CPD12 Buddhist Psychology for Contemplative Clinical Practice

A Continuing Professional Development Program in Buddhist Science – Compassion, Forgiveness & Unconditional Love

“It is a very precious thing to have a human life, even with all of its suffering.”

— Buddhist Teaching

Buddhist Psychology provides a time-honoured framework for understanding the human mind, the roots of suffering, and the path to freedom. In today’s world, shaped by stress, trauma, and disconnection, practitioners are needed who can respond with clarity, compassion, and embodied presence. This training creates a powerful clinical and therapeutic shift, moving patients and practitioners from trauma, pain, and habitual suffering toward awareness, forgiveness, unconditional love, and relational care.

Rooted in the timeless principles of Buddhist philosophy, this immersive program combines contemplative science with modern biopsychosocial understanding and lived experience. It goes beyond mindfulness alone, helping practitioners release habitual grasping and address the underlying causes of suffering. The result is a compassionate, restorative approach that enhances wellbeing for both practitioner and client.

Participants learn to apply somatic embodiment, breath practices, and compassion and forgiveness exercises, translating Buddhist psychology into clinically relevant, practical tools. These practices ease distress, build resilience, and strengthen relational presence, enabling practitioners to offer more profound, healing support in therapeutic and clinical settings.

Beyond Mindfulness – The Art of Ungrasping

Led by Tony Fernando, psychiatrist, former Buddhist monk, and award-winning lecturer, this module delves deeply into the Four Noble Truths, the nature of grasping, and the practical cultivation of compassion. Through a combination of scientific insight and contemplative wisdom, participants explore ethical precepts, generosity, simple living, and applied compassion, learning how these principles can transform both personal and professional practice.

The Science of Forgiveness, Compassion & Unconditional Love

Celia Roberts, senior meditation teacher with over 25 years of practice and 15 years of formal meditation training, guides participants through hands-on practices in compassion, forgiveness, and relational care. These methods directly support emotional regulation, promote healing, and strengthen deep, meaningful connections in therapeutic and clinical settings. As Founder and Director of BIYOME Institute, Celia brings a wealth of experience integrating Buddhist psychology with clinical and somatic practice, helping practitioners translate timeless principles into effective, compassionate care.

Facilitators

Tony Fernando

• Psychiatrist,
• Former Buddhist monk,
• Award-winning lecturer

Celia Roberts

• BSc. Founder & Director, BIYOME
• Senior Meditation & Yoga Teacher, 25 years experience
• Senior Trainer, Meditation & Yoga, 15 years training teachers

Embodied Philosophy & Practice

• Understand the foundations of Buddhist Psychology as a model of mind and behaviour
• Explore the Four Noble Truths and the nature of suffering and liberation
• Study ethical living, generosity, mindfulness, and compassion as psychological regulators
• Learn the role of somatic awareness in nervous system regulation and emotional balance
• Gain immersive experience in integrating contemplative practice with therapeutic application

This training equips psychologists, psychiatrists, counsellors, psychotherapists, yoga and meditation teachers, and allied health professionals to integrate Buddhist psychology and somatic mindfulness into their work with clients and communities.

Transform Your Practice

Step into a deeper, more integrated way of working that honours both ancient wisdom and modern science.

Develop the capacity to facilitate embodied, compassionate and clinically grounded transformation, supporting both your own wellbeing and the wellbeing of those you serve.