Buddhist Geeks #174: The Mindful Therapist (Part Two w/ Trudy Goodman)

Here is the conclusion to the interview with Trudy Goodman that began in last week's Buddhist Geeks. Good stuff. Part one here.

Buddhist Geeks #174: The Mindful Therapist

31. May, 2010 by Trudy Goodman

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Episode Description:

This week we speak to vipassana meditation teacher, and psychotherapist Trudy Goodman. Trudy completes the story of her early Zen days, and also describes how she transitioned into becoming a vipassana teacher. She also shares some of her training in psychology, wherein she studied with the famous child developmentalist, Jean Piaget in France. She was eventually led her to work with children diagnosed with extreme developmental disorders, and with adults as well. Trudy shares how her practice of meditation was crucial in supporting people in their own therapeutic process, and how the key for all therapists who want to practice some sort of mindful therapy is to really practice and become familiar with their own mind.

This is part 2 of a two-part series. Listen to part 1, Zen, Vipassana, & Psychotherapy.

Episode Links:

• Jean Piaget
• InsightLA

Transcript

Trudy Goodman is Executive Director and Founder of InsightLA, a non-profit organization for Vipassana meditation training and secular mindfulness education. She teaches extensively in the field of meditation and psychotherapy at conferences and retreats nationwide. In 1995, she co-founded the very first Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy in Cambridge, MA, where she lived and taught at the Cambridge Buddhist Association from 1991-98. Trudy has studied Buddhist meditation for 35 years, with Asian and Western teachers, and is a contributing author of Mindfulness and Psychotherapy and Clinical Handbook of Mindfulness.

Website: InsightLA.org
Twitter: @InsightLA

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