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1 Department of Humanities and Sciences (310) Quarter: Spring, 2015 Zen and the Art of Self-Transformation through Awareness Training Psychology Reg#: Instructor: Jeffrey Hutter, PhD Date: Saturday, May 2, 2015 Time: 9:00 AM 4:30 PM Course Syllabus Location: 170 Dodd Hall, UCLA Campus, Westwood, CA Course Description: This course focuses on the personal, emotional and spiritual benefits of cultivating a mindful way of living. Students learn about meditation and other transformational methods of deepening awareness, centering and focusing, emotional healing and stress reduction. Bridging Eastern and Western approaches, this workshop integrates traditional Buddhist mindfulness with current Western insight and awareness training, offering a method to enhance personal life, work, and relationships. Participants are introduced to skills that can calm the mind and foster a sense of well-being. According to the teachings of Zen, contemplative self-study can reveal the wellsprings of creative and spiritual experience leading to wisdom and compassion, an understanding and appreciation of existence in all its possible forms, as well as experiences of deep calm and concentration. Zen practice, with its emphasis on learning how to experience things as they are, free of preconception and fear, can lead to clarity of mind as well as deep insight into "our original nature" i.e., our unrecognized natural potential. Target Audience: This program is applicable to persons wanting to discover the connection between emotional health, growth and well-being, personal integration and practical methods of deepening awareness, including Zen. This approach can be useful for individuals going through transitions or anticipating making significant life changes, as well as for self-development. ******************** 1

2 Schedule for Program: 08:30 09:00 am Check-in 09:00 11:00 am Introduction to Awareness Training and the new Contemplative Neuroscience 11:00 11:10 am Break 11:10 12:30 pm The Practice of Zen and Mindfulness: training attention on awareness 12:30 01:30 pm Lunch Break 1:30 02:40 pm Transformational Thinking: observing and training your mind 02:40 02:50 pm Break 02:50 04:20 pm Transformational Nourishing: calm, equanimity, creativity and selfacceptance Transformational Feeling: compassion and empathy for self and others Transformational Acting: practicing mindfulness in daily life 04:20 04:30 pm Course Evaluation / Q&A 6 contact hours Course syllabus subject to revision by the Instructor. Please silence all cell phones during the program. Audio and video recording of this program not permitted, except with instructor s written permission. Specific Learning Objectives: Through lecture, experiential and writing exercises, including guided visualizations, upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to: 1. Describe and explain three elements of mindfulness and awareness training. 2. Describe two concepts of the contemporary neuroscience approach to behavioral change. 3. Describe and explain the difference between acceptance and approval. 4. Describe and explain the difference between empathy and compassion. 5. Utilize awareness training methods for observing and training the mind. 6. Utilize one or more compassion training methods for increasing empathy and self-soothing. Instructor Biography: Jeffrey Hutter, Ph.D., is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice in Santa Monica, California. Dr. Hutter specializes in mindfulness-based psychotherapy for individuals and couples, and mindfulness training classes and groups. He also coaches and consults to executives and organizations on reducing stress and cultivating creativity and emotional intelligence. He has pursued advanced studies in Gestalt Therapy, awareness training and meditation. 2

