Weekly Schedule REL407-507 Buddhism and Psychotherapy
(Reading assignments are to be completed by the date under which they are listed.)
CR = Course Reader; RT = Required Text. Focus Readings indicated with an asterisk*

Week 1 (10/1) INTRODUCTION: Course Syllabus, basic outlines of relevant developments in Buddhism, psychotherapy, as well as Buddhism and psychotherapy. Sign up for presentations.

Week 2 (10/8) Buddhism and Psychotherapy as a Field I
Jeremy Safran, "Introduction: Psychoanalysis and Buddhism as Cultural Institutions" (CR1).*
Jack Engler, "Chapter 1: Being Somebody and Being Nobody" (CR2).*
Robin Hertz, "Science-ing Mindfulness: The Influence of Psychological Science in the Production of Modern Mindfulness" (CR3).*
Richard Payne, "Individuation and Awakening: Romantic Narrative and the Psychological Interpretation of Buddhism," Buddhism and Psychotherapy Across Cultures (RT), also (CR3a).

Week 3 (10/15) Jung's Archetypal Psychology: I. Shadow Self; II. Tibetan Buddhism 
Radmila Moacanin, "Chapter 2: C. G. Jung" (CR4).*
Connie Zweig, "Prologue”; Connie Zweig, Jeremiah Abrams, "Introduction:The Shadow Side of Everyday Life" (CR5).*
Katy Butler, "29. Encountering the Shadow in Buddhist America" (CR6).*
C. G. Jung, "Psychological Commentary on the Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation" (CR7).*
Anne Carolyn Klein, "Psychology, the Sacred, and Energetic Sensing," B and P Across Cultures (RT).

Week 4 (10/22) Jung’s Analytical Psychology and Individuation Exam A in class 10/22/2023.
Ann Ulanov, Madness and Creativity (RT).*

Week 5 (10/29) Buddhism and Psychotherapy as a Field II Paper 1 due on Canvas by 10/31/2023.
Jack Engler, "Promises and Perils of the Spiritual Path," Buddhism and Psychotherapy Across Cultures (RT).
Jeremy Safran, "Cross-Cultural Dialogue and the Resonance of Narrative Strands," B and P Across Cultures (RT).*
Harvey Aronson, "Buddhist Practice in Relation to Self-Representation: A Cross-Cultural Dialogue," B and P Across Cultures (RT).*

Week 6 (11/5) Buddhist-based Views of Self and Psychology: Tibetan, Pure Land
Mark Unno, “The Original Buddhist Rebel - Shinran,” 1-16 (CR9).*
Julie Hanada-Lee, "Shan-dao's Verses on Guiding Others and Healing the Heart, " B and P Across Cultures (RT).*
Mark Unno, "The Borderline between Buddhism and Psychotherapy," B and P Across Cultures (RT).
Karen Kissel Wegela, “Hearing More than the Words” (CR8).


Week 7 (11/12) Pure Land and Zen Buddhism Intersecting with Psychotherapy Paper 2 due on Canvas by 11/14/2023.
Marsha Linehan, Building a Life Worth Living (RT).*
Henry Shukman, "Light and Dark: Koans and Dreams" (CR10).*
Mark Unno, "Discipleship, Fellowship, and the Therapeutic Alliance," AAR 2015 Annual Meeting (PDF download)
Anne Spencer, "The Flowers Scatter" (CR11).*   

Week 8 (11/19) Robert Akeret and the Art of the Unexpected Brief Research Assignment due on Canvas by 11/21/23.
Robert Akeret, Tales from a Traveling Couch (RT).*

Week 9 (11/26) Beyond the Box
Shoko Sugao, "An Abortion's Influence on a Woman: Confrontation with Death," 1-15 (CR12),*
Oliver Sacks, An Anthropologist on Mars, 244-295 (CR13); Temple Grandin, Thinking in Pictures, 191-206 (CR14).*

Week 10 (12/3) Conclusions and Beginnings: Wrap-up lecture, student presentations, discussion. Final paper due on Canvas by 12/05/2023.