Psychotherapy is based on a developmental view—that our once-appropriate survival strategies from childhood become outdated avoidant strategies, or neuroses, as adults. Examining these historically conditioned patterns allows us to live more accurately in the present. The Buddhist view is fruitional—that our basic nature of open awareness holds all experience without bias. Neurosis is not wrong; it is simply what happens when we relate to the truth of our experience with aggression. Join us to discover how these two views complement each other and how psychotherapy can be an invaluable part of a path of liberation. This program is for therapists, meditators, practitioners, therapy clients and anyone else interested in integrating meditation and psychotherapy.
Bruce Tift, MA, LMFT, has been in private practice since 1979 and has taught at Naropa University since 1982. A practitioner of Vajrayana Buddhism for more than 30 years, he lives in Boulder, Colorado.
Please arrive between 2 and 5pm on Friday, May 16. Program ends with lunch at 12:30pm on Sunday, May 18. More information.
To register, click on a price below. Prices are per person, and include tuition, lodging and meals.
We offer a 10% discount to full-time students and senior citizens.
A limited number of partial scholarships are also available for many of our programs. For information, click here or call us at (888) STUPA–21.
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