Beyond Desire With Pilar Jennings, Ph.D.

Pilar Jennings, Ph.D. is a writer and researcher who has focused on the clinical applications of Buddhist meditation practice. She received her Ph.D. in Psychiatry and Religion from Union Theological Seminary, and has been working with patients and their families through the Harlem Family Institute since 2004. Dr. Jennings is also a researcher at the Columbia University Center for Study and Science and Religion as well as a facilitator of a Columbia University Faculty Seminar. She is a long-term practitioner of Tibetan and Vipassana Buddhism and has also trained as a Buddhist chaplain through the Zen Center for Contemplative Care.

She is the author of:

• Mixing Minds: The Power of Relationship in Psychoanalysis and Buddhism (Wisdom Publications 2011)

To learn more about the work of Pilar Jennings go to www.pilarjennings.com.

Host: Michael Toms         Interview Date: 5/25/2011         Program Number: C0205

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A full one-hour Flagship program on this subject is available for purchase and download:

Why Buddhist Practice? Why Psychotherapy? with Pilar Jennings, Ph.D.