Geoff Dawson

Speaker

Geoff Dawson B.A. M.A.Ps.S is a psychologist in private practice in North Sydney and Katoomba. His previous work has been in drug and alcohol addiction, schizophrenia and family therapy. He also worked for many years at Relationships Australia as a manager, trainer and clinical supervisor, before entering private practice fifteen years ago. He now mainly provides adult counselling and psychotherapy, couple therapy and clinical supervision. Geoff is also a faculty member, trainer and supervisor with the Australian Association of Buddhist Counsellors and Psychotherapists, which he helped co-found. Geoff is a Zen Buddhist teacher who has been practising mindfulness meditation for over thirty years, in the lineage of Charlotte Joko Beck and is the teacher of the Ordinary Mind Zen School, Sydney and Melbourne. His recently completed manuscript is titled “Mindfulness and Heartfulness - A Zen Approach to Couple Therapy”. (2016)