Cohen, who has an extensive background as a humanistic-existential therapist and as a mindfulness meditator, believes that these two fields have much to offer in the field of education. This book evolved from Avraham Cohen’s doctoral dissertation, for which he received the 2006-2007 Ted Aoki Prize for the Outstanding Dissertation in Curriculum Studies from the University of British Columbia. This award is given for “distinguished contributions to the discipline of counselling through exemplary academic efforts.” Cohen also received the Canadian Counselling Association 2008 Professional Article of the Year Award for his co-authored article, “Suffering Loves and Needs Company: Daoist and Buddist Perspectives on the Counsellor as Companion.”

His academic and pedagogical expertise and innovation have been valorized by the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors that awarded him the 2007–2008 President’s Award for Contribution to the Discipline. Psychotherapist and educator of counsellors, Avraham Cohen is noted for his whole-person and deeply democratic-community approach to classroom pedagogy.

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