Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Meditation and Psychotherapy

Harvard Medical School has been coming around to the qualitative and quantitative study of meditation and other mindfulness practices. Their continuing education program is very interesting and worth checking out. Scroll down, for instance, to "Mind-Body Medicine". I will be attending a conference organized by them this weekend on Meditation and Psychotherapy, moderated by Ronald D. Siegel, M.D., who taught a class I took online a couple of years ago. Another good resource is the National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine.

Here is the schedule:


Moderator: Ronald D. Siegel

10,000 Joys and Sorrows: Buddhist Practices at the Heart of Psychotherapy - Jack Kornfield, Trudy Goodman

Jung and Buddhism: Refining the Dialogue - Polly Young-Eisendrath

Transference in Meditation and Psychotherapy - Jack Engler

Morning Discussion 12:45 - 2:00

BREAK 2:00 - 5:00

AFTERNOON PROGRAM - Moderator: Ronald D. Siegel

Meditation and Social Change - Christopher Queen

Mental Health Benefits of Meditative Techniques - Sat Bir S. Khalsa

From the Monastery to the Therapy Office: Meditation for Difficult Clinical Relationships - Aviva Goldman, Tom Pedulla, Susan M. Pollak, William Slaughter

SATURDAY - 8:00 - 8:30 Pre-Conference Meditation led by Narayan Liebenson Grady

8:45 - 12:45 MORNING PROGRAM - Moderator: Christopher K. Germer

The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being - Daniel J. Siegel

Acceptance and Transformation: Thoughts from a Meditation Teacher - Narayan Liebenson Grady

Acceptance and Transformation: Thoughts from a Therapist - David Treadway

Morning Discussion 12:45 - 2:00 BREAK 2:00 - 5:00

AFTERNOON PROGRAM - Moderator: Christopher K. Germer How Not to be Afraid of Yourself and Others - Susan Piver

Freedom from Self - Paul R. Fulton, Stephanie Morgan, Janet L. Surrey Discussion - Faculty

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