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Founded in 1971, the Saybrook Graduate School in San Francisco was originally known as the Humanistic Psychology Institute and was a part of Sonoma State University. Following the tradition started in the 1960s of humanistic psychology, Saybrook was established based on the principle that human consciousness at individual and societal level is a work in progress for which each person is responsible. That basic tenant is still at the base of a Saybrook education today.

Saybrook Graduate School combines humanistic and transpersonal psychology, studies of consciousness and spirituality, and critical and creative methods of inquiry into its education model. The school offers Master's degrees and doctorate programs in Psychology, Human Science, and Organizational Systems. While some students are younger, the programs are designed for adult mid-level career professionals seeking to advance their knowledge or complete research in their chosen degree fields.

Saybrook Graduate School has a blended learning model that allows working professionals to take their classes through face-to-face learning on campus, engage in one-on- one-learning with a mentor or take online courses.

Saybrook Graduate School has a library focused on collections specializing in psychology. The collection includes many printed volumes, periodicals, and online and electronic databases.

Saybrook Graduate School's Research Center is a consortium of scholars from the fields of psychology, politics, international relations, religion, development, business, and health sciences. The research center hosts scholars pursuing their own projects, as well as those who are collaborating with scholars from other institutions. The research center at Saybrook sponsors lecture series in which visiting scholars present the findings of their work.

Every other year, the Rollo May Center for Humanistic Studies presents the Rollo May Award. Named for one of Saybrook's founders, the award is given to "someone whose life work demonstrates his faith in human possibility." Anthropologists, authors, doctors, psychiatrists, historians and a senator have been past recipients.


Quick Facts:

Saybrook Graduate School partners with the Association for Humanistic Psychology to present over 35 seminars. Speakers include leaders in their fields of study.

The Senior and Universities Commission of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges accredits Saybrook Graduate School.

Sophie Freud, Carl Rogers, Robert Shapiro and Rollo May are just some of the more than 30 people who have been awarded honorary degrees at Saybrook Graduate School.

There are more than 300 alumni of the Saybrook Graduate School listed on the college's website.

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