CURRICULUM VITAE

Reginald H. Pawle

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(150 Ishida-cho, Kamitakano, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto §606-0041)

075-781-2252; mobile phone (Œg‘Ρ) 090-9982-5217

Email:  reggiepawle@yahoo.com (“ϊ–{Œκ ?reggiepawle2@yahoo.co.jp)       

Date of birth: 1950-03-19; Nationality: USA; www.reggiepawle.net

Licenses

California (USA) Marriage and Family Therapist license # MFC 35774 (www.bbs.ca.gov)

Hawaii (USA) Marriage and Family Therapist license # 75

            (www.ehawaiigov.org/serv/pvl) 

Education

Ph.D., 2003.  Doctor of Philosophy with a specialization in East West Psychology. 

              California Institute of Integral Studies, USA (www.ciis.edu).

M.A., 1993.  Master of Arts with a specialization in Counseling Psychology.  California

              Institute of Integral Studies, USA (www.ciis.edu).

B.A., 1972.  Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Religious Thought.  University of

              Pennsylvania, USA (www.upenn.edu).

Employment

Psychotherapist:  East-West Psychology Service, Osaka and Kyoto, Japan. 1999-present.                Clients:  Adults, both individuals and couples, students, and teenagers, living in     the Kyoto-Osaka area, primarily foreigners, some Japanese.  Workshops:           relationships and issues for foreigners in Japan series; Critical Incident Stress             Management (CISM); psychotherapist trainings.  (www.reggiepawle.net) 

Professor:  Kansai Gaidai University, Hirakata-shi, Japan.  2004-present.              Subject:               Cross-Cultural Psychology.  Courses: Yoga, Buddhism, and Taoism:             Psychology Applications; Cross-Cultural Psychology; The Mystery of Cross-          cultural Relationships: Social and Psychological Influences.              (http://www.kansaigaidai.ac.jp/asp/)

Psychotherapist:  International Counseling Centre, Kobe, Japan.  April, 2003-present.

              Clients:  Same as above.  (www.icckobe.com) 

Guest Researcher:  The International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism, Hanazono

              University, Kyoto, Japan.  1999-2005.  Research focus:  The psychology of             Zen Buddhism.

Registered Student Psychotherapist:  AKP Program, Doshisha Unversity, Kyoto;

              Kyoto American Universities Consortium, Kyoto; Kansai Gaidai University,               Hirakata-shi; Japan Center for Michigan Universities, Shiga-ken.

Psychotherapist:  Lomi Community Clinic, Santa Rosa, California, USA, 1994-1997 &

1998-1999.  Clients:  individual adults, families, couples, adolescents, groups for adults on relationships.  Issues: extremely varied, included short-term and

long-term work.  www.lomi.org

Psychotherapist:  St. Vincentfs Family Based Crisis and Support Program, San Rafael, 

California, USA, 1996-1997, part-time.  Clients: families that included an adolescent who had become involved with the Juvenile Justice System.

School Counselor:  Willowside Middle School, Sebastopol, California, USA, 1995-   1996, part-time.  Clients: boys and girls aged 10-12.

Trainee Psychotherapist:  Integral Counseling Center, San Francisco, California, USA.  1992-1993, part-time.  Clients: individual adults, couples, families, one

            group for adults on relationships.  www.integralcounselingcenter.org

Previous Employment: Owner, Floor Show ? flooring contractor (C-15 class license #406647, discontinued 2001), San Francisco and San Rafael, California, USA, 1977-2000.

Seminars Taught

AKP Program, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, October 21 & 29, 2005.  gCross-cultural Psychology ? Exchange Students and Homestay Parents.h  

Seminars for Foreigners Living in Japan, Kyoto YWCA, Kyoto, Japan, April, 2004 ? March, 2005. 

Supporters for Mental Health (SUMH), Siem Reap, Cambodia, January 8-9, 2004.  gSomatic Psychology.h

Northwest Airlines, Osaka and Nagoya, Japan, September 13 & 14, 2001. 

            gCritical Stress Incident Training.h

Resolutions Counseling Service, Hirakata-shi, Osaka-fu, Japan, October 15,

            2000-January 21, 2001 (4 meetings).  gThe Mystery of Loving Relationships.h

Lectures

Lectures at Doshisha University 2000, 2002, & 2005; World Psychiatric Association Conference ? Yokohama 2002; International Mental Health Professionals Japan (IMHPJ) Annual Conference 2002, 2003, 2008, & 2009; Hanazono University 2003 & 2006; Osaka Keizai University 2003; Fuzoku Ikeda High School 2004; Japanese Association for Transpersonal Psychology/Psychiatry Annual Conference 2004; International Congress of Psychology - Beijing, China 2004; International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology - Spetses, Greece 2006; Kyoto Conference for Buddhism and Psychology 2006; Japanese Association for Transpersonal Psychology/Psychiatry Annual Conference 2006; World Congress on Psychology and Spirituality - Delhi, India 2008; Shanghai International Mental Health Association (SIMHA) ? Shanghai, China 2009. 

Lecture titles:

XII World Congress of Psychiatry, 2002, Yohohama, Japan: "Psychology and Zen     Buddhism"

XXVIII International Congress of Psychology, 2004, Beijing, China: "The Psychology           of Zen Buddhism: Considerations for Cross-cultural Psychology."

Japanese Association for Transpersonal Psychology/Psychiatry, 6th Annual Meeting,           Hanazono University, 2004: g‘T•§‹³‚Ζƒgƒ‰ƒ“ƒXƒp[ƒ\ƒiƒ‹S—Šwh (Zen Buddhism and Transpersonal Psychology).

