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    Welcome to a Dialogue on Meditation in Psychotherapy with James Spira
    John Grohol · 3/9/98 at 9:40 PM ET

    I am happy to initiate this dialogue with Jim Spira. Dr. Spira is internationally known for his contributions to behavioral medicine. He earned a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of California at Berkeley and has been a serious student of Zen Meditation and of Tai Chi Chuan for more than twenty years. He directs the Institute for Health Psychology and the division of health psychology, Naval Medical Center in San Diego, California. Dr. Spira has lectured world-wide on the role of meditation for psychological and medical disorders.

    Please follow this link to Dr. Spira's biosketch.

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    Replies:
    • Meditation in Psychotherapy: Major Issues to Consider, by Jim Spira, 4/13/98
      • Does meditation have detrimental effects?, by Sencan Topaloglu, 9/11/98
        • Does Meditation Have Detrimental Effects?, by Gary Van Arman, 9/12/98
          • Personal Benefits form Meditation, by Mary Byrd, 9/13/98
            • A Query re Meditation and Mental Illness, by Michael ANderson, 11/29/98
              • Re: A Query re Meditation and Mental Illness, by , 3/1/00
                • WHat is Behavioral Approach?, by Rebecca, 04/01/04
              • Re:A Query re Meditation and Mental Illness, by corey6223, 01/15/02
                • Re:A Query re Meditation and Mental Illness, by REbecca, 04/01/04
              • Re:A Query re Meditation and Mental Illness, by coldhk@hotmail.com, 04/21/02
                • Re:A Query re Meditation and Mental Illness, by , 05/31/02
                • Re:A Query re Meditation and Mental Illness, by , 05/31/02
                • Re:A Query re Meditation and Mental Illness, by , 06/03/02
                • Re:A Query re Meditation and Mental Illness, by , 03/18/04
            • Re:Personal Benefits form Meditation, by mary byrd, 06/04/01
              • Re:Personal Benefits form Meditation, by Lindsay Smith, 06/08/01
                • Re:Personal Benefits form Meditation, by Ann O'Hara, 06/20/01
              • Re:Personal Benefits form Meditation, by Dave Birren, 01/04/02
          • Does Meditation Have Detrimental Effects?, by Sencan Topaloglu, 9/16/98
            • Can meditation be detrimental?, by Jim Spira, 10/2/98
              • TRAZODONE(WHAT ARE SOME SIDE AFFECTS)., by SPIDER/2.0, 2/16/99
                • oh, yes., by Jim Spira, 3/12/99
                  • Correction, by Jim Spira, 7/7/99
                • Re: TRAZODONE(WHAT ARE SOME SIDE AFFECTS)., by IRENE, 11/17/99
              • Re:Can meditation be detrimental?, by , 08/01/02
          • Re:Does Meditation Have Detrimental Effects?, by Russ, 6/1/99
            • Re:Does Meditation Have Detrimental Effects?, by june, 12/16/99
          • Re:Does Meditation Have Detrimental Effects?, by Noah Cutler, 11/14/00
            • Re:Does Meditation Have Detrimental Effects?, by Dr. Shantanu Nagarkatti, 12/21/00
              • Re:Does Meditation Have Detrimental Effects?, by Dr. Priyesh tiwari, 03/02/02
          • Re:Does Meditation Have Detrimental Effects?, by China Meier, 05/05/01
            • Re:Does Meditation Have Detrimental Effects?, by Lindsay Smith, 05/06/01
              • Re:Does Meditation Have Detrimental Effects?, by Lindsay Smith, 05/10/01
                • Re:Does Meditation Have Detrimental Effects?, by Jim Spira, 05/30/01
