Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Member Matt Russell

Can dharma practice heal psychological wounding? Or can psychotherapy help us grow in ways that may not possible with the dharma alone? This talk will look at dharma and psychotherapy as two separate but complementary practices in the service of liberation.

Matt Russell, PhD, is a university professor, a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher, and a psychotherapist trainee. He has sat over a dozen multi-day silent vipassana retreats, is a graduate of the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies’ Chaplaincy Training Program, and has been a member of the SIM community since 2010.

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