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Ira Helderman

Ira Helderman, PhD, LPC, is a religious studies scholar, psychotherapist in private practice, and Visiting Assistant Professor in Religious Studies at Vanderbilt University. His book Prescribing the Dharma: Psychotherapists, Buddhist Traditions, and Defining Religion is the first comprehensive study of the diverse ways that psychotherapists in the United States have approached Buddhist traditions.

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Religion Dispatches
There are some visible signs that particular Buddhist communities in the United States are beginning to see a greater need to respond to what are often today called “challenging” or “adverse”…
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