Koshin Paley Ellison

At-a-Glance

Co-founder and President of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care (since 2007), a nonprofit providing training and resources for care partners, professionals, and patients.
Serves as a Zen teacher and Jungian psychotherapist with over two decades of experience.
Authored and edited several books on palliative and end-of-life care.
Holds faculty and visiting professor positions at Southern California University of Health Sciences (since 2024), The Jung Center - Houston (since 2021), University of Arizona Health Sciences Center (since 2010), and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (since 2015).
Completed training in Jungian Psychoanalysis and is an ACPE Certified Educator.

Biography

Koshin Paley Ellison is a Zen teacher and Jungian psychotherapist with over two decades of experience in Soto Zen and contemplative approaches to care. He is the co-founder and president of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care (NYZC), a nonprofit organization established in 2007. NYZC provides training, support, and resources for care partners, professionals, and patients facing illness, aging, and death.