3 A long-time Extension Instructor at UCLA, Dr. Hutter has been teaching a series of courses integrating Buddhist and Western approaches to personal change and development, including meditation, mind-body healing and self-compassion training. Dr. Hutter has been a guest on television and talk radio shows, including ABC-TV and KABC radio, as well as having been interviewed by national and local media on psychological aspects of social issues, cultural trends and current news stories, including the Los Angeles Times, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Men s Health, and Newsweek. Dr. Hutter is a former President and Teaching Faculty member of the Gestalt Therapy Institute of Los Angeles, and Assistant Clinical Professor at the UCLA School of Medicine, where he supervised psychology interns in Gestalt Therapy and Gestalt Self Psychology. He is a clinical consultant to the Mindfulness and Psychotherapy training program for clinicians at the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy (Cambridge MA). Readings: Supplementary reading material and post-class reading list provided at the program. Peer Reviewed Research Citations and References for Mindfulness & Awareness Training: Baer, R. A., Smith, G. T., Hopkins, J., Krietemeyer, J., & Toney, L. (2006). Using self-report assessment methods to explore facets of mindfulness. Assessment, 13(1), Baxter, L.R., Schwartz, J.M., Bergman, K.S., Szuba, M.P., Guze, B.H., Mazziotta, J.C., Alazraki, A., Selin, C.E., Ferng, H.K., Munford, P., et al. (1992) Caudate glucose metabolic rate changes with both drug and behavior therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry, 49(9), Bishop, S. R., Lau, M., Shapiro, S., Carlson, L., Anderson, N. D., & Carmody, J. et al. (2004). Mindfulness: A proposed operational definition. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 11(3), Brown, R.P. & Gerbarg, P.L. (2005). Sudarshan Kriya Yogic Breathing in the Treatment of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression: Part II Clinical Applications and Guidelines. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 11(4), Chen, KW (2004): An analytic review of studies on measuring effects of external Qi in China. Altern Ther Health Med; 10 (4): Cozolino, L.J. (2002). The neuroscience of psychotherapy: building and rebuilding the human brain. New York: Norton. Cozolino, L.J. (2006). The neuroscience of human relationships: Attachment and the development of the social brain. New York: WW Norton. Dimidjian, S.D. & Linehan, M.M. (2003b). Mindful practice. In O Donohue, W., Fisher, J., & Hayes, S. (Eds.), Cognitive behavior therapy: Applying empirically supported techniques in your practice (pp ). New York: Wiley. Davidson, R. J., & Harrington, A. (2001). Visions of compassion: Western scientists and Tibetan 3

4 Buddhists examine human nature. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Germer, C. K., Siegel, R. D., & Fulton, P. R. (Eds.). (2005). Mindfulness and psychotherapy. New York: Guilford Press. Gilbert, P. (2005). Compassion: Conceptualisations, research and use in psychotherapy. London: Routledge. Hayes, S. C., Follette, V. M., & Linehan, M. M. (Eds.). (2004). Mindfulness and acceptance: Expanding the cognitive-behavioral tradition. New York: Guilford Press. Keltner, D., Marsh, J., & Smith J. (2010). The compassionate instinct. New York: WW Norton. Orsillo, S. M., & Roemer, L. (2011). The mindful way through anxiety: Break free from chronic worry and reclaim your life. New York: Guilford Press. Siegel, D. J. (2010a). The mindful therapist: A clinician s guide to mindsight and neural integration. New York: Norton. Williams, J. M. G., Teasdale, J. D., Segal, Z. V., & Kabat-Zinn, J. (2007). The mindful way through depression: Freeing yourself from chronic unhappiness. New York: Guilford Press. UCLA Extension Contact for this Course: Nancy Ghov Program Representative/UCLA Extension Dept of Hum/Sci NGhov@unex.ucla.edu For questions about the course, call instructor at or jhutter@ucla.edu Services for Students with Disabilities In accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, UCLA Extension provides appropriate accommodations and support services to qualified applicants and students with disabilities. These include, but are not limited to, auxiliary aids/services, such as note takers, audiotaping of courses, sign language interpreters, and assistive-listening devices for hearing-impaired individuals, extended time for and proctoring of exams, and registration assistance. Accommodations and types of support services vary and are specifically designed to meet the disability-related needs of each stude3nt based on current, verifiable medical documentation. Arrangements for auxiliary aids/services are available only through UCLA Extension Disabled Student Services at (310) (voice/tty) or by at access@uclaextension.edu. Please request such arrangements with at least five working days advance notice. All assistance is handled in confidence. Accommodations must be pre-approved. Requests for retroactive accommodation will not be accepted. Student Records: Students can access and update student records online by visiting: and clicking on My.Extension on the left navigation bar, selecting Student's Course Essentials and following the directions to log in. Student's Course Essentials lets you view your grades, request an official transcript, change credit status on a current course, obtain enrollment verification, update your personal information, and much more. 4

5 Disclosure Statement: UCLA Extension strives to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all sponsored educational programs. All speakers/instructors participating in these programs have completed a disclosure statement indicating any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest that may have a direct bearing on the subject matter of this continuing education program. The disclosure pertains to relationships with commercial entities including but not limited to corporations whose products or services are related to the subject matter of the presentation topic. The program coordinator and speaker(s) for this course disclosed having no conflict of interest 5