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The Art of Equanimity
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To learn the skill of equanimity is to learn how to find balance in our lives. It is the development of a steadiness of mind and a calm understanding that allows us to be with our constantly changing world. While it is a skill that is often explored in meditation centers, it is rarely discussed in psychological literature. However, it is especially useful for clinicians as it allows us to sit with whatever arises in our consulting rooms and thereby is a core condition of a clinician’s cultivated therapeutic presence. Rather than becoming distracted and losing our mindful and compassionate attention, it enables us to connect more deeply and not be overwhelmed by the pain we see, hear, and feel in our practice.
Objectives
- Examine, both cognitively and experientially, how to begin to cultivate equanimity.
- Practice how to return to a state of equanimity when knocked off balance.
- Determine the phrases of equanimity.
- Practice, experientially, the key equanimity meditations.
- Utilize equanimity and how it can enhance presence.
- Defining and cultivating perspective on the relevance of equanimity in clinical work
- Cognitively and experientially begin to cultivate equanimity
- Return to a state of equanimity when clinical work prompts imbalance
- Phrases of equanimity
- Practice, experientially, the key equanimity meditations
- When to utilize equanimity - how it can enhance presence
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Susan Pollak, MTS, MEd, EdD
Susan M. Pollak, MTS, MEd, Ed.D, is a faculty member in psychology at Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Health Alliance, where she has taught and supervised since the mid-1990s. She is the president of the Institute of Meditation and Psychotherapy from 2010-2020, is a founding member and senior advisor of Center for Mindfulness and Compassion, a psychologist in private clinical practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts and a Certified Teacher of the MSC program. Dr. Pollak co-taught Mindful Self-Compassion during its early development and she is co-author of Sitting Together: Essential Skills for Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy www.sittingtogether.com/authors.php, a contributing editor of Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, 2nd edition. Her newest book is Self-Compassion for Parents https://www.amazon.com/Self-Compassion-Parents-Nurture-Caring-Yourself/dp/1462533094 Her blog about Mindfulness and Compassion at Psychology Today is called "The Art of Now."
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Susan Pollak maintains a private practice and is the cofounder and teacher at the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion at Cambridge Health Alliance. She is the conference director for Boston Institute for Psychotherapy. Dr. Pollak receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Susan Pollak is a reviewer for Guilford Press and is a member of the American Psychological Association.
