Compassion, Science, and the Contemplative Arts

Chris Berlin is an instructor in spiritual counseling, Buddhist ministry, and the counselor to Buddhist students at Harvard Divinity School. His teaching ranges from courses in clinical hospital chaplaincy, counseling theory and practice, and resilience theory to contemplative approaches to care for the dying, mindfulness, and Buddhist psychology. He has previously served as a full-time chaplain at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital where he received extensive experience teaching meditation and mindfulness to patients and clinicians alike, as well as integrating meditation into his work with the dying. As a lay-teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, he also frequently offers meditation classes and workshops in the Greater Boston area. He has written and/or published pieces on Buddhism in chaplaincy, resilience theory and mindfulness, and the interface of Buddhism and Western psychology.