World Congress on Psychology and Spirituality: Furthering their Integration

WORLD CONGRESS ON PSYCHOLOGY & SPIRITUALITY, 2008

India Habitat Center, Delhi, India, January 5-8, 2008

Presenters
Dr Kireet Joshi, Key Note Presenter and "Special Honoray Advisor"
Dr. Osamu. Ando, President, Japan Association for Transpersonal Psychology

Geeta Chandran, Master Bharat Natyam Dancer

Dr. Brant Cortright, Psychotherapist, Professor, California Institute Integral Studies

Dr. Meenakshi Gopinath, Principal Lady Sri Ram College, Delhi University

Vladimir Maykov, President , Russian Association for Transpersonal Psychology

Dr. Leslie Lancaster, Jewish Mysticism, UK

Pawan Gupta, Educationist and Founder, SIDH (Society for integrated development of Himalayas)

Dr. David Lukoff, Death and Dying, Copresident, ATP (US)

Rajiv Malhotra, Infinity Foundation, Independent Scholar

Dr. Maja Milcinski, Asian Studies Scholar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Dr. H. R. Nagendra, Scientist and Spiritualist

Dr. Vitor Roderiguez, President, European Transpersonal Association

Dr. Vera Saldhana, Women and Spirituality, Brazil

Jurgen Schwing, Director of Spiritual Care, Kaiser Valley Care Hospital, California

Prof. P. A. Seshan, Founder-Global Zen Foundation and Sri Vidya Guru

Dr. Ganesh Shatavadhani, Linguist, Sanskritist, Spiritualist

Shruti, Musician, Educationist, Indic Psychologist/ scholar, Therapist,

Dr. Stuart Sovatsky, Tantra Scholar-Practitioner, Psychotherapist
Dr Kavita Sharma
Aster patel, Auroville Foundation, Auroville, Tamil Nadu
Dr Geetha Seshan, Bangalore
Prof Kapil Kapoor, former Rector and Professor of English, JNU and former Chair of Sanskrit Studies.
Prof Ramesh Bijlani, Former head of Dept of Physiology, AIIMS, New Delhi.
Dr. Swarnalata Ganesh, Head-Dept of Psychology, Christ College, Bangalore University
Vladimir Yatsenko, Auroville
Dr. Daya Singh Sandhu, Kentucky, USA.
David T. Hartman, USA
Jeongil Kim, Korea
Penny Fenner, USA
Dr. James Garbarino, Loyola University Chicago
Swami Chandrasekharanand Saraswati, India
Joan Harrigan, PhD, USA
Rev. Dr. Mara Leigh Taylor, USA
Prof. Sunita Singh-Sengupta, Professor in the area of Organizational Behaviour.
Dr. Daya Singh Sandhu, is Distinguished Professor of Research, Senior Fulbright Research Scholar, and former Chairman (1996-2004) of the Department of Educational & Counseling Psychology at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, USA.
Bernard Starr, Ph.D. main NGO representative to The United Nations for the Institute of Global Education
Pawan Kumar, Architect, Urban Development, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
Karen Palamos, a psychotherapist, group leader, artist and musician in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Dr Harish Chandra, B. Tech. (IIT Kanpur) and Ph. D. (Princeton).
Dr. Lalit Kishore is Ph.D.
Jean-Marie Decuypere, Belgium
Professor Jure Biechonski, Tartu, Estonia
Joyce Z. Meyers, a psychotherapist, hypnotherapist, past life regressionist, and art therapist.
S.Aravindan Neelakandan, M.Phil in Economics and M.Sc in Psychology, India
David B. King, Canada
Vera Saldanha PhD. Psychologist, USA
Navin Doshi, Philanthropist, Engineer, University Consultant, Author, India
Philip Goldberg, USA
Dana Klisanin, Ph.D, Psychology, Saybrook Graduate School, USA
Kenneth Appel Ph.D., New Mexico
Professor Rybak, Ph.D. in Educational Psychology/Counselor Education, USA
Lynn Somerstein, PhD, a Psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City
Dr. Lalit Kishore, Ph.D. in education with masters in physics, India
Andrey Gostev, Russia
Jonathan Reynolds, founder of the "Learning To Listen Yoga & Meditation Center", San Francisco
Linda Gnat-Mullin, Reiki Master and Founder, Energetic Empowerment., USA
Christian Thomas Kohl, degree in Political Sciences at the University of Berlin [Freie Universität].
Regina Hess, PhD-Student (Germany/USA)
Jan Benda, Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist and Doctoral candidate at the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.
Michal Horak is an Ethnologist, Religionist and Psychotherapist and Doctoral candidate at the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.
Susan Michaelson PhD., is a practicing artist with an extensive background in transpersonal psychology. U.K.
D. Alan Eastwood, invented the NoetitekSM. System.
Maria Letizia Bencini, clinical psychologist, Ph.D. in Hindovedic Psychology, Italy.
Tina M. Benson, M.A., is a modern-day SoulWhisperer and Transpersonal/Jungian-Oriented coach, USA
Dr. Guido Peltzer, Medical Doctor, Germany.
Dr. Akbar Husain is Professor of Psychology at the University of Malaya, Malaysia.
Fausto Sergej Sommer, Director of the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology and Creative Art Therapy in Bern, Switzerland.
Evgeni Faydush - Ph.D. in Biology, President of the Russian Transpersonal Foundation, Russia
Alexey Ivanov M.S. in Computer Science, head of information technologies department of the Russian Transpersonal Foundation, Russia
Anne-Marie Mouwen MA, MSc is working on her PhD project Sources of Meaning, Netherlands
Lily Myers Kaplan, MA, a transpersonal soul-coach who guides Earth Wisdom Retreats in wild desert and forest locations throughout the US.
Bernadette BLIN, Psychologist, Transpersonal Psychotherapist, Gestalt-therapist, Teacher, Supervisor and Author, USA
Theresa Silow, Ph.D. in Somatic Studies from the Ohio State University, California
Anna Maurer, Gestalt and Transpersonal psychotherapist, Teacher of IGM-Body-Therapy, Supervisor and Author, Austria
Geoffrey K. Leigh, Ph.D., has taught and conducted research at universities in four US states
Dr.Majid Yoosefi Looyeh, USADorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD, USA
Barbara Morrill, USA
Dr. Paul Soons, a psychotherapist and is an associate professor at the University of Tilburg (Netherlands)
Masoumeh Shojaei, Ph.D, is a specialist of motor behavior, sport psychologist, hypnotherapist, and coach of basketball, IRAN
Hans Peter Weidinger, Doctor of Medicine,Vienna, Austria
Catherine Sinclair is a psychologist and IST (Inner Space Techniques) therapist and from Canberra, Australia
Patrick Baudin, Medical Doctor, France
Dr. UGRASEN PANDEY, Head and Senior Lecturer In Department of Sociology, S. R. K. (P.G.) College Firozabad, Agra University, INDIA
Mel Sellick is an international television producer, host and former news reporter, USA
Swami Bhakti Aloka Paramadvaiti, France
Melinda Kassai, a psychotherapist, she worked several years in mental health care of The Netherlands and Hungary (Europe)
Mariko Tanaka, Ph.D., Japan
Shaun Nanavati, Master’s Degree in Sanskrit and Eastern Philosophy, India
Lígia de Noronha, spiritual Counsellor in Mozambique, Southern Africa
Alexander Dolin (b.1949), currently professor of Comparative Culture at Akita International University (Japan)Goutam Ghosh, M.Sc., after teaching physics for a few years, switched over to a career in IT

