Addiction: A Nonlinear Path to Recovery
Like many counselors fresh out of school, I began my practice in the field of addiction where the rate of burnout for a therapist is high. Addiction counseling is demanding and the prospect of successful […]
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Psychology’s Taboo Against Imagination
[Listen to the audio recording of “Psychology’s Taboo Against Imagination.”] Over the last few decades, the teaching and practice of psychology has veered into a dark abyss. The overuse of diagnosis — a misguided […]
The Neuroscience of Suffering – And Its End
“Do not pursue the past. Do not usher in the future. Rest evenly with present awareness” (Tibetan meditation instruction) It was 1972, and Gary Weber, a 29-year old materials science PhD student at Penn State […]
Enlightenment’s Evil Twin
Exploring the Shadow Side of Meditation In 1974 Hans Burgschmidt was sixteen years old, living in the Canadian Prairies, working in a photography studio darkroom, elbow-deep in chemicals all day long. “Is this what life […]
