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Melissa Moore
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) at California Institute of Integral Studies
Melissa Moore is the Executive Director of North America at Karuna Upaya, a position she has held since 2014. She co-founded Karuna Training in Europe in 1996 and has been instrumental in its development and implementation across various regions.
She holds a Master’s degree in Contemplative Psychotherapy from Naropa University and a Ph.D. in Psychological Anthropology from the California Institute of Integral Studies. Her extensive background includes being a student of Vajrayana Buddhism since 1979 and serving as the founding Director of the Felton Institute for Research and Training in San Francisco from 2006 to 2016.
Moore has taught Karuna Training in nine countries and four states in the U.S., focusing on community-based research and training for mental health providers. She has also published a book titled The Diamonds Within Us: Uncovering Brilliant Sanity Through Contemplative Psychology .123