Francis X. Charet, Ph.D, has taught at a number of universities including McGill and University of Ottawa

Virendra Qazi, India, Founder of Lalleshwari International Trust.

Ahmad Alipour is Associat Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology at Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

Maria Nandi Hetenyi, San Francisco, CA, is a doctoral student in Clinical Psychology

Liv S.M. Evensen, NORWAY, Formally educated at University of Oslo, Norway

Paul C. Cooper, NCPsyA, L.P., USA, Long-time Zen practitioner; Training analyst, supervisor, faculty: National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis

Sune Bo, Denmark, Clinical psychologist (TITEL) and external lecturer on personality psychology and psychopathology

Mickey Kongerslev, Denmark, Clinical psychologist (TITEL) and external lecturer on personality psychology and psychopathologyCheng-Yuan Lee, Ph.D is a Counselor in TaiwanMark D. Holder, received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in Psychology

Judith M. Wallace, MA, University of British Columbia, Okanagan

Ben Coleman, Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from Carleton University

Chris Chapple, USA

Alireza Agha Yousefi, Ph. D., Full-time Assistant Professor of Payam-e-Noor University - Iran

Sunil Saini a research scholar and working and doing his Ph.D from Punjabi University Patiala, India

Kenneth Porter M.D. is a spiritual psychoanalyst practicing individual, group and couple psychotherapy in New York City

Dr. Kathy Singh: Founder of The Karma Centre in California

Dr. Tetsuaki Yoshimura, M.D., is a psychiatrist and lecturer at Hanazono University

Elena Konopleva, Russia, M.A. Economist-Manager in Social sphere

Dr Joseph F Ryan is a Transpersonal Counsellor in the United Kingdom

Meera Sharma is a transpersonal therapist, supervisor and trainer, working at a number of academic institutions and agencies

