Counseling Confidence

08/21/2025

https://www.salon.com/2025/08/21/rfk-jr-vowed-to-find-the-causes-of-autism-then-he-shut-down-research-trying-to-do-just-tha_partner/

Federal funding for autism research has been gutted in Trump's second term.

08/12/2025

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Peter J. Ryan, Licensed Professional Counselor, Doylestown, PA, 18901, (610) 557-1172, I have decades of experience helping adults, couples, and families with a wide variety of issues, including conflict, poor communication, major life changes, anxiety, and depression. Helping families with autism r...

08/08/2025

This is good...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed a bill banning AI therapists into law, the first in the nation.

04/08/2025

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Way Beyond Words 2025 4 8

03/20/2025

03/05/2025

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85013597130

02/04/2025

Tomorrow!

Sept 5 2024 Self, Interdependence, Emptiness, and Memory
12 pm (first tuesday of each month)

The foundation of Buddhism is a reimagining of what "self" is. Often patients and clients come to us in some sort of crisis: who am I, what will I do next, what do these changes mean for me, and so on.

But what if a lot of basic psychological conflict comes from assuming that the self is real, like our skeletons or our intestinal tract? Or, for that matter, our brains?

We will also explore memory from a Zen Buddhist point of view,

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Buddhist Psychology offers a new set of concepts to help us in this reimagining, but instead of just thinking about it, we learn ways to explore them in direct experiences such as conversation, overreacting, and meditation.

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85013597130
Meeting ID: 850 1359 7130

No prior knowledge of Buddhism or Buddhist psychology is required to participate.

A space for clinicians who are interested in learning about Buddhist psychology in both a conceptual and experiential sense. We will collaboratively explore how basic Buddhist constructs and meditative techniques can serve as effective interventional strategies in clinical practice as well as in our own journeys.

Opening Meditation (5 minutes)
Topic Presentation (15 minutes)
Questions/Discussion (15 minutes)
Meditation relating to the topic presented (15 minutes)
Follow up questions (5 minutes)

Meetings over time will be organized as a repeating five-part cycle where each part both deepens and extends experience with these concepts and skills:

Self, Interdependence, and Emptiness
Meditation
Suffering
Awareness, Mindfulness, and Concentration
Dharma and Karma

01/29/2025

Matt is a tremendous tutor, utterly dedicated. I've known him for years and totally endorse him!

Tutoring Services-Tutor Aces, Private Tutor, Dyslexia, Reading, Writing, English, Study Skills, All Ages and Abilities

01/28/2025

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2CSqt8iTFePyhiUIgj3rmE?si=QUFdCK7DRdetaqOcMf-OEQ&nd=1&dlsi=f83e73d0106c4b77

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