Work Wisely with the Life We Have
Date: 4/8/2012 (Sunday) 2–4pm
Place: Woo Ju Memorial Library
Speaker: Dr. Paul Fulton
For more than 40 years of practice in Buddhism and career in psychotherapy. How does Dr. Paul Fulton bring these two worlds together? What can we learn from him to work wisely and benefit ourselves and other beings?
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Dr. Fulton’s interest in Buddhist meditation and psychology began in his teens. At age 20 he received jukai initiation into Zen (taking refuge and receiving the precepts), and continues to practice Zen and vipassana. He earned a doctoral degree from Harvard University where he focused on comparative human development and the integration of Western and Buddhist psychology. In the mid-1990s he helped found the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy to train mental health professionals in the principles and practices of Buddhist psychology. He served as the president of IMP for 10 years, and was formerly a board member of the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. He has a private practice of psychotherapy in Newton, Massachusetts.
Dr. Fulton has been invited to teach internationally and lead workshops on meditation and psychotherapy, and is a regular contributor to professional publications on the subject. He is co-editor and co-author of Mindfulness and Psychotherapy. (click on the link to preview the material) In 2009 he joined other leading scholars, scientists, and clinicians with the 14th Dalai Lama on the theme of “Wisdom and Compassion in Psychotherapy: Deepening Mindfulness in Clinical Practice” (click on the link to preview the material), with the hope to encourage others to work wisely to benefit themselves and all beings, in this talk Dr. Fulton will share his personal and practical insights in bringing these two worlds together. To know more about him, please visit www.paulfulton.org.
(this talk is open to the public without charge, donation is greatly appreciated to cover the expense for hosting the event. make check payable to BAUS – 2020 Route 301, Carmel, NY 10512)