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RONALD LEIFER, MD
BIOGRAPHY
Ron Leifer, M.D., is a psychiatrist with more than forty-five years' experience in the practice of private psychotherapy. He trained in psychiatry under Dr. Thomas Szasz and became a Buddhist practitioner in 1980 when he became a student of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche. He founded the Ithaca Dharma Society and teaches meditation. He is the author of In the Name of Mental Health and The Happiness Project and more than fifty articles in professional journals on psychiatry and the interface of Buddhism and psychotherapy. He lives in Ithaca, New York.
BOOKS
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More about Dr. Leifer:
Dr. Leifer speaks as a guest on Out of Bounds radio show [to listen, click this audio link]
Broadcast on WEOS: 1/29/09, WSKG: 2/01/09
Psychiatrist/ Buddhist and Author Ron Leifer is a fascinating and controversial psychiatrist who has spent his career rejecting the "medical model" as the dominant paradigm of psychiatry. He also discusses his fusion of Buddhist/Western insight with a focus on his recent book "Vinegar into Honey: Seven Steps to Understanding and Transforming Anger, Aggression and Violence."
Visit Out of Bounds' website at
http://www.outofboundsradioshow.com
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