Marjorie Schuman

About the author

Marjorie Schuman, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and certified psychoanalyst whose work blends the wisdom of Buddhism and the clinical knowledge of relational psychoanalysis. The leading edge of her work, which she calls “Inquiring Deeply”, examines how the experience of Self and Other is involved in emotional pain and relational suffering.

In addition to her training in psychoanalysis, Marjorie has had four decades of experience practicing Buddhist insight meditation in the Theravadan tradition.

She is the author of the acclaimed text, Mindfulness-Informed Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis: Inquiring Deeply (Routledge Press, 2017) and Inquiring Deeply: Problems as a Path to Awareness (Inquiring Deeply Press, 2023). She also writes INQUIRING DEEPLY NEWSLETTER, which publishes probing commentary on meditation and psychotherapy (freely offered and available on her website).

Currently, Marjorie is in private practice in Santa Barbara, California. In addition to her writing and clinical work, she teaches and does clinical consultations on Inquiring Deeply and relational mindfulness.