Trevor Basil
Title: Adjunct Faculty, Psychology
Degrees: Ph.D., Social/Personality Psychology, UC Riverside; M.A., Research Psychology, Cal State Fullerton; B.S., Psychology, George Mason University
Teaching Experience: Since 2021
Career Highlights: Lecturer and UX Researcher
Hobbies: Golf
Quote: If─ by Rudyard Kipling

Catherine Firpo
Title: Adjunct Faculty, Psychology
Degrees: Ph.D. in Depth Psychology/Mythological Studies/, M.A. in Depth Psychology/Mythological Studies, Pacifica Graduate Institute, CA; Addiction Studies, Addictions Counseling, UC Berkeley; Harvard Law School, Harvard Negotiation Insight Initiative Summer Program; B.A. with Distinction in Fine Arts, Entrance with High Honors San Jose State University, San Jose, CA., Inducted into The National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi in the area of Academic Excellence – the SJSU Chapter; Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital – Stanford Medicine Year Long Fellowship Stanford Children’s Medicine, Palo Alto, CA.; Clinical Pastoral Education CPE at ACPE Approved sites – 5 Clinical Units; Year long Residency Sequoia Hospital, RWC; New York Zen Center (NYZC) Foundations in Contemplative Care - 9-month Certificate in Contemplative Caregiving; University of Arizona Medical Center - 2 and ½ years Clinical Hospital Experience Manager Expressive Arts Department, 3 Level 1 Psych Wards; Member of the Association of Professional Chaplains (APA); Active in human and animal social justice -she has also trained in EFL – Equine facilitated therapy
Teaching Experience: Since 1995
Career Highlights: Current Fellow at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford Medicine; International Presenter Psychology and Philosophy in Hiroshima, Japan, Bejing, China, and Past Board Member for the International Society for Universal Dialogue (ISUD). Solo Exhibit - Minna Street Gallery, SF.
Hobbies: Visual Exhibiting Artist, Poet, Writer, Sea Kayaker, Film Maker, Trail Hiking and Trekking and devoted mother to my fur Baby Kitty.
Quote: "To meet people where they are – moment by moment with emotional intelligence, compassion, and grace – this is my practice."