EP 351: Dr. Ira Helderman on Adverse Meditation Effects

The Classical Ideas Podcast by Gregory Soden

Jun 14, 202637:47Religion & Spirituality

Ira Helderman PhD, LPC (Adjunct Professor of Religion, Psychology, and Culture, Vanderbilt University; PhD, Religious Studies, Vanderbilt University, 2016) studies how psychotherapists' definitions of what is and is not...

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