To Heal a Wounded Heart: The Transformative Power of Buddhism and Psychotherapy in Action

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Pilar Jennings Padmakara Translation Group (translated by)

To Heal a Wounded Heart

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The Transformative Power of Buddhism and Psychotherapy in Action

Pilar Jennings, Padmakara Translation Group (translated by)

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Shambhala Publications Inc
15 December 2017

Buddhism; Psychology; Child & developmental psychology

Interweaving both Buddhist and psychoanalytic wisdom, this book uses the unlikely relationship between a psychoanalyst, her child patient, and a Tibetan Buddhist Lama to explore healing and resilience in the face of pain and injustice in childhood.

The book centers around the story of three unlikely friends who formed a family- a silent six-year-old African-American girl born to an HIV-positive mother, a Tibetan Buddhist lama who as a six-year-old escaped the Chinese invasion of Tibet, and a Peruvian-Scottish psychoanalyst whose colorful family-of-origin fell apart in a weirdly handled divorce. Through a strange sequence of events, the three came to know each other in a psychoanalytic program that brings therapy to the inner city. A central theme is the invisible forms of pain and injustice suffered in childhood. But this is only half the story, since the inspiring reality is that children push for wellness. And they don't give up easily. Regardless of the magnitude of trauma endured, children keep trying to get things right. They don't like feeling unknown, to themselves or others. Through this story, the ways in which Buddhism and psychoanalysis address this human struggle to recognize one's own suffering in the face of another, and our common push for wellness, are revealed through the growing relationship between these three unlikely friends

By: Pilar Jennings, Padmakara Translation Group (translated by)
Imprint: Shambhala Publications Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 218mm, Width: 145mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 308g
ISBN: 9781611805154
ISBN 10: 1611805155
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 15 December 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

PILAR JENNINGS, PhD, is a professor of psychiatry and religion at the Union Theological Seminary and a lecturer at Columbia University. She is also a visiting lecturer at Weill Cornell University School of Medicine in their newly implemented Integrative Health concentration. Through this program associated with the Nalanda Institute of Contemplative Science, Dr. Jennings teaches medical students about mindfulness and psychodynamic techniques to be utilized for their own stress reduction and for their patients' increased well-being. She is also a psychoanalyst with a focus on the clinical applications of Buddhist meditation; she has been working with patients and their families through the Harlem Family Institute since 2004. She is the author of Mixing Minds- The Power of Relationship in Psychoanalysis and Buddhism.

Reviews for To Heal a Wounded Heart: The Transformative Power of Buddhism and Psychotherapy in Action

Wow. Pilar Jennings brings her readers deftly through the fascinating and impressive therapeutic adventures of the extraordinary six-year-old Martine, the wise and hilarious Lama Pema, and the abiding and reflective therapist, Pilar. This is a story of painful losses and their permanent imprints on our lives, contrasted with Buddhist teachings on impermanence, and the tension in Jennings's own inner life between psychotherapeutic and Buddhist views of love and loss. Most of all, it's a page-turner of a story. Don't miss it. -Polly Young-Eisendrath, PhD, author of The Present Heart: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Discovery Tracing the steps and missteps of a young therapist entering the field, learning to marshal her strength, skills, perception, and most importantly her self-knowledge (which we all need if we are to come into our own as professionals), this masterful book is one I wish I'd had when I was first entering the 'impossible profession.' -Kirkland C. Vaughans, PhD, author of The Psychology of Black Boys and Adolescents A wonderful conjunction of the heart of Buddhism with the heart of psychotherapy. A sharing work that enriches the art of person-to-person being and healing. -Michael Eigen, PhD, author of Faith [To Heal a Wounded Heart] illustrates how Buddhism and psychotherapy each respond to suffering and the process of healing differently: while Buddhism helps us tie our experiences to the collective, psychotherapy helps us excavate the stories and experiences that are uniquely our own. -Tricycle: The Buddhist Review