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Presenter: Mark Epstein, M.D.
Buddhism has always stressed something that Western psychology has now come
to appreciate more fully: that the self is relational in nature, not insular or
isolated. Yet because meditation is usually practiced alone, its relational
nature has not often been emphasized. As psychotherapists have become more
interested in Buddhist theory and practices, however, the integration of
meditation and psychotherapy has begun to take place. Drawing on Buddhism as
well as D.W. Winnicott's idea of returning to a state of "going on
being" instead of reacting, this workshop, led by a psychiatrist with a
long-standing interest in Buddhism, will offer teachings, discussion and
meditations designed to highlight the relevance of Buddhist mindfulness
meditation to clinical practice.
About the Speaker
Mark Epstein, M.D. is a psychiatrist in private practice in New York City, a
contributing editor to Tricycle: The Buddhist Review and the author of Thoughts
Without a Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective (Basic Books), Going
to Pieces Without Falling Apart and Going on Being (Broadway Books). His new
book, The Wisdom of Desire, will be published by Gotham Books next year.
He is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Postdoctoral Program in
Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis at New York University. The author of a number
of articles and books comparing and contrasting Buddhist and Western
psychologies, he received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard
University. He has been a student of Buddhist meditation for the past thirty
years.
Learning Objectives
- Participants can expect to learn the basic meditation strategy of
mindfulness or "bare attention."
- Participants will learn about the clinical applicability of this
attentional strategy, both for the therapist and for the person in
therapy.
- Participants will gain an appreciation for the links between the work of
D.W. Winnicott and basic Buddhist psychology of mind.
- Participants will learn how Buddhist psychology works with disturbing
emotions like anger, anxiety and fear.
| Date; |
Saturday, April 17, 2004 |
| Time: |
9:30 am to 2:15 pm |
| CE Credits: |
3.0 |
| Location: |
St. Joseph's University
President's Lounge
The Campion Center
4500 City Line
Philadelphia, PA 19131 |
| Contact:
|
Phillip C. Bennett,
PhD |
Philadelphia Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology