment in California, and through global partner programs worldwide. In addition, Dr. Rajan currently works with adult, adolescent, and child survivors of trauma, in private practice in Beverly Hills, CA.

Shireen is an adjunct faculty member at Antioch University, where she teaches courses on trauma and grief and bereavement. She has created and delivered multiple presentations and trainings, ranging from cultural sensitivity, to improving interpersonal boundaries, to addressing grief and loss in the workplace. Organizations where she has presented include, UCLA Rape Treatment Center, Jewish Family Services of Los Angeles, UCLA and USC Medical School.

Shireen Oberman is a licensed clinical social worker in West Los Angeles with almost 20 years of clinical experience working in medical, university and non-profit settings. She received her MSW from the University of Southern California and has been doing advanced training in Psychoanalysis through the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies, since 2013. She has completed additional post-graduate trainings in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Brief Intensive Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. Shireen’s areas of clinical specialty include grief and loss, trauma, phase of life issues and Maternal Mental Health. She currently maintains a private practice working with clients from diverse professional and personal backgrounds, focusing on a variety of issues.

Mario De Salvo began teaching at Antioch in 1994 as an adjunct instructor and currently serves as a member of the teaching faculty. In addition, since 1992 Mr. De Salvo  has served, and continues to serve, as an adjunct faculty member at Pepperdine University, where he teaches various graduate and undergraduate level courses in psychology and psychotherapy. De Salvo is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, in private practice in the San Fernando Valley. He received his Master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from the California Family Study Center (now the Phillips Graduate Institute), and completed his doctoral course work at Pacifica Graduate Institute. Mario has extensive training and experience in Family Systems Theory, Object Relation's theory, Self-Psychology, Analytic Psychology and Cognitive Behavioral therapy. In addition to his private practice he has worked in a variety of treatment settings including outpatient, residential, and hospital inpatient programs. Mr. De Salvo served as the Program Director for the Rader Institute (a inpatient eating disorder treatment program) and as the Clinical Director for the Eating Disorder Center of California (a partial hospitalization program). Mr. De Salvo has extensive experience working with, couples, families and groups. In addition with his extensive experience working addictions, eating disorders, co-dependency and adjustment disorders, Mr. De Salvo also works with clients struggling with existential and spiritual transitions.  In his spare time Mr. De Salvo enjoys playing with his dogs and has an insatiable interest in comparative religion and philosophy.