Suggested Reading

Batchelor, S. Buddhism Without Beliefs, A Contemporary Guide to Awakening. London: Riverhead Books, 1997.

Chödrön, P. Start Where You Are. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1994.

Chödrön, P. Wisdom of No Escape. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2001.

Epstein, M. Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart. New York: Broadway Books, 1998.

Epstein, M. Thoughts Without a Thinker. New York: Basic Books, 1995.

Kahn, M. Between Client and Therapist. Henry Holt and Co., 1997.

Ormont, L. The Group Therapy Experience: From Theory to Practice. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.

Podvoll, E. The Seduction of Madness. Harperperennial Library, 1991.

Trungpa, C. Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1987.

Trungpa, C. Shambhala: Sacred Path of the Warrior. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1997.

Trungpa, C. The Path Is the Goal: A Basic Handbook of Buddhist Meditation. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1994.

Trungpa, C. The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1997.

Wegela, K.K. How to Be a Help Instead of a Nuisance. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1996.

Wellwood, J. Awakening the Heart: East/West Approaches to Psychotherapy and the Healing Relationship. Boston: Shambhala Press, 1983.

Yalom, I. Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and their Patients. Harper Collins, 2001.

Yalom, I. The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy. Basic Books, 1994.

The Journal of Contemplative Psychotherapy, which was produced by Naropa University's Contemplative Psychotherapy program, is also a thorough introduction to the field. For copies of this journal, please call 303-245-4830.