Mark Epstein Bio | Wiki
Mark Epstein is a famous American author and psychotherapist. He mostly integrates Shakyamuni Buddha’s teachings with Sigmund Freud’s approaches to trauma. Also, he writes about the interface of Buddhism and psychotherapy. In addition, he is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine.
Mark Epstein Age
He was born in the United States in 1953. Epstein is around 70 years old, although he has not shared details regarding his date of birth.
Mark Epstein Height
He is a man of average stature. Epstein stands at a height of 5 ft 7 in ( approx. 1.7m ).
Mark Epstein Family
He was born in the United States to his devoted parents. Epstein holds American nationality. He is a secretive person as he has kept his parent’s details away from the public. Thus their name and whereabouts remain unknown.
Mark Epstein Wife
He is married to his wife the artist Arlene Shechet. Arlene is a 72-year-old American artist living in New York City, and the Hudson Valley, New York. She has two children born in 1986 and 1990 and currently, she lives in Woodstock, New York.
Mark Epstein Education
He studied and graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. Epstein did his psychiatry residency at what is now New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
Mark Epstein Books | Books In Oder
He has authored several books about the interface of Buddhism and psychotherapy. His books include:
- Thoughts Without a Thinker in 1995
- Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart in 1998
- Open to Desire in 2005
- Psychotherapy Without the Self in 2008
- Going on Being in 2008
- The Trauma of Everyday Life in 2013
- Advice Not Given in 2018
- The Zen of Therapy in 2022
Mark Epstein Quotes
He uses several quotes in his writing about the interface of Buddhism and psychotherapy. The quotes include:
- “We are what we think, having become what we thought”
- “Meditation is a means of using the ego to observe and tame its own manifestations and not forgetting the ego”
- “Awakening means a change in how those difficulties are met”
- ‘The only way to find out where I was was is to get out of the way and let myself happen”
- “After the ecstasy, it is said, comes the laundry.”
- “We get less of realizations in our lives as much as we get the same ones over and over”
Mark Epstein The Zen of Therapy | Book
On January 2022, he published his book The Zen of Therapy. The book reflects on a year’s worth of selected sessions with his patients and also observes how the incidental details of a given hour, his Buddhist background influences the way he works. The book contains 320 pages published by Penguin Publishing Group available on at Kindle at$7.99 and Hardcover at$11.70.
Mark Epstein Podcast
He appeared in a relationship podcast Sibling Revelry with Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson in 2019. In the podcast, he discussed trauma, meditation, the ego, and how we can all get over ourselves. The show ran for one hour and 10 minutes. Moreover, he has also appeared in The Zen of Therapy.
Mark Epstein Md | Psychiatrist
He is a psychiatrist in private practice in New York City and the author of several books on Buddhism and psychotherapy. Currently, he is currently Clinical Assistant Professor in the Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis at New York University. Moreover, he went to a Buddhist summer camp in Boulder and met his first Buddhist teachers, Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein. In addition, he is a contributing editor to Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.
Mark Epstein Net Worth
Epstein is a 70-year-old American author and psychotherapist who has over 20 years of experience from which he has attained decent fortune. His net worth is $6 Million.
Who Is Mark Epstein
Epstein is a 70-year-old American author and psychotherapist. He mostly integrates Shakyamuni Buddha’s teachings with Sigmund Freud’s approaches to trauma. Also, he writes about the interface of Buddhism and psychotherapy. In addition, he is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine and married to Arlene Shechet.
Is Mark Epstein Married
Yes. He is married to his wife the artist Arlene Shechet. The two have two children born in 1986 and 1990 and currently, she lives in Woodstock, New York.
How Old Is Mark Epstein
He is 70 years old born in the United States in 1953.
Epstein’s Social Media Account
Instagram – markepsteinmd
Facebook – MarkEpsteinM.D.