“Being close to nature, service, and being able to express and embody one's own uniqueness while being connected to other people”
Rob Fisher
Therapist (M.F.T.)
Rob is the author of Experiential Psychotherapy With Couples, A Guide for the Creative Pragmatist and a number of book chapters and articles published internationally on couples therapy and the pyschodynamic use of mindfulness for publications such as the Psychotherapy Networker, The Therapist, The Journal Of Couples Therapy, The USA Body Psychotherapy Journal and others.
An advocate of the use of mindfulness and present experience in psychotherapy, he is an adjunct professor at JFK University. As the Co-Developer of the Mindfulness and Compassion in Psychotherapy Certificate Program at CIIS, he has brought together many of the leaders in the realms of mindfulness and psychotherapy in one of the only programs in the US that teaches, not just the skills of psychotherapy, but helps participants develop their internal state as well.
He is a speaker at conferences and workshops around the US such as CAMFT, USABP, The Psychotherapy Networker, The Couples Conference, and The Relationship Council where he presents as a peer, master or keynote speaker. Teaching internationally, he is a Hakomi Mindfulness Based Experiential Psychotherapy Senior Trainer and a director of Hakomi Institute of California and the Hakomi Institute of China.
He lives in the Green Mountains of Vermont in an old farmhouse with his wife and chickens, where he writes poetry, fiction and music. His novel, The Weeping Buddha, has recently been published.