Kyoto Conference on Self and No-Self in Psychotherapy and Buddhism, Hanazono   University, 2006: "The Ego in the Psychology of Zen: Understanding Reports of             Japanese Zen Masters on the Experience of No-self."

International Association for Cross-cultural Psychology, 18th International Congress,          Spetses, Greece, 2006: "Attention vs. Thinking: A Cross-cultural Perspective on          Uses of Mind."

Japanese Association for Transpersonal Psychology/Psychiatry, 7th Annual Meeting,           Keio Plaza Hotel, Tokyo, 2006: "The Relevance of Zen Buddhism to            Psychotherapy in the Modern World."

World Congress on Psychology and Spirituality, Delhi, India, 2008: "Self is No-self: The Use of Zen Buddhist Koans in Psychotherapy."

Shanghai International Mental Health Association (SIMHA), Shanghai, China 2009:               gCross-Cultural Psychotherapy Issues: Theories and Practice.h

Areas of Counseling Specialization           

Adults & Adolescents - individuals, couples, and families.  With individuals my experience includes working with the following issues: anxiety, phobias, depression, eating disorders, grief, personal growth, life transitions, cross-cultural, relationship issues, teen-age and college-age difficulties, substance abuse, gay/lesbian, and trauma.  With couples my experience is extensive in working with relationship and marriage issues, including cross-cultural issues between Japanese and Westerners.  With families my experience is primarily in working with families in which an adolescent child is having various teen-age difficulties. 

Theoretical Modalities Used

Solution Focused Therapy

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Gestalt Therapy

Somatic Therapy

Buddhist Psychology

Depth Psychology, long-term work

Professional Associations

Clinical Member, International Mental Health Professionals Japan (www.imhpj.org)

            President 2003 ? 2006; Board of Directors Member 2000-2006.     

Member, International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology (http://iaccp.org)

Member, Japan Association of Transpersonal Psychology (wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jatp)         

Publications

The Ego in the Psychology of Zen: Understanding Reports of Japanese Zen Masters              on the Experience of No-self.  In Self and No-Self: Continuing the Dialogue           between Buddhism and Psychotherapy; Mathers, D., Miller, M., and Osamu, A.           (eds); London: Routledge, 2009, pp. 45-55.   

Negotiating for a Life in a Buddhist Way: A Case of Cross-Cultural Communication              and Ecology.  Japanese Religions, vol. 34, no. 1 (2009), pp. 83-88.

ƒgƒ‰ƒ“ƒXƒp[ƒ\ƒiƒ‹S—Šw‚Ζ‘T•§‹³ (Transpersonal Psychology and Zen Buddhism).              ƒgƒ‰ƒ“ƒXƒp[ƒ\ƒiƒ‹S—Šw/Έ_ˆγŠw (Japanese Journal of Transpersonal        Psychology/Psychiatry), vol. 7, no. 1 (May, 2007), pp. 7-10. 

Think It Over: Reggie Pawle Reviews the Merits of Morita Therapy.  Kansai Time Out,      no. 352 (June, 2006), p. 41. 

Leave Your Shoes at the Door: Reggie Pawle Discusses How to Adapt to a Foreign    Culture.  Kansai Time Out, no. 349 (March, 2006), p. 41. 

Communicating in a Foreign Land: Reggie Pawle Explores Feeling Unheard.  Kansai        Time Out, no. 347 (January, 2006), p. 42.  

Naikan: Japanese Psychotherapy.  Kansai Time Out, no. 345 (November, 2005), p. 45. 

Alone Together: Reggie Pawle Explores the Feelings of Being Far From Home.  Kansai Time Out, no. 343 (September, 2005), p. 45. 

Getting Help: Reggie Pawle Explains How Psychiatry Works.  Kansai Time Out, no. 341 (July, 2005), p. 45. 

The Psychology of Zen: Could an Eastern View Enhance the Science of Mind and Behavior?  Kyoto Journal, no. 59 (February, 2005), pp. 8-13.

ƒLƒŠƒXƒg‹³‚Ζ‘T•§‹³‚Ι‚¨‚―‚ιˆ€ (Love in Christianity and Zen Buddhism). ’m–½(Shimei), August 16, 2004, pp. 4-8.

‘T‚̐S—Šw (The Psychology of Zen).  Έ_—Γ–@(Seishin Ryoho), The Japanese          Journal of Psychotherapy, vol. 30, no. 1 (January, 2004), pp. 17-23.

Œε‚̐S—Šw (The Psychology of Satori), part 2.  ’m–½(Shimei), August 10, 2003, pp. 4-7.

Œε‚̐S—Šw (The Psychology of Satori), part 1.  ’m–½(Shimei), May 10, 2003, pp. 21-  23.

Interviews

Kansai Time Out, Number 275 (January, 2000), p. 72.

’†ŠO“ϊ•ρ(Chugainippoh), Number 26387 (October 19, 2002), p. 4.

Zen Buddhist Training and Japan Experience

Student of Sekkei Harada Roshi (Œ΄“cαŒk˜VŽt), Hosshinji monastery (”­SŽ›),          Obama,               Japan; Soto sect (‘‚“΄@); 1990-present.  

Student of Joshu Sasaki Roshi, Mt. Baldy Zen Center, Los Angeles, USA; Rinzai sect (—ՍϏ@), Myoshinji (–ΎSŽ›) lineage; 1974-1992.

Resident of Japan since 1999, visitor 1989-1999. 

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