Category Archive for 'Reminiscence Therapy'

We Are Home

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Seeing with New Eyes

  One Dharma Sangha and non-profit organization, Mindful Hearts (www.mindfulheartprograms.com) offer another evening at Trinity, of which I will be a presenter. For a full description, please go to their website or to Dr. Radhule Weininger’s website at http://radhuleweiningerphd.com. This is their third evening that is focusing on themes from Joanna Macy’s Work that Reconnects. […]

We Are Home

  We Are Home Buddha, underneath a tree This inspires me A deeper way to see Each day intending on this path To walk along the map Of compassionate acts And so we circle round and round Samsara, learning on sacred ground Listening to the silent sound Of coming home We are home We know […]

Solidarity and Compassion Project

  I will be on the panel of speakers tomorrow evening from 7 to 8:30pm for the Solidarity and Compassion Project and will also sing an original sacred song. The content below is copyrighted material directly from the One Dharma Sangha website posting, which is an organization led by Radhule Weininger and Michael Kearney. I am posting here […]

“Should I Also Make A Garden Out of the Desert?”; Camus’ Story of Janine

I have a paper in the current issue of Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought which is published by Taylor & Francis and sponsored by the C.G. Jung Institute Los Angeles. It is entitled “Should I Also Make a Garden Out of the Desert?”: Camus’ Story of Janine. Here is a link to […]

Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices at Pacifica Graduate Institute

This Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices program is a relatively new program focus at Pacifica Graduate Institute (http://www.pacifica.edu) for their Depth Psychology offerings for doctoral degrees. I am moving into more involvement with the program this year and in my leadership role with the program, I invite applicants with master’s degrees from a variety of […]

Embarking on the Spiritual Journey: Mindfulness and Depth Psychology

  Pema Chodron has written: “Embarking on the spiritual journey is like getting into a very small boat and setting out on the ocean to search for unknown lands.” This quote beckons to how mindfulness and depth psychology serve complimentary journeys, in that both invite us into active agency with our inner landscape and a […]

Peace

Honoring the harbingers of peace among us                                            

Elder Stories

           There is growing evidence that when an elder is welcomed to share his or her story, there are measurable healing effects. This is referred to as Reminiscence Therapy and it is gaining ground for helping with healing depression and building a sense of meaning and purpose for our elders. While most of the studies […]