Student Profile
Interview with Jim Milner

Name: Jim Milner
Degree program: MACP
Age: 50
Hometown: San Diego , California
# of semesters at Naropa: 1
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Off-campus activities/hobbies/interests: Hiking, renovations, Cultivating Friendships, Archery

Past experiences in mental health field and/or meditation: Foster family relief, crisis intervention, and Milieu supervision for adolescence. Client of therapy, Worked with Dream analysis. Started meditating at the age of 17, my life is a Koan study.

What is challenging about going to Naropa and the MACP dept? Workload as far as reading goes.

What is rewarding about going to Naropa and the MACP dept? So much! Peers are so important and it is an honor to meet people who are so willing to share, engage, and listen. Also, I can be who I am fully as a human being. The instructors are open and just really cool people.

What have you learned about yourself by going to Naropa and the MACP dept? I am compelled to face my reluctance to be in the teacher role. Getting the chance to work with that.

Complete this sentence: Contemplative psychotherapy is . . . being present with whatever arises in this moment, without running away or grasping.

Life at Naropa and the MACP dept is… Challenging, thrilling, delightful, Harrowing!

Do you feel that you are being well prepared to work in a clinical setting? I feel I am being prepared the way I would like to be prepared.

How did you find Naropa? I have been aware of Naropa for about 20 years. I found out through reading Ginsburg and Trungpa’s writings.