Faculty

Frank Berliner
BA, Yale University
MA, The Naropa Institute

Frank Berliner is a core faculty member in the Contemplative Psychology Department and a psychotherapist and organizational consultant in private practice, specializing in communication training and conflict resolution. Frank has been a student of Naropa’s founder, Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche, since Naropa's opening session in summer 1974. He studied the psychology and practice of meditation intensively for four years at the Karme Choling Buddhist Retreat Center, then served three years as national director of Shambhala Training and four years as director and teacher-in-residence of the Berkeley Shambhala Center.