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The plenary sessions will provide a rare opportunity for representatives of these two traditions to learn from one another and to push the boundaries of their understanding. The small group format will allow every participant to engage personally with presenters from both traditions.
The plenary sessions present and explore concepts, insights, and knowledge from the two traditions as they apply to human relationships. They are:
Plenary Panel 1
Relational Concepts in Buddhism and Psychoanalysis
- Lewis Aron, Ph.D., Director of NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
- Jessica Benjamin, Ph.D., Faculty, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
- Andrew Olendzki, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies
- Richard Hayes, Ph. D., Teacher in the Friends of Western Buddhist Order (FWBO) and Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of New Mexico.
- Chair: Robert Langan, Ph.D., Faculty, Training and Supervising Analyst, Director of the Center for Applied Psychoanalysis, William Alanson White Institute
Plenary Panel 2
The Problem of Self and Other: Self Conscious Emotion, Gender, Self and No-Self in Buddhism and Psychoanalysis
- Adrienne Harris, Ph.D., Faculty, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
- Anne Klein, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at Rice University; Director and Buddhist Teacher at Dawn Mountain Center, Houston
- Michael Lewis, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Director of the Study of Child Development at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
- Jeremy Holmes, M.D., Professor of Psychological Therapies at the University of Exeter, UK
- Shinzen Young, Ph.D., Buddhist Teacher; Founder, Vipassana Support Institute and other meditation centers
- Chair: Polly Young-Eisendrath, Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Vermont; Clinical Supervisor, Norwich University
Plenary Panel 3
Ruptures, Crises and Repair in Relationship: Buddhist and Psychoanalytic Wisdom
- Harvey Aronson, Ph.D., M.S.W., Buddhist teacher, Co-founder, Dawn Mountain Center, Houston
- Muriel Dimen, Ph.D., Faculty, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
- Barry Magid, M.D. Zen teacher, Ordinary Mind Zendo; Supervisor, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health
- Jeremy Safran, Ph.D., Professor & Director of Clinical Psychology, New School; Faculty, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis.
- Chair: Sue A. Shapiro, Ph.D., Supervisor, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; Founder of Sexual Abuse Clinic, Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis
Plenaries are followed by Q&A sessions among panel participants and members of the audience. Breakout Groups present a variety of topics about personal, therapeutic and spiritual relationships, and allow for more intimate conversation.
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