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Creating a Sacred Space in Psychotherapy
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Discover new ways to address the larger issues of purpose and meaning that often lie at the edge of the therapeutic conversation by incorporating rituals that invoke life’s larger mysteries. One of the field’s most respected Buddhist practitioners will discuss how to:
- Use rituals to enhance the experience of safety, communion, and soulfulness in therapy
- Introducing grounding and cleansing practices as well as a variety of spiritual traditions to deepen the impact of trauma treatment
- Bring poetry, myths and storytelling into the therapeutic conversation
- Address issues of morality and virtue issues in the treatment room
Objectives
- Discover how to make your therapy office a sacred space using decoration
- Use the power of ritual to get conversation with clients on a deeper level
- Identify two exercises to help clients promote mindful healing outside the therapy room
- Explain the difference between teaching therapy and teaching morality and virtue
- Dissect the relationship between Western mindfulness therapy and Eastern mindfulness traditions
Outline
- Overview of a sacred space
- Introducing a sacred space into the medical field
- Reducing “road noise” in your sacred space
- Experiencing sacred space
- Using a ritual to create a sacred space
- Explore the meanings of ritual
- Wrapping up with Jack Kornfield
- Gateways to other life dimensions
- “The Wise Heart” and additional trainings
Jack Kornfield, PhD
Jack Kornfield, Ph.D., trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. After graduating from Dartmouth College in Asian Studies in 1967, he joined the Peace Corps and worked on tropical medicine teams in the Mekong River valley. He met and studied as a monk under the Buddhist master Ven. Ajahn Chah, as well as the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma. Returning to the United States, Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein and the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California. Over the years, Jack has taught in centers and universities worldwide, led International Buddhist Teacher meetings, and worked with many of the great teachers of our time. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and is a father, husband, and activist.
His books have been translated into 20 languages and sold more than a million copies. They include A Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology, A Path With Heart; After the Ecstasy, the Laundry; Teachings of the Buddha; Seeking the Heart of Wisdom; Living Dharma; A Still Forest Pool; Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart; Buddha's Little Instruction Book; The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace, Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are, and his most recent book, No Time Like the Present: Finding Freedom, Love and Joy Right Where You Are.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Jack Kornfield, Ph.D. is the founding teacher of the Spirit Rock Center in California. He is a published author and receives royalties. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-Financial: Jack Kornfield, Ph.D. has no non-financial relationships to disclose.
