AJ Phipps

AJ Phipps (they/them) is an Assistant Professor in the Integral Counseling Psychology program at California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). They are also a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT 119403) practicing in the San Francisco Bay Area, integrating relational psychodynamic frameworks with spiritually centered healing approaches.

• Education: B.A. and M.A. in Integral Counseling Psychology from CIIS
• Research Focus: Evolution of multicultural counseling literature, normativity critique, mystical elements in psychodynamics, and healing relational patterns from patriarchal Western societies
• Teaching: Courses in psychodynamics, group/family therapy, and human development