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Monthly Networking Meetings
Next Meeting
| Date | Friday, June 27, 2008, 7 PM to 9 PM |
| Place | 250 West 57th Street Suite 501, New York, N.Y. 10019
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| Speakers |
Paul Cooper, L.P., Susan Rudnick, CSW, Tony Stern, MD, Dorothy Yang, LCSW |
| Topic |
The Buddhist Impulse in Psychotherapeutic Encounter |
| Contents |
All psychotherapeutic discourse is an autobiographical narrative,
whether we attempt to conceal it within a scientific language or not.
However, the more concealed the autobiographical narrative becomes, the
less impact it exerts. Without considering the personal spiritual, we
are left with a fractured and less than whole psychotherapy. It is
from this perspective that the panelists will discuss practical,
spiritual, and personal aspects of their journey as psychotherapists and
spiritual practitioners. Panelists will address questions Such as:
"What emotions are being defended against by the overly rationalized
and reasoned language of the scientific model?" "What is the
risk that the psychotherapist takes in using an approach to language
that integrates both scientific and mystical models without
privilege?" These questions are essential to any discussion of
contemplative experience and the psychotherapeutic encounter if we are
to take the radical potential for salvation of legitimate spiritual
traditions seriously.
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Paul Cooper: Dean of Training: National Psychological Association for
Psychoanalysis; Board of Directors of ASP and International Federation
for Psychoanalytic Education; Editor: Into the Mountain Stream:
Psychotherapy and Buddhist Experience. Long-time Zen practitioner; Paul
Cooper maintains a private practice in Midtown Manhattan and in
Westchester.
Susan Rudnick: Psychoanalyst and psychotherapist in N.Y C.; Trained at
the American Institute for Psychoanalysis; Certified Focusing Trainer, a
long-time Zen practitioner and Guest editor for the American Journal of
Psychoanalysis, Special Issue: Buddhism and Psychoanalysis. Volume 59,
Number 1 and coauthor of "A Glimpse of Zen Practice in the Realm of
Countertransference"
Tony Stern: Long-time practitioner of Zen and other spiritual
traditions; Clinical associate professor of psychiatry at New York
Medical College; In private practice and works at the Westchester mobile
crisis team and at Abbott House, in Irvington, N.Y.; Presents widely
on psychotherapy and spirituality; Extensive publications include
Everything Starts from Prayer: Mother Teresa's Meditations on Spiritual
Life for People of All Faiths
Dorothy Yang: Mandarin Chinese speaking psychotherapist and certified
psychoanalyst trained at Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis; Worked
in the Mandarin Chinese in-patient psychiatric unit at Bellevue
Hospital; Provides psychotherapy, consultation on Chinese cultural
issues, and supervision worldwide using SKYPE; Presents widely in a
variety of contexts including the 2007th annual APA conference; Tibetan
Buddhist practitioner in the Kagyu lineage since 1974
Recent Network Meeting Speakers
| Date | Speaker | Subject | Contact |
| June, 2008 | Paul Cooper, L.P., Susan Rudnick, CSW, Tony Stern, MD, Dorothy Yang, LCSW |
The Buddhist Impulse in Psychotherapeutic Encounter | Paul Cooper Pshaku@aol.com, Tony Stern, M.D.
narrowridge@aol.com, Susan Rudnick, LCSW Haikususan@aol.com, Dorothy Yang, LCSW dorothyyang1@yahoo.com
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| May, 2008 | Diana Kerievsky, LCSW and Bruce Kerievsky |
An Introduction to Existential Metapsychiatry, a form of spiritual cognitive therapy | www.MeaningAndTruth.com |
| April, 2008 | Members of ASP |
An Evening of Conversation |
| March, 2008 | Janna Zarchin, LMFT and her colleague Christa Schorn, LCSW |
Orionic F.A. Healing Presentation |
| February, 2008 | Ken Schuman and Ron Paxton. |
The Michelangelo Method: Release Your Inner Masterpiece and Create an Extraordinary Life |
| January, 2008 | Bernard Starr, Ph.D. |
Confronting the Thorny Issues in Integrating
Psychology Practice and Spirituality: A Template for the "How To.” |
| December, 2007 | Lynda Klau, Ph.D. |
Having Your Authentic Voice in the World |
| November, 2007 | Sandra Weinberg, LCSW, CASAC |
Suffering and the End of Suffering: Addiction and Recovery |
| October, 2007 | Hillary Volper, LCSW |
Dreams: Reflections of the Soul |
| September, 2007 | Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Ph.D. B.Sc. |
Healing Through Vedic Sciences |
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