The Interaction of Meditation and Psychotherapy as Complementary Healing Modalities

Speaker: Dr. Tucker Peck (In Person, visiting from California)

Mon 24 March | 7.00-8.30pm AEDT

Location: In person at Western Sydney University (74 Rickard Rd, Bankstown City Campus), Room 1.4.34 on level 4 or Online (Zoom link below)

Cost: Free

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Drawing from his extensive experience working with both therapy clients and advanced meditation practitioners, Dr. Peck reveals how intensive meditation practice often differs dramatically from popular expectations. Rather than promising a state of perpetual bliss, he explores how deeper practice can uncover hidden psychological content—sometimes leaving practitioners feeling worse before they feel better.

Tucker offers a crucial roadmap for navigating these challenges, redefining enlightenment not as the absence of difficult experiences, but as a profound shift in how we relate to the constant fluctuations of consciousness. Tucker's book Sanity and Sainthood has recently been published, a groundbreaking work that challenges common misconceptions about the interaction of meditation and psychotherapy.

About the Speaker: Dr. Tucker Peck is a meditation teacher and Clinical Psychologist. He studied meditation with Sharon Salzberg and then with Upasaka Culadasa. A former professor, he is the founding director of the scholarship fund Open Dharma Foundation, and co-host of the podcast Teaching Meditation. He lives in Alameda, California, an island in the San Francisco Bay. You can read more about Tucker on his website: https://meditatewithtucker.com/about/

Hybrid event: Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in an interactive session in person at the Metta Centre or online by clicking on this link to access the session: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83506489824?pwd=cmpNQ1ljSmFVYURLWVN1dWllYUN1dz09 Alternatively, you can dial in from your telephone (call charges apply): +61 2 8015 6011 | Meeting ID: 835 0648 9824| Passcode: 718905