My article on Contemplative Psychotherapy, which is part of my doctoral dissertation, was published in the Journal of Psychotherapy Integration. Briefly, the paper gives an overview of Contemplative Psychotherapy (CP) as a discipline at the intersection of psychotherapy, Buddhism, and mindfulness, reviews its core theories and practices, and argues that CP may have special value in helping therapists become better …
Presented on Buddhism and Psychotherapy
In October 2019, I was pleased to present a seminar on Buddhism and Psychotherapy as part of the Portland Philosophy Meetup’s Buddhism and the West seminar series. I figured it would be nice to share the summaries of those articles I prepared, in case other folks are interested in the dialogue between mindfulness, Buddhism, and psychology. These four articles are …
Presented on Contemplative Psychotherapy and Bipolar Disorder at Lewis and Clark
Last week I had the pleasure of presenting to a group of graduate students in the counseling program at Lewis and Clark College. The students were attentive and engaged, and I was glad to have Megan’s expert guidance in preparing for the course and tailoring my presentations to the students. I lectured in three parts. For the first section, I …
Contemplative Psychotherapy presentation at Existential-Humanistic Northwest
Earlier today I made a professional presentation on Contemplative Psychotherapy to a local Portland organization of psychotherapists. It was nice to meet with colleagues and discuss CP. My presentation covered the CP core commitments of brilliant sanity, maitri, exchange, and clinician mindfulness, and related them to Carl Rogers’s necessary and sufficient conditions for therapeutic change. Here’s the audio file in …