With an integration of Buddhist insights and psychotherapy practices, contemplative psychotherapy, through the practice of meditation, seeks to cultivate natural wisdom, compassion and the ability to be fully present even in the midst of intensity. Explore key ideas (brilliant sanity, egolessness, and emptiness), practice mindfulness-awareness meditation, and delve into the four basic contemplations designed to cultivate (in ourselves and our clients) loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity.