Koshin Paley Ellison's, MFA, LMSW, DMin, work is an integration of Jungian depth technique and Buddhist psychology from a psychodynamic perspective. He is the Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care. He serves as the Director of Training for the Center’s Buddhist Contemplative Care Programs. He is a ACPE Chaplain Supervisory Resident. Koshin is the Advisor and on Faculty of the Buddhist Track in New York Theological Seminary's Master in Pastoral Care and Counseling degree. He is a co-founder of the Buddhist Psychotherapy Collective. He is the Co-Director of Contemplative Care Services for the Department of Integrative Medicine and the Chaplaincy Supervisor for the Pain and Palliative Care Department at Beth Israel Medical Center. He is the co-author of the chapter "Rituals and Resilience," in the book, Creating Spiritual and Psychological Resilience, Routledge, 2009. He also authored the chapter "The Jeweled Net: What Dogen and the Avatamsaka Sutra Can Offer Us as Spiritual Caregivers," in the book The Arts of Contemplative Care: Pioneering Voices in Buddhist Chaplaincy and Pastoral Work, Wisdom Publications, 2012.


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