Arlene Mazak, LMFT
Marriage & Family Therapist California License Number:
MFC 37403 
EDUCATION
B.A. Liberal Arts, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
M.A., Counseling, University of San Francisco

M.A., Ph.D. South Asian Languages and Civilizations,
University of Chicago

Professional Training Program
International Association for Regression Research & Therapies

Graduate Certificate, Organization Development & Transformation
California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Core Faculty, California Institute of Integral Studies (1986-93)
Graduate Program in East-West Psychology

Core Faculty, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology (1993-00)
Residential M.A. and Ph.D. Programs
Doctoral Certificate Program in Spiritual Guidance

Funded Research Scholar in India and Nepal
Hindu and Tibetan Buddhist Yoga Psychologies

Training Director, Spiritual Emergence Network (1990-91)
Consultant, Kundalini Awakenings (1990-present)

Private Practise
Clinically trained as a marriage and family therapist with psychodynamic and transpersonal
orientations, she is licensed in California, with a private practice in Fountain Valley, Orange
County and Encinitas, San Diego County. Arlene also offers Hypnotherapy, Interfaith Spiritual
Guidance and Life Coaching as part of her services.

Research
Arlene has research interests in meditative states
of consciousness attained by yogis of different Hindu and Buddhist traditions.

Personal Spirituality
Throughout her life, Arlene has personally been engaged in mystical practices:
first, Christian contemplation, then Hindu yogic and devotional practices,
and now Tibetan Buddhist practices of the Nyingma tradition.
As a professor, she has taught all the world traditions of spirituality.