Polly Young-Eisendrath, Ph.D., is a Jungian analyst and psychologist in private practice. She is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Vermont and the founder and director of the Institute for Dialogue Therapy. She is past president of the Vermont Association for Psychoanalytic Studies. Polly is also the chairperson of Enlightening Conversations, a series of conversational conferences which bring together participants from the front lines of Buddhism and psychoanalysis.

 

Polly is the author or editor of eighteen books, ranging from Jungian psychology to women’s development, couple therapy, intimate and parental love, Buddhist theory, and various paths to awakening/enlightenment from meditation to personal love. These books have been translated into more than twenty languages. She was the editor for the first edition of The Cambridge Companion to Jung, and wrote Love Between Equals: Relationship as a Spiritual Path. 

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She hosts the popular podcast ENEMIES: From War to Wisdom that provides a fresh look at human hostilities and what to do about them.

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As well as being a well-loved presenter in several Jungian platforms and gatherings, Dr. Young-Eisendrath is a lifelong Buddhist practitioner and teacher.

 

We invite you to visit Polly’s website here.