Foundational Courses
Foundational courses introducing core psychological ideas, frameworks, and ways of thinking that support deeper study.
These courses are designed as an entry point into psychological thinking.
The focus is not on quick conclusions or techniques, but on developing a clear conceptual foundation. These courses are intended to orient the learner, establish shared language, and support careful thinking that can be built upon over time.
Introduction to Psychology
This course offers a grounded introduction to psychology as a way of understanding human behavior, emotion, and perception, not as self-help or motivational instruction. It introduces the core ideas that shape how psychologists think about the mind, drawing from cognitive, developmental, social, and emotional psychology while remaining accessible to a general audience.
The emphasis is on clarity and coherence. Rather than memorizing terms, students are invited to understand how psychological concepts connect to everyday experience, cultural assumptions, and personal meaning. It is designed for thoughtful beginners as well as those returning to psychology with a desire for depth rather than shortcuts.
Emotional Intelligence Series
This series explores emotional intelligence as a framework for understanding how we perceive, interpret, and respond to our own emotions and the emotions of others. Rather than offering quick techniques or popularity-driven tips, it examines the underlying psychological structures that shape emotional experience and regulation.
Each installment invites careful reflection on how emotions influence thought, action, and interpersonal life, emphasizing clarity over certainty and sustained thinking over surface-level strategies. Together, these courses form a coherent introduction to emotional intelligence rooted in psychological depth and conceptual coherence.
You Are Not Your Mind
This course introduces a foundational psychological distinction between thoughts, emotions, and identity. It explores how mental activity is experienced, interpreted, and often mistaken for the self, and how this confusion shapes distress, rigidity, and habitual patterns of response.
Rather than offering techniques for managing thoughts, the course focuses on developing clarity about how the mind functions and how awareness relates to experience. It provides a conceptual framework for understanding disidentification as a psychological process, laying groundwork for deeper inquiry into perception, meaning, and emotional regulation.
How Do We Know What’s Real?
This course examines how people come to understand experience, perception, and psychological truth. It explores the assumptions we make about what is real, how those assumptions are formed, and how thought, interpretation, and emotional context shape what we take to be evidence.
Rather than offering answers to settle the question, the course focuses on developing clarity about how knowledge is constructed in psychological life. It provides a foundation for thinking carefully about belief, perception, and meaning, supporting a more thoughtful relationship to experience and uncertainty.