SBGI Campus Dean, Dr. Marti Glenn looks to 2010
As we continue our journey in to the New Year, and a new decade, I look back on 2009 and am excited about the opportunities and developments to come.

In April of last year, SBGI moved to a new campus with added classroom and office space as well as beautiful grounds and ocean views that welcome our students from all over the world. In July, SBGI officially became an affiliate of The Chicago School Education System and in September welcomed it’s largest cohort in SBGI’s 10 year history.

In November, the campus build out for new faculty offices and the SBGI Library was completed. It is now an active academic center where students can access both a wide and specialized collection of texts supported by a full-time librarian, surf the wireless internet and consult with their academic advisors and professors. Additionally, November brought new faces to the SBGI administrative staff including Library Assistant Holly Green, Student Services Advisor Misuk Kwon and Administrative Assistant Tamala Wattree.

Finally, in December, SBGI launched a new website complete with updated information and including student interviews. We will continue to add interviews with faculty and SBGI alumni. As always, we want to hear from you, the community we are honored to serve, regarding your thoughts about our new website so that we may continue to make changes that serve your needs. To do so, please email us at sbgi@thechicagoschool.edu.

Also in December, SBGI attended the Zero to Three Conference in Dallas, where current SBGI doctoral student Angelique Millette presented her research on a multidisciplinary approach to working with infants and toddlers with sleep problems. At the Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference in Anaheim, experts in the field of psychotherapy including Daniel Siegel, MD, Bessel van der Kolk, MD, Francine Shapiro, PhD and Jack Kornfield, PhD, in addition to many others, talked about the importance of the body in psychotherapy.

The SBGI community continues to grow in 2010 as we welcome two more additions including Somatic Psychology Core Faculty member Dr. Edmund Knighton and Financial Aid Advisor Debjani Bhattacharya who both bring extensive experience in their respective fields.

On the horizon in 2010 is SBGI’s first spring cohort beginning on campus March 20th with new student orientation. It’s not too late apply for spring! Please contact Alice Richardson at arichardson@thechicagoschool.edu or call for more information on how to apply.

As a community that continues to grow in order to meet the needs of an inspiring student body and a global community of prospective students and practitioners, we look to our core values to carry us through the changes to come. Those core values that we uphold here at SBGI – Relationship, Scholarship and Leadership – help us as educators to embody a leading-edge culture of higher learning and service as we guide the integrative and holistic practitioners of tomorrow. In that light, we encourage advanced students to consider contributions to professional associations such as the USABP, United States Association of Body Psychotherapy, or APPPAH, the Association of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health, by submitting posters or papers for upcoming conferences. Also, we encourage prospective students, including practitioners, to take that next step towards an advanced degree in the leading-edge fields of Somatic Psychology or Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology to make a difference and further develop or diversify your existing practice.

With Gratitude, Marti Glenn, PhD Campus Dean