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Robert Jan Fencl
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Anthropology in Business
74 members
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Sensory Ethnography
72 members
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Music and Sound
89 members
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Digital Anthropology
287 members
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Anthropology of North Am…
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Robert Jan Fencl joined Carsten Wergin's group
Music and Sound
Information is not knowledge.Knowledge is not wisdom.Wisdom is not truth.Truth is not beauty.Beauty is not love.Love is not music.Music is the best.
Robert Jan Fencl joined Dan O'Maley's group
Digital Anthropology
A group for people interested in digital anthropology. What should people interested in digital anthropology be paying attention to right now.
Robert Jan Fencl joined Martin Hoyem's group
Anthropology of North America
For anybody interested in the anthropological study of North America, past and present.
Ian UK commented on Robert Jan Fencl's blog post Currently Researching: Mindfulness and Trauma in Western Mental Health Care"I am from the Uk, and am aware that mindfulness has become the latest idea in mental health here being a retired (through disability) social worker in that field. I personally use mindfulness for my own pain management a la Kabat Zin. I…"
John McCreery commented on Robert Jan Fencl's blog post Currently Researching: Mindfulness and Trauma in Western Mental Health Care"Hi, Robert. My points of entry into this subject are, first, having forty years ago spent a year and a half working with a Daoist healer in Taiwan and, then, much later, spending several years involved with a crisis counseling telephone line that…"
Robert Jan Fencl commented on Robert Jan Fencl's blog post Currently Researching: Mindfulness and Trauma in Western Mental Health Care"Hi John,
Thanks for your interest. I'll be primarily focusing on the use of mindfulness among practitioners and what its popularity in mental health care has "to say" about the field. Pretty much a methodological nightmare at…"
Robert Jan Fencl joined Àngels Trias i Valls's group
Anthropology of Transgression
This is a forum for anyone wanting to discuss issues of transgression. I am interested in sexual transgression but this is only one of the many remits of the discussion, use it for talking on transgression in art, economics, politics, academia, bodie
John McCreery commented on Robert Jan Fencl's blog post Currently Researching: Mindfulness and Trauma in Western Mental Health Care"A fascinating project. Is your primary focus mindfulness in the subject who has suffered trauma or mindfulness in the therapist for whom mindfulness is a tool for getting her own reactions and feelings our of the way of paying better attention to…"
Robert Jan Fencl's blog post was featuredCurrently Researching: Mindfulness and Trauma in Western Mental Health Care
Although Buddhism has long been a source of inspiration in psychotherapy, the recent shift of attention in Western clinical psychology from pathology, diagnosis, and treatment towards cultivating positive mental health appears to be accompanied by a growing interest in the connection between Buddhist spirituality, suffering, and well-being in mainstream mental healthcare. This trend is perhaps most apparent in Norway in the explosive growth of training programs and interventions aimed at…See More
Robert Jan Fencl posted a blog postCurrently Researching: Mindfulness and Trauma in Western Mental Health Care
Although Buddhism has long been a source of inspiration in psychotherapy, the recent shift of attention in Western clinical psychology from pathology, diagnosis, and treatment towards cultivating positive mental health appears to be accompanied by a growing interest in the connection between Buddhist spirituality, suffering, and well-being in mainstream mental healthcare. This trend is perhaps most apparent in Norway in the explosive growth of training programs and interventions aimed at…See More
Robert Jan Fencl joined Mylene Hengen's group
Art and Anthropology
A group to promote and exchange ideas related to art and anthropology, whether it be museum anthropology, anthropology of art, or indigenous art studies... all scholars in the field welcome
Robert Jan Fencl joined Giovanni da Col's group
Anthropology of Tibet and Tibeto-Burman societies
A forum for anthropologists who did (or intend to) conduct long-term fieldwork in Tibetan societies and Tibeto-Burman language-speaking groups ranging from Nepal (Tamang, Gurung, Limbu, etc.) to Southwest China (Naxi, Mosuo, Yi, etc.).
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Currently Researching: Mindfulness and Trauma in Western Mental Health Care
Although Buddhism has long been a source of inspiration in psychotherapy, the recent shift of attention in Western clinical psychology from pathology, diagnosis, and treatment towards cultivating positive mental health appears to be accompanied by a growing interest in the connection between Buddhist spirituality, suffering, and well-being in mainstream mental healthcare. This trend is perhaps most apparent in Norway in the explosive growth of training programs and…
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- At 10:07pm on October 28, 2010,
Keith Hart said…
- Welcome to the OAC, Robert! Let me know if I can be of any help. Keith
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