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Buddhist Psychology Lecture
Series offered by The Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy October 2008 - June 2009, Monday Evenings, 7:45 PM - 9:45 PM The Arlington Center
Returning for a fourth year, this monthly CE program is intended for psychotherapists who are interested in Buddhist psychology, meditation, or mindfulness. Each lecture will address theoretical and clinical issues at the interface of mindfulness and psychotherapy. Topics will include: (1) the role of radical acceptance in psychotherapy, (2) Buddhist meditation practices to help the healer, 3) the role of compassion in psychotherapy, and 4) mindfulness practices to cultivate listening skills and deeper relating. These evenings are a unique opportunity to gather with colleagues in an informal setting to discuss and explore the leading edges of Buddhist psychology and modern psychotherapy. Lecturers are long-term meditation practitioners with specific areas of clinical expertise. Didactic presentations will be followed by Q & A and discussion, moderated by Christopher Germer, PhD. 2 CE’s are offered each evening to psychologists, social workers, nurses, licensed marriage and family therapists and licensed mental health counselors.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS October 6, 2008 Message in a Bottle: The Unrecognized Logic of Alcohol Abuse There is order in disorder, a passionate purpose behind it. Since you can’t change a position you don’t know you have, finding the emotional truth of the symptom is essential for facilitating a shift to where the symptom is no longer useful. This understanding of alcohol abuse, as well as how to sustain a “pro-symptom” approach, will be demonstrated through a clinical vignette. Participants will be able to: 1) craft “position statements” as a means to discover the patient’s emotional truth, and 2) use techniques to work with the “felt sense” of a symptom.
November 3, 2008 Insight Dialogue: An Interpersonal Meditation Practice Based
Upon a Fully Relational Dharma Insight Dialogue is a relational meditation practice that cultivates a calm and incisive mind in the midst of engagement with others. It is more than “mindful speaking” and can lead to deep insight into “no-self” and relationship. This is a rare opportunity to explore this technique, easily applicable to relational psychotherapy, from the internationally respected meditation teacher and the creator of the practice. Participants will be able to 1) practice Insight Dialogue 2) identify key elements of a relational understanding of early Buddhist psychology.
December 1, 2008 Deepening Compassion: The Heart of Couples Therapy Couples’ conflicts are often the result of ineffective ways of understanding and coping with painful experiences (such as loss, disappointment, disconnection, betrayal, and the collision of differences) and fears (such as the fear of losing oneself or losing the other). Mahayana Buddhist teachings provide a valuable framework for understanding these painful and fearful experiences and for transmuting them into compassion. A model of compassion and some methods of deepening compassion in couples therapy will be demonstrated. Participants will be able to: 1) Formulate a precise and practical understanding of what compassion is, and 2) help couples deepen their capacity for compassion.
January 5, 2009 The ABC's of Mindful Eating Mindful eating is the practice of right relationship with food and the body, and mindfulness itself is an essential factor for healing disordered eating. This non-diet approach relies upon paying attention to bodily cues for information about when, what, and how much to eat, rather than external dictates or diet mentality. Participants will be able to: 1) differentiate nutritional eating from emotional eating, 2) describe basic principles of hunger, satiety, and nutritional craving, and 3) practice mindful eating.
February 2, 2009 Two Wings of a Bird: Mindfulness and Depth Psychotherapy The symbolic language of the unconscious is central to Jungian psychotherapy. Just as compassion is necessary to skillfully apply wisdom into our daily lives, learning the symbolic language of the unconscious as it bubbles up in mindfulness practice nourishes our capacity to maintain continuity of awareness.\ Participants will be able to: 1) identify key elements of the Jungian approach to drawing on the symbolic language of the unconscious, and 2) start integrating the wisdom of the unconscious into mindfulness practice.
March 2, 2009 Sitting with Patients: Bearing the Unbearable in Meditation
and Psychotherapy Meditative and psychotherapeutic traditions contain overlapping and distinct approaches to sitting with unknown, unbearable or emotionally complex experiences. This will be explored with particular attention to skills and personal attributes required of practitioners. The linguistic and experiential relationships between patients, patience and suffering will be highlighted, as will the role of the psyche as a source of responsive guidance. Participants will be able to 1) distinguish key elements of meditation and psychotherapy, and 2) describe the role of the psyche as a source of responsive guidance.
April 6, 2009 Compassion Beyond Fatigue: Meditations of Deep Replenishment
and Connection Adapted From Dzogchen Tradition Lama Makransky, who is also a professor of Buddhism at Boston College, has adapted meditations of loving communion and presence from the Tibetan Dzogchen tradition for caregivers to prevent burnout and compassion fatigue, replenish energy and become more fully present. This special evening will include instruction in meditation and discussion of the issues involved in adapting Tibetan forms for a diverse, mostly non-Buddhist audience. Participants will be able to 1) practice a new contemplative method to prevent burnout and compassion fatigue 2) identify the issues involved in adapting practices of love, wisdom and devotion to a largely secular audience.
May 4, 2009 Working Mindfully with the Repetition Compulsion The repetition compulsion has been confounding human beings as long as we have struggled in our relationships with one another. Mindfulness practice offers new ways of working therapeutically with the repetition compulsion. We will explore how recognition and radical acceptance of deeply rooted and unconscious mind states offer a possibility for transformation. Participants will be able to 1) describe a Buddhist perspective on the repetition compulsion, and (2) practice mindfulness to facilitate change.
