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Weekend 22nd-23rd January 2022
“ENCOUNTER & PATH”
A WEEKEND OF EXPERIENTIAL BUDDHIST PSYCHOLOGY
Dr. David Brazier, Dr. Iris Dotan Katz, Dr Yaya de Andrade, Natividad Menendez Garcia
& Kimiko Nita
Theme:
Therapy as a Spiritual Path for Client & for Therapist. A presentation of the application of Buddhist psychology in a number of dimensions; a forum in which to reflect upon the spiritual path from a psychological point of view and the psychological work from a spiritual perspective.
Content:
talks, seminars, master class demonstration, groupwork, "Dharma à Deux", case
presentation and discussion. Theoretical material will be presented and there will also be experiential workshops so participants should be willing to
share material about personal life and agree to respect the
confidentiality of others.
Suitable for: The weekend is open to anybody interested both in understanding their own life and relationships better and in the therapeutic process and how this relates to the spiritual path in a Buddhist approach. This will also make a good preliminary for those wishing to embark upon the on-going Buddhist Psychology Dilpoma Programme commencing in February.
Leaders: The workshop leaders are practising
psychotherapy or counselling from a Buddhist perspective and/or tutoring
the ITZI Buddhist psychology training programme.
Dr David Brazier, psychotherapist and Buddhist teacher, author of a dozen books including Zen Therapy and many other writings. Co-editor of the Oxford Manual of Meditation.
Dr. Iris Dotan Katz, clinical psychologist with a private practice in Tel Aviv has many years of experience in Zen and Pureland Buddhism and in socially engaged action.
Dr. Yaya de Andrade, retired psychologist now working with the Red Cross, especially with indigenous groups. Dr Andrade has extensive experience in working with populations recovering from major disasters around the world.
Kimiko Nita, clinical psychologist, specialises in work with children and young adults, has a private practice for adult clients in Tokyo, and a special interest in Naikan therapy.
Natividad Menendez Garcia, psychotherapist, is tutor on the Spanish language version of the Buddhist Psychology Diploma Programme and has private clients in Spain.
To book:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/globalsanghaNEW SEMESTER - TIME TO JOIN
The new semester begins in February. This is, therefore, a good time to enrol for one or other (or both) of the Global Sanga / ITZI educational programmes. Fuller details are given later in this newsletter.
GS Dharma Ocean Programme: We are studying the history of the tradition. In the semester that is just ending we have studied the transmission in India in the early centuries following the life of the Buddha. In the coming semester there will be four study units covering the transmission of the Pureland teaching within a Mahayana context in China from the beginning of the common era up to the medieval period (13th century). This is a good course for gaining a deeper understanding of the way that the Dharma has been and is presented as historical and social conditions change.
ITZI Programme in Buddhist Psychology: This is a new English rendition of a programme that has been run periodically over the past 25 years. At present the programme is already running in Spanish. The new English language intake will commence in February. It presents the major Buddhist teachings and shows how they can be applied in a psychological manner in psychotherapy, counselling and other inter-personal work. A good course foir therapists who want to understand the Buddhist approach and for Buddhists who want to impove inter-personal skills and self-understanding.
To book:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/globalsanghaTALKS
"
Engaged Buyddhism" by Hosho Peter Coyote, 1st January 2022
"Amitabha Tantric Meditation" Dharmavidya, 20th November 2021
"Compassion is not a Set of Rules" Dharmavidya, 15th January 2022
A discussion of Gandharan Art:
https://www.academia.edu/video/kO30pk?email_video_card=watch-video&pls=RVP