Joseph Loizzo, MD, PhD, is a contemplative psychotherapist, Buddhist scholar, and author with over four decades' experience integrating Indo-Tibetan mind science and healing arts into modern neuropsychology, psychotherapy, and clinical research. He is the founder and academic director of the Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science, the developer of its Contemplative Psychotherapy Program, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College, and a clinician in private practice in Manhattan.

Fiona Brandon, MPS, MA, MFT, is a psychotherapist, contemplative educator, group facilitator, and the director of the Nalanda Institute's Compassion-Based Resilience Training and Embodied Contemplative Psychotherapy programs. For more than 15 years she has integrated Buddhist psychology, depth psychology, and meditation into her clinical work with adults and couples in her private practice in San Francisco.

Emily J. Wolf, PhD, MSEd, is the founder and director of Contemplative Psychology PC, where she provides psychotherapy, clinical supervision, and training for mental health providers. She has conducted groundbreaking research on the integration of contemplative methods of Indian yoga and meditation into Western psychodynamic therapy, recovery, and health education and is a former director and co-developer of the Nalanda Institute's Contemplative Psychotherapy program. She is also an adjunct clinical instructor of psychology at Weill Cornell Medical College.

Miles Neale, PsyD, is a Buddhist psychotherapist in private practice, founder of the Contemplative Studies Program, and clinical instructor of psychology at Weill Cornell Medical College. He has more than 20 years of experience integrating Tibetan Buddhism and psychology, is the author of Return with Elixir (2023) and Gradual Awakening (2018) and leads Buddhist pilgrimages throughout Asia.

Part 1: Mindfulness and Personal Healing 1. Contemplative Practices for Assessing and Eliminating Racism in Psychotherapy: Towards Dynamic Inclusive Excellence 2. Buddhist Origins of Mindfulness Meditation 3. The Buddha, MLK, and the Ethics of Healing Community 4. The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: Practicing Presence and Resilience 5. Positive Neuroplasticity: The Neuroscience of Mindfulness 6. Mindfulness Practice as Advanced Training for the Clinician 7. Meditation, Wisdom, and Compassion in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy 8. Toward an LGBTQ+ Affirmative Approach to Contemplative Psychotherapy Part 2: Compassion and Social Healing 9.Traditional Buddhist Perspectives on Modern Compassion Trainings and a Proposal for an Integrated Relational Emotional-Analytical Framework 10. Compassion Practice, Social Justice, and Collective Liberation 11. The Supreme Medicine of Exchanging Self-Enclosure for Altruism 12. Interpersonal Connection, Compassion, and Well-Being: The Science and Art of Healing Relationships 13. Compassion in Psychotherapy 14. The RAIN of Self-Compassion: A Simple Practice for Clients and Clinicians 15. Compassion-Based Resilience Training (CBRT): A Contemplative Therapeutic Intervention For Self-Regulation and Cultivating Loving Intimate Relationships Part 3: Embodiment and Natural Healing 16. Tantra, Imagery, and Integral Dynamic Therapy 17. Skill, Stamina, (Noticing Avoidance) & Embodied Connectedness: Realizing Our Vows to Be of Service 18. The Essence of Tantric Medicine: Embodied Healing in the Yuthog Nyingthig Tradition 19. Imagery and Trauma: The Psyche's Push for Healing 20. Embodied Practice, the Smart Vagus, and Mind-Brain-Body-World Integration 21. How to Be a Transformational Therapist: AEDP Harnesses Innate Healing Affects to Rewire Experience and Accelerate Transformation 22. From Trauma to Transformation: Accelerating Resilience, Recovery, and Integration Through Embodied Transformational Therapy