At the Center for Living Systems Psychologies, we envision a world where individuals, and communities thrive through an integrative understanding of the interpenetration  of human behavior, mental health, and the environment.  We strive to bring human psychologies into coherence with the universal patterns that support healthy living systems.  Integrating human psychologies with living systems involves looking at the dynamic interplay between human experiences and larger living systems, paying particular attention to the relationship between events, perception and the contexts in which human experiences occur. 

There is a growing body of transdisciplinary research suggesting that the human psyche is both embodied and transpersonal.  Therefore,the human psyche cannot be fully understood in isolation; it is transcontextual or deeply embedded in the rich intelligence of social, cultural, and ecological contexts. Our center will serve as a hub for synthesis, education, and resources, where living systems consciousness can give rise to emergent systems psychologies and interdisciplinary responses to the needs of our time.

Through a decolonial praxis and beyond an anthropocentric worldview, we aspire to create pathways for healing and growth that are inclusive and accessible. Together, we will work towards a regenerative future in which every person recognizes their role as a vital component of the living systems that shape our world and the well-being of all is a responsibility through relationships.

We aim to promote a transcontextual way of understanding human experience arising from living networks of kinship with all beings.  As a hub for education, resources, experiential workshops and organizational consulting, we hope to bring coherence to the way humans think with how nature works, and also, to reframe Gregory Bateson’s quote, the way humans work with how nature thinks.  Understanding human experience as transcontextual honors both the relationships that shape our lives and world around us, and the right of all beings to flourish within the complexity of their environments.