                  • Re:Does Meditation Have Detrimental Effects?, by Lindsay Smith, 06/02/01
        • Meditation versus hypnosis, by Michael Melhorn, 9/14/98
          • Re:Meditation versus hypnosis (definition of hypnosis?), by Francis Dreher, 5/1/99
            • Re:Meditation versus hypnosis (definition of hypnosis?), by Michael K., 6/10/99
              • Re:Meditation versus hypnosis (definition of hypnosis?), by Jim Spira, 6/16/99
                • Re:Meditation versus hypnosis (definition of hypnosis?), by Garth Spiers, 1/25/00
                  • Re:Meditation versus hypnosis (definition of hypnosis?), by C.E. Wilkinson, 06/10/00
                  • Re:Definitions and explanations of Meditation and Hypnosis, by , 12/21/00
                  • Re:Definitions and explanations of Meditation and Hypnosis, by Anonymous, 01/18/03
                  • Re:Definitions and explanations of Meditation and Hypnosis, by Dr. Shantanu Nagarkatti, 12/21/00
              • Awareness?, by Jessica Lavulo, 02/03/01
                • Re:Awareness?, by Meditator, 02/08/01
                • Re:Awareness?, by Dave Birren, 01/04/02
              • Re:Meditation versus hypnosis (definition of hypnosis?), by Finn A McMillan, 03/16/01
          • Re:Meditation versus hypnosis, by Jim Spira, 5/7/99
          • Re:Meditation versus hypnosis, by Phil F., 5/11/99
            • Re:Meditation versus hypnosis, by Russ, 6/1/99
        • Yoga and Chi Gung/Tai Chi, by Henry Stein, 9/17/98
          • Re:Yoga and Chi Gung/Tai Chi, by Lindsay Smith, 02/22/01
        • Re: Does meditation have detrimental effects?, by Hill, 5/4/00
        • Re:Does meditation have detrimental effects?, by Dr. Cody William Miller, 07/18/01
        • Re:Does meditation have detrimental effects?, by Umesh, 08/29/01
        • Re:Does meditation have detrimental effects?, by Umesh@joynetindia.com, 08/29/01
        • Re:Does meditation have detrimental effects?, by Umesh@joynetindia.com, 08/29/01
          • Re:Does meditation have detrimental effects?, by , 11/08/01
      • Research Inquiry, by Dominic Addison, 10/23/98
        • Re: Research Inquiry, by flixworld, 7/17/99
        • Re:Research Inquiry, by Dennis Wier, 03/07/04
      • CLINICAL APPLICATIONS: MEDITATION IN PSYCHOTHERAPY, by Jim Spira, 11/14/98
        • Re:CLINICAL APPLICATIONS: MEDITATION IN PSYCHOTHERAPY, by Dr. Barbara Young, 01/31/01
          • Re:CLINICAL APPLICATIONS: MEDITATION IN PSYCHOTHERAPY, by , 02/11/01
          • Re:CLINICAL APPLICATIONS: MEDITATION IN PSYCHOTHERAPY, by John Cook, 10/11/01
            • Re:CLINICAL APPLICATIONS: MEDITATION IN PSYCHOTHERAPY, by , 07/03/02
              • Re:CLINICAL APPLICATIONS: MEDITATION IN PSYCHOTHERAPY, by V. Genevieve Leak, R.N., 07/14/02
              • Re:CLINICAL APPLICATIONS: MEDITATION IN PSYCHOTHERAPY, by Amy (abshaffer71@hotmail.com), 07/17/02
      • Meditation in Behavioral Medicine, by James Supplee, 1/1/99
        • Which raises an interesting point . . . , by Jim Spira, 1/2/99
          • Re:Which raises an interesting point . . . , by Russ, 6/1/99
            • Re:Which raises an interesting point . . . , by Lindsay, 02/03/01
      • Re:Meditation in Psychotherapy: Major Issues to Consider, by Diana Kirk, 06/11/01
      • Re:Meditation in Psychotherapy: Major Issues to Consider, by Jim Spira, 03/05/04
      • Re:MORE TECHNIQUES, by Dr. Talkative, 04/02/04
        • Re:MORE TECHNIQUES, by Steven Brodsky, 04/02/04

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