Manchester Academy for Transpersonal Studies

Director: Elliot Cohen PGCE(HE) PhD CPsychol

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Patron: Professor Les Lancaster Chair of the British Psychological Society's Transpersonal Psychology Section, and Co-Director of the Consciousness and Transpersonal Psychology Research Unit at Liverpool John Moores University. Dr. Lancaster is the UK's first Professor of Transpersonal Psychology, and Chair of the British Psychological Society's Section of Transpersonal Psychology.

Academy Director: Dr Elliot Cohen: Course Leader in Psychology and Society BA (Hons) at Leeds Metropolitan University. Visiting tutor in Comparative Religion at Manchester University's Centre for Continuing Education. Honorary Fellow of Manchester University's Centre for Jewish Studies. Chartered Psychologist and member of the Transpersonal Section of the British Psychological Society. He has previously worked as a Psychotherapist in the NHS and private practice. Special Interests: Buddhism, Taoism, Chassidus and Kabbalah, Meditation and Psychotherapy.

Fellow: Ven. Akurala Samitha Thero: (B.A. Hons, M.A.) Head of Letchworth Dhamma Nikethanaya. Letchworth Dhamma Nikethanaya International Buddhist Centre for Education, Meditation, Psychotherapy and Counselling. http://www.letchworthbuddhism.com/

Fellow: Gordon Ellis: Teacher of Tibetan Buddhism and Meditation. Special Interests: Tibetan Buddhism and Dzogchen, Comparative Religion.

Fellow: Zhang Zhilu: Engineer, Translator, Artist and Calligrapher. Special Interests: Christianity in China, Confucian and Taoist thought, Chinese Calligraphy.

Fellow: Dr Rakesh Singh: Medical Doctor and trainee Psychotherapist. Special Interests: Vedanta, Hindu Scripture, Psychotherapy and Ethics.

Fellow: Dr. Rob Evans: Psychologist and Researcher. Special Interests: Yoga, Disability and Empowerment.

Fellow: Dr Christian Yavorksy: Psychologist and Clinical Interviewer. Special Interests: Altered states of consciousness, Addiction, Myth and Psychotherapy.

Fellow: Rabbi Danny Bergson: (BSc hons Computer Science). Rabbi and teacher of Judaism, Director of Ignite the Soul charitable trust. Special interests: Meditative music, Chassidus & Kabbalah.

Steve Taylor (PGCE, MSc). Steve is the author of a number of books on transpersonal issues, including The Fall, Making Time and Waking from Sleep. His academic papers have been published in The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology and the International Journal of Transpersonal Studies. His website is www.stevenmtaylor.com

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