Polly Young-Eisendrath, Ph.D., is a Jungian analyst, psychologist, and psychotherapist
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 and a
founding member of the Vermont Institute for the Psychotherapies. She is the
author, co-author, or editor of eighteen books, ranging from parenting, adult
development, intimate and parental love, Buddhist theory, Jungian psychology to
women’s development, couple therapy, couple development, and various paths to
awakening/enlightenment from meditation to personal love. These books have been
translated into more than twenty languages. Her most recent works are The SelfEsteem Trap: Raising Confident and Compassionate Kids in an Age of Self-Importance
and Love Between Equals: Relationship as a Spiritual Path. She is the co-author, with
Jean Pieniadz, Ph.D., of Dialogue Therapy for Couples and Real Dialogue for Opposing
Sides: Methods Based on Psychoanalysis and Mindfulness. She hosts the popular
podcast Enemies: From War to Wisdom that provides a fresh look at
human hostilities and what to do about them. Dr. Young-Eisendrath is a lifelong
Buddhist practitioner in Zen, Tibetan, and Vipassana lineages and brings decades of
leadership in mindfulness practice within the Buddhist context as well as integrated
into her clinical work.