with

Koshin Paley Ellison

and Robert Chodo Campbell

Sponsored by The Contemplative Studies Project of the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis

Bringing Contemplative care to patients and clients who are ill, or who have been touched by death in their lives requires the analyst and psychotherapist to be intimate with these realities of life. We only can be as intimate with another as we are with ourselves. This training enriches out capacity to bring contemplative, mindful care to those suffering.

This retreat is designed as an experiential learning container for professionals to explore compassionate contemplative approaches that allow mindfulness and courage to arise in our work within our selves and with others. This retreat will introduce participants to techniques and contemplative practices that have been used and created by the leaders in the field of contemplative care, New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care’s Co-Founders, Koshin Paley Ellison and Robert Chodo Campbell. This is a unique opportunity to study Buddhist principles and practices relevant to death and dying. Consisting of lectures and discussion, along with group work, writing exercises, intensive guided meditation, and sand play sessions, the retreat seeks to help clinicians understand the places that inhibit their personal growth and block the healing which they may experience for themselves as practitioners.

Koshin Paley Ellison, MFA, LMSW, is the Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care. He serves as the Director of Training for the Center’s Buddhist Contemplative Care Programs. He is a ACPE Chaplain Supervisory Resident. Koshin is an Adjunct Professor at the Institute of Buddhist Studies. He is a co-founder of the Buddhist Psychotherapy Collective. Koshin is currently a Jungian Analyst Candidate at the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association. He is the Co-Director of Contemplative Care Services for the Department of Integrative Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center. Koshin began Zen practice over twenty years ago, and he is a Senior Soto Zen Buddhist Priest, at the Village Zendo. He gives plenary addresses, workshops and retreats on contemplative based approaches to leadership and care, and meditation in a variety of settings from corporations to national healthcare conferences.

Robert Chodo Campbell, HHC, is a Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care. He serves on the Core Faculty for the Center’s Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Programs. Chodo is an Adjunct Professor at the Institute of Buddhist Studies. He is Co-Director of Contemplative Care Services for the Department of Integrative Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center. Chodo brings his life experience and his Zen and psychoanalytic study to his teachings in the areas of: anxiety and depression, drug and alcohol abuse, and contemplative approaches to care. He began formal Zen training in 1994 and currently he is a Soto Zen Buddhist Priest, at Village Zendo. He gives plenary addresses, workshops and retreats in a variety of settings from corporations to national healthcare conferences.