?Rational Thinking and Meditation? will be the subject of Dr. Rob Whitfield at the Jan. 6 meeting of the Emerald Coast Meditation Society. The meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. with 30 minutes of silent meditation. The location is 480 Hwy. 393 N., a half mile north of Hwy. 98 in Santa Rosa Beach.
Whitfield, a psychologist, will present a brief overview of psychology from the time of Freud to current cognitive theories, and their relationship to Zen philosophy.
Whitfield holds bachelor?s and master?s degrees in education from Southern Illinois University, and earned a doctorate in educational psychology from Northern Illinois University. He also did a year?s internship in school psychology and additional coursework at the Alfred Adler Institute in Chicago.
He worked more than 30 years in school psychology and for 15 years as a member of the ancillary medical staff at Ingalls Memorial Hospital, in the Chicago area, conducting evaluations of patients in the adult psychiatric and geriatric units, and also in the adolescent and adult chemical dependency/substance abuse units. He and his wife, Gwen, have lived in Niceville since 2005.
The ECMS is a nonsectarian group that welcomes meditators of all varieties. It meets on the first and third Thursdays of the month. Anyone who needs instruction should arrive by 6:15 p.m. For questions contact Nancy James, nancyjames@embarqmail.com.
Whitfield, a psychologist, will present a brief overview of psychology from the time of Freud to current cognitive theories, and their relationship to Zen philosophy.
Whitfield holds bachelor?s and master?s degrees in education from Southern Illinois University, and earned a doctorate in educational psychology from Northern Illinois University. He also did a year?s internship in school psychology and additional coursework at the Alfred Adler Institute in Chicago.
He worked more than 30 years in school psychology and for 15 years as a member of the ancillary medical staff at Ingalls Memorial Hospital, in the Chicago area, conducting evaluations of patients in the adult psychiatric and geriatric units, and also in the adolescent and adult chemical dependency/substance abuse units. He and his wife, Gwen, have lived in Niceville since 2005.
The ECMS is a nonsectarian group that welcomes meditators of all varieties. It meets on the first and third Thursdays of the month. Anyone who needs instruction should arrive by 6:15 p.m. For questions contact Nancy James, nancyjames@embarqmail.com.