June 1, 2009 Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy: A Natural Expression
of Mindfulness and Compassion Internal Family systems therapy utilizes our naturally occurring compassionate core “Self” to identify and heal burdened parts of ourselves. Therapists are in a facilitative role for their clients in this model, using the energy of the Self to witness how and what the client does to avoid feeling vulnerable. Mindfulness is inherent in Self energy. Full awareness and embracing our-selves with lovingkindness allows healing to occur. Participants will be able to: 1) describe the IFS model, and 2) identify the link between mindfulness and compassion and the IFS model.
CONTINUING EDUCATION Psychologists: The Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. The Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy maintains responsibility for the program and its content. This course offers 2 hours of credit per session. Social Workers: Application submitted to the Board of Registration of Social Workers and Collaborative of NASW for 2 Category 1 credits. Nurses: This course meets the specifications of the Board of Registration in Nursing (244 CMR) for 2 Contact Hours per session. Licensed Mental Health Counselors: The Institute is recognized by the National Board for Certified Counselors to offer continuing education for National Certified Counselors. We adhere to NBCC Continuing Education Guidelines. Each session is approved for 2 contact hours, Provider #6048, and is applicable for Commonwealth of Massachusetts Counseling/Allied Mental Health and PDP accreditation. Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists: CE application submitted to the Massachusetts Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Inc. for 2 contact hours.
FACULTY Richard Borofsky, EdD is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Cambridge, MA, specializing in couples therapy. He is a contributing author to On Intimate Ground: Gestalt Approaches to Working with Couples and has been a Zen student for 25 years. Along with Antra, his wife of 33 years, he is co-director of the Center for the Study of Relationship, where they offer workshops for couples. They also teach at holistic education centers such as Omega and Kripalu. Antra Borofsky, EdM is a marriage and family therapist in private practice in Cambridge, MA, specializing in couples therapy. She is a contributing author to On Intimate Ground: Gestalt Approaches to Working with Couples and has been a Zen student for 20 years. Along with Rich, her husband of 33 years, she is co-director of the Center for the Study of Relationship, where they offer workshops for couples. They also teach at holistic education centers such as Omega and Kripalu. Christopher Germer, PhD is a clinical psychologist practicing in Arlington, MA and a Clinical Instructor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School. He has over 27 years of experience in meditation and its use in psychotherapy, is a co-editor of Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, and author of the forthcoming book, The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion (Guilford, 2009). Gregory Kramer, PhD, who currently lives in Portland, Oregon, has been teaching Insight Meditation since 1980. He is the cofounder and guiding teacher of the Metta Foundation. He developed the practice of Insight Dialogue and has been teaching it around the world since 1995. He was formerly a composer and made numerous contributions to music technology. Dr. Kramer is the author of Insight Dialogue: The Interpersonal Path to Freedom. John Makransky, PhD is authorized as a lama in the Tibetan tradition, he is a guiding meditation teacher for the Dzogchen Center, an Associate Professor of Buddhism and Comparative Theology at Boston College, and senior faculty advisor at Kathmandu University’s Centre for Buddhist Studies in Nepal. He is the author of Awakening through Love: Unveiling Your Deepest Goodness and Buddhahood Embodied. C. Anthony Martignetti, PhD is a psychotherapist in private practice in Lexington, MA. He is certified as a Doctoral Addictions Clinician, is a co-inventor of a medical protocol for the treatment of alcohol abuse (Alcarrest), and has worked in numerous addictions treatment settings and lectures widely. Paul Summergrad, MD is the Dr. Frances Arkin Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine and Psychiatrist-in-Chief at Tufts Medical Center. His meditation training began in 1970 with Philip Kapleau at the Rochester Zen Center. An internist who has also completed psychoanalytic training, he has published extensively in the psychiatric literature with a focus on the care of patients with combined medical and psychiatric illness. Suzanne Szalay, MD is a Jungian psychiatrist in private practice in Sherborn, MA. Bridging mindfulness and depth psychology, Dr. Szalay has taught physicians, psychotherapists and other professional groups how to use the language of the psyche as a therapeutic instrument. A meditator for over 35 years, she also had many years of intensive training with the founder of the C.G. Jung Institute of New York. Nancy Riemer, LICSW has been practicing psychotherapy over 30 years and doing Buddhist practice since 1981. Her psychotherapy practice and teaching have included Internal Family Systems therapy, hypnosis training and supervision, and EMDR. Nancy’s work has focused on psychological trauma recovery, performance enhancement and spiritual development. Margrit Romang, PhD, LMHC is a psychotherapist in private practice in Arlington, MA where she works with children, adolescents and adults. She has received lay ordination in the Thich Nhat Hanh Zen tradition. Alice Rosen, MS.Ed, LMHC is a psychotherapist and educator practicing in Concord, MA. She is the Education Director of Feeding Ourselves (SM) and author of the Feeding Ourselves Method, an interactive teaching guide. She uses mindfulness as a basis for helping patients develop a satisfying relationship with food and the body.
REGISTRATION This course will be taught at a level appropriate for post-graduate training of doctoral-level psychologists and is limited to 50 clinicians. Register in advance by contacting the Arlington Center, or at the door. Fee: The fee is $25.00 per evening session, or $175.00 for the full program. Sorry, fees for missed sessions will not be refunded. The fee is $10.00 for mental health students with I.D. Location: The lectures will be held at the Arlington Center, 369 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA 02474. The Arlington Center is conveniently located a short 5 min. walk east from Arlington Center, on the Mass. Ave. bus line. Please refrain from using scented products during the program. Special Needs: Please inform us before the program if you have special needs, so we can make the necessary accommodations.
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