Mark Epstein & Robert Thurman: Integrating Buddhism & Psychotherapy
Event Details
Who
Mark Epstein & Robert Thurman
What
Weekend Retreat
Where
Menla Mountain Retreat, Phoenicia NY (Catskills)
When
Sunday, August 28, 2011 At 05:00 PM
How
Please follow the link below to register online. If you cannot attend the entire event or have an unusual registration request, please email menla@menla.org or call 845-688-6897 ext.0.
Details
Tibet House members receive a 10% discount on program tuition.
About the Event
Integrating Buddhism & Psychotherapy Mark Epstein & Robert Thurman August 26 - 28, 2011
Buddhism has been called the most psychological of the world's religions and the most spiritual of the world's psychologies. In this weekend workshop, we will explore the core psychological insight of the Buddha: sunyata -- the absence of absolute self in persons and phenomena.
While many people have a sense of fear or apprehension when they first hear of this concept, the actual discovery of sunyata is often likened to the joy of being reunited with a long lost friend or relative. “I was like a mad child long lost his old mother,” begins one famous verse, written by a student of the seventh Dalai Lama and a teacher of the eighth, which goes on to equate voidness with the face of the mother.
While psychoanalysis has done much to clarify the sources of dissatisfaction in early childhood experience, Buddhism teaches something equally profound -- how to overcome this dissatisfaction through insight into the true nature of the mother. In this weekend's discussions, meditations, visualizations and lectures, we will show how accessible this discovery can be and how readily it connects to the work of Western psychoanalysts like D. W. Winnicott, whose concept of "good-enough mothering" relates in surprising ways to the Buddhist approach.
Mark Epstein, M.D. is a psychiatrist in private practice in New York City and the author of a number of books about the interface of Buddhism and psychotherapy, including Thoughts Without a Thinker, Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart, Going on Being, Open to Desire and Psychotherapy Without the Self. He received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard University and is currently Clinical Assistant Professor in the Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis at New York University.
Robert Thurman is Professor of Indo-Tibetan Studies at Columbia University, President of Tibet House U.S., a popular lecturer on Tibetan Buddhism, the translator of many philosophical treatises and sutras, and author of numerous books including the national bestseller, Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness; Anger, the fifth book from a series on the Seven Deadly Sins, offered by The New York Public Library and Oxford University Press. His most recent book is titled Why the Dalai Lama Matters: His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet, and the World, published by Atria Books/Beyond Words.
Note: 12 CE hours are available for Psychologists, LCSWs, MFTs, and Nurses through the co-sponsorship of the Spiritual Competency Resource Center. SCRC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists, by the California BBS and BRN. Spiritual Competency Resource Center maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Visit www.spiritualcompetency.com for complete CE information or contact David Lukoff, Ph.D. at (707) 763-3576.CE credit will cost an additional $25 for people attending the entire retreat and $15 for those attending only one day. This fee is payable to SCRC.
Tuition – $290 (per person); $261 (THUS members)
Accommodations - please refer to the tab below for options and pricing.
Cancellation Policy
- If you cancel two weeks prior to the program, you will receive a 100% refund, minus a $35 processing fee.
- If you cancel one full day to two weeks prior to the program, you will receive full credit, minus a $35 processing fee, which can be applied to any other Tibet House sponsored program at Menla. This credit is valid for one year.
- If you cancel the day of the program or do not show up for any reason, no refund or credit will be given.
Tibet House US/Menla Mountain Retreat reserves the right to cancel any program at any time for low enrollment or circumstances beyond our control. Should this happen, a full refund will be offered.
Arrive Friday, depart Sunday. Accommodations fee includes housing and gourmet vegetarian meals and is in addition to the program tuition.
Room with Queen Bed and Private Bath - $450 single (per person); $275 couple (per person)
Room with Queen Bed and Shared Bath - $380 single (per person); $250 couple (per person)
Room with 2 Twin Beds and Private Bath - $320 (per person)
Room with 2 Twin Beds and Shared Bath - $296 (per person)
Room in Private House with twin beds or twin bunks - $270, 250, 230, or 220 (per person), depending on whether you book a single, double, triple, or quad, respectively. Please note that beds in Private Houses are on a first come first serve basis. We cannot assign specific beds on registration.