Henrik Rosenø, Master of Science in Engineering, DenmarkDr. Douglas Canterbury - Counts is a licensed psychologist and practicing neuropsychologist

Dr. L. N. Suman is Associate Professor in the Department of Mental Health and Social Psychology, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India

Dr. Manoj Kumar Sharma is working as Assistant Professor, Department of Mental Health & Social Psychology at NIMHANS, Bangalore, India

Ms. Thompson is a Licensed Psychoanalyst in private practice in NYC who fuses the best of Western and Eastern wisdom in her work

Karen Trueheart, M.A., Integral Counseling Psychology, USA

Dr. Bernhard Mack, born 1948, musician, coach, teacher and psychologist, trains organisations, groups, individuals as coach and graduate therapist since 1972

Gemma Wagner, sings in concerts, teaches singing and works as holistic therapist since 20 years

Dr Sunil Sharma studied at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi before academic success took him to Europe

Reggie Pawle, Ph.D., teaches cross-cultural psychology at Kansai Gaidai University, Hirakata-shi, Japan

Archana Singh, P.G. in psychology from Banaras Hindu University, Post Graduate Diploma IN Guidance and Counseling (N.C.E.R.T.) Research Scholar Psychology University of Delhi

Keith Hulstaert is a Holistic Counsellor, EFT Practitioner, and Meditation Teacher from Melbourne, Australia

Kraskian Mujembari, M.S. of Measurement & Assessment (Psychometric), Tehran-Iran

Dr. Marcia Hermansen is Professor of Theology and Director of the Islamic World Studies program at Loyola University Chicago

Peter Fenner was a celibate monk in the Tibetan Buddhist traditions for 9 years

Tamara T. Thebert, is a Marriage and Family Therapist trainee at Golden Gate Integral Counseling Center

Margaret Petersen is a training therapist at a transpersonally oriented counseling center affiliated with California Institute of Integral Studies

Diya Nangia is currently a student at the University of Delhi pursuing her Masters in Psychology

Colette Fleuridas, Ph.D., currently a professor in the Graduate Counseling Program at Saint Mary’s College of California

Dr. Richard Sears, Psy.D., MBA (“Rev. Jisho”) is a clinical psychologist, an ordained Buddhist teacher, and a fourth degree black belt in ninjutsu

Dr. Orchin, the founder and director of Midlifefrontiers .com, is a licensed psychologist with a private practice in Philadelphia

Jay Kumar, Ph.D. is an accomplished Yoga/Ayurveda/Integrative Health therapist, Vedic astrologer, Sanskrit scholar, professional motivational speaker and author

