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Brief Biographies of AABCAP management committee (as of October
2008):
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President
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BRIAN GUTKIN (MB, BCH, BAO, DTCM, MACP, MANZAP,
D Psychoth, FRANZCP) is a Consultant Psychiatrist, Analytic
Psychotherapist and practicing Buddhist, mainly in the Zen
tradition. Dr Gutkin has his private practice at St. Leonards
and Dee Why, Sydney where he works with individuals with
anxiety, depression and addictions or suffering as a result
of trauma in childhood or adolescence. He is also Director
of Psychiatry at South Pacific Private Hospital Sydney.
He has an abiding interest in the value of Buddhist practice
and spirituality in health, healing and psychotherapy. |
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Vice-President
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MEGAN
THORPE (MA, Grad. Dip. Ed. Studies (Health), Dip.
Teach) trained in Core Process Psychotherapy, a Buddhist-based
psycho-spiritual psychotherapy, at the Karuna Institute,
in England. She is currently in private practice at the
Metta Clinic on Sydney's north shore. She also works in
the health service offering spiritual care to patients who
are dying and their families, and manage a team of volunteers
who offer additional support.
She has worked as a teacher, trainer and
facilitator in the areas of education, health and social
welfare for many years. Megan is the secretary of AABCAP's
Training Committee.
Over the last 20 years she has had experience
in a number of different Buddhist traditions, and since
2003 she has been practicing in the Thai Forest tradition,
with Ajahn Sujato, the Abbot of Santi Monastery at Bundanoon. |
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Treasurer
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SALLY CARLISLE is a registered general
and psychiatric nurse and trained psychotherapist. She
is currently in private practice at the Well Awareness
Centre in Crows Nest and also involved in palliative care
and hospice work at the Fountain Centre at Balgowlah.
She has had a lifelong interest in buddhism and been a
keen meditator for 35years. She is also currently a participant
in the 2-year Buddhism and Psychotherapy Professional
Training course run by AABCAP.
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Honarary Secretary
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CHIEN-HOONG
GOOI is a registered Psychologist who is currently
involved in clinical research applying Buddhist mindfulness
practices in the treatment of anxiety disorders as part
of ongoing training to complete his postgraduate in Doctor
of Clinical Psychology. He was the previous Buddhist Chaplain
at the University of New South Wales and has led workshops
and given talks at the Buddhist Library, Buddhist Council
of NSW and to the Buddhist youth community. |
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Foundation President
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DR
ENG KONG TAN ( MBBS.,MPM.,FRANZCP. ) is an analytic
psychotherapist, psychiatrist and practicing Buddhist, mainly
of the Theravadan tradition. Dr.Tan is the founder director
of Metta Clinic, a group practice consisting of psychiatrists
and psychologists in the North Shore of Sydney. He offers
individual, couple and group therapies in his practice as
well as individual and group meditations. He was formerly
Chairman of Training to the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Association of Australia (PPAA) and Chair of the Section
of Psychotherapy of the Royal Australian and New Zealand
College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) He has been on the Training
Advisory Board of the NSW Institute of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
(NSWIPP) and Faculty of Training of the Australian and NZ
Association of Psychotherapists (ANZAP).
Eng-Kong is a trustee member of the Universtiy
Buddhist Education Foundation of Australia ( UBEF ) and
Founder President of the Young Buddhist Association of Malaysia
( YBAM ). He has written and presented many papers, workshops
and keynote addresses on Psychotherapy, Buddhism, Meditation
and Spirituality in Australia and internationally. He is
currently on the Training Committee of AABCAP developing
a national Training Program integrating Buddhism and Psychotherapy
for counsellors, psychothrapists and members of the Sangha." |
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THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE:
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SWEE-HAA TAN
was a High School Teacher in Malaysia and was a foundation
member of the Young Buddhist Association of Malaysia. Currently
she is a committee member of the University Buddhist Education
Foundation Fund of Australia. She is the practice manageress
of Metta Clinic which consists of psychiatrists and psychologists.
As an affiliate member, she is interested in supporting
Buddhist Influenced Counselling and Psychotherapy. She is
mainly of the Theravadan tradition. |

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JOYCE
MAN (BA-Psych, Grad. Dip. In Science (Psych), M.
Psych. (Clinical)) is a clinical psychologist currently
working in the Department of Aged Disability and Home Care,
where she provides assessments and behavioural interventions
to adults with intellectual disabilities and their families.
She has been an active committee member of MacBuddhi- Macquarie
University Buddhist Society throughout her undergraduate
years, is a co-founding committee member of Mitra Youth
Buddhist Network and is currently in their 2007 organising
conference committee. She has also completed her masters
thesis on the efficacy of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction
as a treatment for stress, depression and anxiety. |
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HELEN
SHARWOOD (BA Dip.Ed., M.A.,Psych., Grad.Dip Couns.,
I.Y.T.A.) is a registered psychologist in private practice
in Sydney and an associate member of the Australian Psychological
Society. She was a high school teacher and school counsellor
with the Department of Education of N.S.W. for 18 years
working in many different areas of Sydney. She was an intern
counsellor at the Institute of Counselling (2004) and has
worked mostly in a voluntary capacity for many organizations
including Telefriend Chatswood, Jewishcare, Anxiety Disorders
Alliance and SMART for addictions. Mindfulness practices
in different psychological therapies are of particular interest
to Helen in her counselling work.
She has followed different Yogic and Buddhist
traditions for many years attending long retreats in Australia
and overseas. She became a member of the Lotusbud sangha
in Sydney under Vietnamese Zen master Venerable Thich Nhat
Hanh five years ago.
Helen practiced yoga from an early age
and obtained her teacher training with the International
Yoga Teachers’ Association. She has taught Yoga for
various lifestyle organizations. The practice of mindfulness
in movement is the focus of her yoga class.
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DR
DEV ATREYA (MBBS, FRANZCP) came to Australia in
1972 from India and qualified as a psychiatrist in 1979.
Since then he had worked as a consultant psychiatrist in
several hospitals, the last one being Macquarie Hospital
from which he retired in 2006. His special interest is psychoanalytic
psychotherapy in the British Object Relations School for
which he received training at the NSW Institute of Psychoanalytic
Psychotherapy in the early eighties. He is now in full time
psychotherapy practice at Metta Clinic, Sydney. He takes
a keen interest in all the spiritual traditions in general
and more specifically in the teachings of the eastern traditions
of Buddhism and Vedanta. |
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ARIYA
CHITTASY is a Bachelor of Psychology student at
the University of Sydney. He was the previous President
of the University of Sydney Buddhist Society where he led
workshops, meditations and assisted the running of Buddhist
events. In 2008, he produced and directed HEART, a Buddhist
Musical production, for members and friends of the Buddhist
community. He also has assisted teaching children and novices
the Dharma at Wat Phrayortkeo, a Lao Temple in Bonnyrigg.
He is completing his Honours year in the field of positive
psychology.
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GENEVIEVE
DAVID was born in Switzerland, grew up in London,
New York and immigrated to Sydney 16 years ago. She is bilingual
French and English. She did her Masters in Clinical Social
Work in Chicago where she specialized in family therapy
working with children in play therapy, adults in psychodynamic
psychotherapy and families in systemic theory. She also
has considerable experience working with groups in particular
parenting and relationship skill.
Her advanced diploma in Adult Psychodynamic
Psychotherapy was completed in Sydney and she now specializes
in working with adults who have long term problems with
self-esteem leading to feelings of anxiety and depression.
These issues are often presented along with various addictions
and relationship problems. |
Last update 20 September 2009
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