Cots- Occasionally, cots can be added to shared rooms - $200 (per person)
Campers- Includes facility use and all meals - $190 (per person)
Commuters - Includes facility use and all meals - $150 (per person)
Note: We will assign you a roommate if you do not register with one.
Buddhism has been called the most psychological of the world's religions and the most spiritual of the world's psychologies. In this weekend workshop, we will explore the core psychological insight of the Buddha: sunyata -- the absence of absolute self in persons and phenomena.
While many people have a sense of fear or apprehension when they first hear of this concept, the actual discovery of sunyata is often likened to the joy of being reunited with a long lost friend or relative. “I was like a mad child long lost his old mother,” begins one famous verse, written by a student of the seventh Dalai Lama and a teacher of the eighth, which goes on to equate voidness with the face of the mother.
While psychoanalysis has done much to clarify the sources of dissatisfaction in early childhood experience, Buddhism teaches something equally profound -- how to overcome this dissatisfaction through insight into the true nature of the mother. In this weekend's discussions, meditations, visualizations and lectures, we will show how accessible this discovery can be and how readily it connects to the work of Western psychoanalysts like D. W. Winnicott, whose concept of "good-enough mothering" relates in surprising ways to the Buddhist approach.
Mark Epstein, M.D. is a psychiatrist in private practice in New York City and the author of a number of books about the interface of Buddhism and psychotherapy, including Thoughts Without a Thinker, Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart, Going on Being, Open to Desire and Psychotherapy Without the Self. He received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard University and is currently Clinical Assistant Professor in the Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis at New York University.
Robert Thurman is Professor of Indo-Tibetan Studies at Columbia University, President of Tibet House U.S., a popular lecturer on Tibetan Buddhism, the translator of many philosophical treatises and sutras, and author of numerous books including the national bestseller, Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness; Anger, the fifth book from a series on the Seven Deadly Sins, offered by The New York Public Library and Oxford University Press. His most recent book is titled Why the Dalai Lama Matters: His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet, and the World, published by Atria Books/Beyond Words.
Note: 12 CE hours are available for Psychologists, LCSWs, MFTs, and Nurses through the co-sponsorship of the Spiritual Competency Resource Center. SCRC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists, by the California BBS and BRN. Spiritual Competency Resource Center maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Visit www.spiritualcompetency.com for complete CE information or contact David Lukoff, Ph.D. at (707) 763-3576.CE credit will cost an additional $25 for people attending the entire retreat and $15 for those attending only one day. This fee is payable to SCRC.
Tuition – $290 (per person); $261 (THUS members)
Accommodations - please refer to the tab below for options and pricing.
Cancellation Policy
- If you cancel two weeks prior to the program, you will receive a 100% refund, minus a $35 processing fee.
- If you cancel one full day to two weeks prior to the program, you will receive full credit, minus a $35 processing fee, which can be applied to any other Tibet House sponsored program at Menla. This credit is valid for one year.
- If you cancel the day of the program or do not show up for any reason, no refund or credit will be given.
Tibet House US/Menla Mountain Retreat reserves the right to cancel any program at any time for low enrollment or circumstances beyond our control. Should this happen, a full refund will be offered.
Arrive Friday, depart Sunday. Accommodations fee includes housing and gourmet vegetarian meals and is in addition to the program tuition.
Room with Queen Bed and Private Bath - $450 single (per person); $275 couple (per person)
Room with Queen Bed and Shared Bath - $380 single (per person); $250 couple (per person)
Room with 2 Twin Beds and Private Bath - $320 (per person)
Room with 2 Twin Beds and Shared Bath - $296 (per person)
Room in Private House with twin beds or twin bunks - $270, 250, 230, or 220 (per person), depending on whether you book a single, double, triple, or quad, respectively. Please note that beds in Private Houses are on a first come first serve basis. We cannot assign specific beds on registration.
Cots- Occasionally, cots can be added to shared rooms - $200 (per person)
Campers- Includes facility use and all meals - $190 (per person)
Commuters - Includes facility use and all meals - $150 (per person)
Note: We will assign you a roommate if you do not register with one.
