Rob Preece (BSc. Adv. Dip. Transpersonal Psychology UKCP reg.) followed a 4 year apprenticeship in electronics engineering after which he went to university to study psychology. It was at this time he met both the work of C.G. Jung and Tibetan Buddhism. After working as a social worker Rob was part of a small group that founded a Buddhist centre in the UK for his Tibetan teachers. For the next four years he studied the foundations of Tibetan practice in that Buddhist community. In 1980 he travelled to India and was in meditation retreat for much of the next five years. While in India he was fortunate enough to receive teachings on many of the important aspects of Tibetan Buddhism from Lamas such as H.H. Dalai Lama, Lama Thubten Yeshe and many others.
Returning to the west in 1985 he trained as a psychotherapist principally with the Centre for Transpersonal Psychology in London. This began the process of bringing together the two worlds of Buddhism and Western psychology. He has been a practicing psychotherapist since 1987 gradually developing a style that is a synthesis of Buddhist and Jungian understanding. Over this time he has led many workshops exploring a Buddhist perspective in Transpersonal Psychology.
Since 1985 he has been leading meditation retreats guiding an approach to meditation that incorporates Western psychotherapeutic understanding within Buddhist practice. Today Rob is particularly involved in spiritual mentoring bringing together his experience of both Eastern and Western approaches. This has also led to writing The psychology of Buddhist Tantra; The Wisdom of Imperfection; The courage to Feel; Preparing for Tantra and Feeling Wisdom. His recent book is Tasting the Essence of Tantra. Rob lives in the UK with his wife Anna and is father of two sons and a keen gardener.
Rob Preece (BSc. Adv. Dip. Transpersonal Psychology UKCP reg.) followed a 4 year apprenticeship in electronics engineering after which he went to university to study psychology. It was at this time he met both the work of C.G. Jung and Tibetan Buddhism. After working as a social worker Rob was part of a small group that founded a Buddhist centre in the UK for his Tibetan teachers. For the next four years he studied the foundations of Tibetan practice in that Buddhist community. In 1980 he travelled to India and was in meditation retreat for much of the next five years. While in India he was fortunate enough to receive teachings on many of the important aspects of Tibetan Buddhism from Lamas such as H.H. Dalai Lama, Lama Thubten Yeshe and many others.
Returning to the west in 1985 he trained as a psychotherapist principally with the Centre for Transpersonal Psychology in London. This began the process of bringing together the two worlds of Buddhism and Western psychology. He has been a practicing psychotherapist since 1987 gradually developing a style that is a synthesis of Buddhist and Jungian understanding. Over this time he has led many workshops exploring a Buddhist perspective in Transpersonal Psychology.
Since 1985 he has been leading meditation retreats guiding an approach to meditation that incorporates Western psychotherapeutic understanding within Buddhist practice. Today Rob is particularly involved in spiritual mentoring bringing together his experience of both Eastern and Western approaches. This has also led to writing The psychology of Buddhist Tantra; The Wisdom of Imperfection; The courage to Feel; Preparing for Tantra and Feeling Wisdom. His recent book is Tasting the Essence of Tantra. Rob lives in the UK with his wife Anna and is father of two sons and a keen gardener.