Table Of Content“In this important volume, the authors have succeeded in deepening the current
mutual embrace between psychotherapy and meditative practice. Written with
clarity and featuring leading minds in both domains, it signals the emergence
of a new, theory-linked contemplative psychotherapy that crosses schools and
boundaries in its pursuit of real clinical deliverables.”
Zindel Segal, PhD, distinguished professor of psychology
in mood disorders, University of Toronto Scarborough
“Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy offers the most comprehensive and
authoritative overview of one of the hottest cutting edges in psychotherapy today—
its merger with contemplative practice. A must-have for anyone in this field.”
Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence and Altered Traits: Science
Reveals How Meditation Transforms Mind, Body and Brain
“While the goals of psychotherapy and contemplative practice share some
important commonalities—the relief of suffering—until this volume, there was no
compendium bringing these modalities together. Joe Loizzo and his colleagues
have done a remarkable job in surveying this vast landscape. A must read for any
clinician or provider wishing to incorporate contemplative practice into therapy.”
Richard Davidson, author of The Emotional Life of Your Brain, founder,
Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Advances in
Contemplative
Psychotherapy
Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy offers mental health professionals of all
disciplines and orientations the most comprehensive and rigorous introduction
to the state of the art and science in integrating mindfulness, compassion, and
embodiment techniques. It brings together clinicians and thinkers of unprece-
dented caliber, featuring some of the most eminent pioneers in a rapidly growing
field. The array of contributors represents the full spectrum of disciplines whose
converging advances are driving today’s promising confluence of psychotherapy
with contemplative science. This historic volume expands the dialogue and inte-
gration among neuroscience, contemplative psychology, and psychotherapy to
include the first full treatment of second- and third-generation contemplative
therapies, based on advanced meditation techniques of compassion training and
role-modeled embodiment. Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy offers the
most profound and synoptic overview to date of one of the most intriguing and
promising fields in psychotherapy today.
Joseph Loizzo, MD, PhD, is a contemplative psychotherapist, Buddhist scholar,
and author with over four decades’ experience integrating Indo-Tibetan mind
science and healing arts into modern neuropsychology, psychotherapy, and clini-
cal research. He is founder and director of the Nalanda Institute for Contemplative
Science, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College, and
a clinician in private practice in Manhattan.
Miles Neale, PsyD, is the assistant director of the Nalanda Institute for
Contemplative Science, co-developer of the Nalanda Institute’s certificate program
in contemplative psychotherapy, and clinical instructor of psychology at Weill
Cornell Medical College. He is a Buddhist psychotherapist in private practice
with twenty years’ experience studying and integrating Buddhist psychology and
meditation into psychotherapy.
Emily J. Wolf, PhD, MSEd, is the director of the Nalanda Institute’s certificate
program in contemplative psychotherapy and a clinical instructor of psychology
at Weill Cornell Medical College. She is a clinical psychologist and clinical
supervisor in private practice who has conducted groundbreaking research on
the integration of contemplative methods of Indian yoga and meditation into
Western psychodynamic therapy, recovery, and health education.
The Healing Mentor, Bhaishajyaguru (Robert Beer, used with permission)
Advances in
Contemplative
Psychotherapy
Accelerating Healing
and Transformation
Edited by
Joseph Loizzo, Miles Neale,
and Emily J. Wolf
First edition published 2017
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Loizzo, Joseph John, 1955- editor. | Neale, Miles, editor. | Wolf,
Emily J., editor.
Title: Advances in contemplative psychotherapy : accelerating healing and
transformation / edited by Joseph Loizzo, Miles Neale, and Emily J. Wolf.
Description: First edition. | New York : Routledge, 2017. | Includes
bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016053814 | ISBN 9781138182394 (hbk : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781138182400 (pbk : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781315630045 (ebk)
Subjects: | MESH: Psychotherapy | Mindfulness | Empathy | Meditation—
psychology | Buddhism—psychology
Classification: LCC RC480.5 | NLM WM 420 | DDC 616.89/14—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016053814
ISBN: 978-1-138-18239-4 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-138-18240-0 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-63004-5 (ebk)
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We dedicate this volume to the living example
Of His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama of Tibet,
Who has done more than anyone to stimulate open dialogue
Between modern physical science and ancient contemplative science,
Who has helped birth the promising field of contemplative neuroscience,
And who inspires us all as a vibrant embodiment
Of the radical open-mindedness and unconditional compassion
We need every day as psychotherapists, caregivers, teachers, and healers.
In the spirit of a great seventh-century Nalanda Master,
We offer one of His Holiness’s favorite aspirational verses
To the heroic human spirit of altruism:
May I be the doctor
And the medicine
And also the nurse,
Until all beings are healed!
(Shantideva, Guide to the Altruist’s Way of Life)
Contents
List of Illustrations xi
About the Editors xiii
List of Contributors xv
Foreword by Rev. Joan Jiko Halifax xvii
Preface by Joseph Loizzo xix
Introduction 1
Joseph Loizzo
Part One: Mindfulness and Personal Healing 15
1 Buddhist Origins of Mindfulness Meditation 17
Miles Neale
2 The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: Practicing Presence
and Resilience 35
Sharon Salzberg
3 Positive Neuroplasticity: The Neuroscience of Mindfulness 48
Rick Hanson
4 Meditative Psychoanalysis 61
Jeffrey Rubin
5 Mindfulness Practice as Advanced Training for the Clinician 74
Paul Fulton
