Dr. Moustakas has served as President of the Michigan School of Professional Psychology since 1998. Known for her relational leadership, she has guided the institution through momentous change including the implementation of the doctoral program, the building of the Farmington Hills campus and the renaming of the school as the Michigan School of Professional Psychology (MiSPP). A successful campaign resulted in the expansion of the Moustakas Johnson Library, the Clark Moustakas Collection, the Wilkinson Research Center and the Joan Snyder Clinical Lab, providing a state of the art learning environment. Before being elected president, Dr. Moustakas provided practicum supervision, served as a guest lecturer and the Director of Clinical Training at MiSPP.
Prior to joining MiSPP, Dr. Moustakas worked for 22 years as a psychotherapist with focus on addictions, play therapy, couples and family therapy and aftercare. Along with her clinical administrative work and program development, Dr. Moustakas has been an adjunct professor at Oakland University. Dr. Moustakas is the author of Encounters of Intimate Bonding: An Heuristic Investigation of Friendship and co-author of Loneliness, Creativity and Love: Awakening Meanings in Life, with her father, Clark Moustakas, PhD.
Dr. Moustakas is the President of the Board of Directors of the American Association of Presidents and Independent Colleges and Universities (AAPICU). Professional presentations include the history of humanistic psychology, heuristic research, existential-phenomenological psychology, communication, loneliness and women's issues. Under her leadership, MiSPP continues a partnership with various local organizations, participating in community outreach programs such as the Farmington Community Library "Better Living Series."
Today MiSPP is a dynamic educational organization with record enrollment in both the master's and doctoral programs. A growing faculty is recognized for their leadership in the profession. Through development activities, Dr. Moustakas continues to support excellence in academics by expanding funding for student aid, scholarships, and awards/grants. Although dedicated to the growth of MiSPP, realization of human potential remains an ever present value. She is committed to the foundations of humanistic psychology and qualitative research in the academic programs and future initiatives. Dr. Moustakas is currently leading the institution in pursuit of ASPPB / National Register and American Psychological Association (APA) accreditation. The vision of the Michigan School of Professional Psychology is to be an international leader in graduate education, to embody the core tenets of humanistic-existential theory, research and practice, and to prepare students for diverse careers in psychology.
The Michigan School of Professional Psychology (MiSPP) is a small independent institution of higher education offering a master of arts and doctoral degree in clinical psychology located in southeast Michigan. Historically with an emphasis in humanistic psychology, the mission of MiSPP is to educate and train individuals to become reflective practitioner-scholars with the competencies necessary to serve diverse populations as professional psychologists and psychotherapists.
Michigan School of Professional Psychology
26811 Orchard Lake Road
Farmington Hills, MI 48334
www.mispp.edu