Sallie Smith, MD, a Columbia-trained, board-certified neurologist, has served on faculty at UCSF and the University of Colorado
N.S. Xavier, M.D. (USA), has been practicing psychiatry incorporating spiritual wisdom for twenty-seven years.
Dana Andrews, USA
David Peter Lawrence, specializes in monistic Kashmiri Shaivism and related areas of Hindu and Buddhist philosophy and religion.
Ulrich Mohrhoff, Germany, has published numerous papers in academic journals of physics, philosophy of science, and consciousness studies.
Mukta Kaur Khalsa, USA, Director of 3HO SuperHealth
Maxine Haire, has degrees in both psychology and philosophy from Deakin University Australia.
Artist Dr. Lisa Longworth, USA, is a professional artist, counselor, university expressive arts director and entrepreneur.
Mark Franke, USA, will graduate in December of 2007 with a BA in the Humanities and a BA in Music.
NASHID "KOLEOSO" FAKHRID-DEEN, USA, is well known and respected for his willingness to follow his spirit’s direction and his soul’s timeless wisdom.
Erika Hilderbrandt, USA, is a Theatre Artist and Yoga Therapist.
Jose Parappully, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and Founder Director of Sumedha Centre for Psychology and Spirituality in New Delhi, India.
Elaine Quattro, is a Marriage and Family Therapist licensed in the State of California.
Iker Puente, Barcelona, Graduated in Psychology at the Unibersity of Deusto, and in Social and Cultural Antropology at the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB).
Joy Sen, Ph.D., India, completed his undergraduate studies in Architecture and his doctoral dissertation from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur.
Alzak Amlani, USA, Ph.D. is a psychologist in private practice in San Francisco, California.
Rohit Dhawan, USA, Rohit Dhawan is a researcher and student of psychology at the City College of New York.
Mytrae Meliana, is a psychotherapist with a private practice in San Francisco.
Antoon Geels, professor in psychology of religion, Lund University, Sweden
Carlyle Smith is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Sue Michaelson, USA
Kala Ram, holds a Masters in Clinical Psychology from the University of Detroit-Mercy, Michigan, U.S.A.
Yaga Bialski, Ph.D, Canada, painter and clinical spiritual psychologist.
Kireet Joshi, appointed Chairman of the Auroville Foundation in April 1999.
Sonia Suchday, Ph.D. is the Co-Director of the Institute of Public Health Sciences
Bal Ram Singh, Center for Indic Studies, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USADivya Tripathi, Head Of Dept of Sanskrit at DAV, and Member of Center for Indic Studies , Kurukshetra University
Madhusudan Jhaveri, is Professor Emeritus at UMass Dartmouth, who has written several articles and poems on Indian culture and civilization.
V. D. Misra, is Head of the Sociology Department at Lucknow University, India.
Honorable C. M. Bhandari, is a diplomat scholar who author of several books on Indian Culture and philosophy, including Yoga Shakti.
Allah Keram Pouladi Resheri, University Of Payam Noor, Bushehr, Iran
Deirdre Quiery, combines a wealth of commercial experience, working at senior levels within the Corporate world with a passionate interest in Emotional Intelligence.
Magda Sole, Spain
Shunmugom Natarajan, Reader in Tamil, SRKV College of Arts and Sciences, Coimbatore, India
Rosa Granadillo-Schwentker, an international lecturer & facilitator, serves as faculty for the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, USA.
Suneetha Kandhi, India, is an interdisciplinary psychologist with Ph.D in Psychology.
Suyasha Chattopadhyay, India, is a lecturer in English at Howrah Girl's College.
Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, is co-director of the Center for Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence at Search Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Bruce Kerievsky, USA, has been studying and teaching Metapsychiatry, the spiritual discipline developed by Thomas Hora, M.D., for the past 40 years.
Diana Kerievsky, USA, was an analysand, student and Research Associate of Thomas Hora, M.D. for over 30 years.
DIVYA PRABHA, Canada, completed her Advanced Yoga Teacher Training at the Kripalu Yoga Ashram and was one of a handful of disciples in North America accepted by the late Swami Sri Kripalvananda.
Rainer Pervoltz, Germany, is integrates Transpersonal Psychotherapy in the framework of Gestalt Philosophy integrating the body and its energetic systems.
Juliet Rohde-Brown, USA, is an integrative clinical psychologist with a private practice in Santa Barbara.
Mihaela Sindie, Romania, Psychologist, psychotherapist for Cognitive-Behavioural and Interpersonal Psychotherapy
Dr. Kalman J. Kaplan is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, USA
Dr. Moriah Markus Kaplan received her BA and MA in psychology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and her PhD in psychology at Boston University.
Salman Ahmad, India, is an award winning psychologist, teacher, trainer and consultant.
Nimalan Dhas, India, Activated, Awakened and Guided to the acquisition of Mastery and The Power to Guide;
Hilda Brown, USA, Founder of The Umbrella Project, is an ordained Interfaith Minister with a Masters in Spiritual Counseling.
Narinder Singh University, Patiala, India, M.A. Psychology (Gold medalist).
Chitra DhimanM. A. Psychology, PGDCP, India.
Cressida heyes, is Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Philosophy at the University of Alberta, Canada.
Johanina Wikoff, USA, Ph.D, is a Tantric, somatic, and transformative relationship therapist and educator in the San Francisco bay area.
Joan Hageman, USA, Chair of Research with PSYmore Research Institute, Inc. in Tampa, Florida.
Janine Edge, Lecturer in organisational and transpersonal psychology.
Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and conducts scientific research on the therapeutic effects of yoga.
Aruna Jha, USA, is a Research Assistant Professor at the College of Nursing at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Vered Hankin, USA, MA, PhD candidate in Clinical Psychology, was named "the leading storyteller of her generation" (Jewish Week).
Caroline Shola Arewa, U.K., specializes in Health and Success using the Ancient Chakra System.
Paul Sutherland, USA, founder and president of Financial & Investment Management Group, Ltd. (FIM Group), has been managing global investment portfolios since 1984.
Ariosto J. Coelho, USA, Ph.D., LMFT, is currently a multilingual Family Therapist with the South Central Youth Team of San Mateo County Mental Health Services in California.
Pnina nov, Canada, MA in expressive arts. She is an art therapist who combines dream work and art therapy.
Judith D. Wilcox, USA, is a licensed professional counselor and a trauma specialist with 34 years of experience in transpersonal and humanistic approaches to counseling and education.
Elias Capriles, Professor of Philosophy, History and Asian Art at the University of The Andes in Mérida, Venezuela.
Gabriel Cavaglion, Lecturer, Bar-Ilan University, The Dept. of Criminology, Israel.

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