Paul R. Fulton, EdD, is a clinical psychologist, founding member and former president of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy, and until recently, a board member of the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. Dr. Fulton is a lecturer, part time, in psychology at Harvard Medical School at Cambridge Health Alliance, and is Director for the Institute’s year-long Certificate Program in Mindfulness & Psychotherapy, a cornerstone of Cambridge Health Alliance’s Center for Mindfulness & Compassion’s training fellowship. He has lectured internationally on the integration of mindfulness and psychotherapy. He is co-editor and co-author of Mindfulness & Psychotherapy, 2nd Edition (Guilford), and numberous published papers and book chapters. Paul has been a student of psychology and meditation for 53 years, having received lay ordination in Zen Buddhism at age 19. He holds a doctorate in comparative developmental psychology from Harvard’s Laboratory for Human Development.
