Durwin Foster

Enfolding what was, accepting what is, co-creating what's next

About Me

I am a 40 year old father of three children, Delaney, Thalia and Brogan, all under the age of six.  I am the partner, lover, friend and husband of Wendy.  I am friend to my friends.  And I am a seeker of truth, freedom and fullness who is very interested in developing body, mind, heart and spirit within the nondual evolutionary context provided here at Integral Life.

Career

I am certified as a teacher in British Columbia and a counselling therapist in Canada.  I am currently completing a doctoral program in counselling psychology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

I have been first author on several scholarly articles on integral psychotherapy and counselling, published in the following journals: Constructivism in the Human Sciences, Counseling and Values, and Journal of Integral Theory and Practice.  Full citations and access to these articles is available below.

Foster, D. (2007). Towards an Integral Career and Employment Counselling. Journal of Integral Theory and Practice, 2(3), 122-134. You can access "Towards an Integral Career and Employment Counselling" here. 

Foster, D. & Black, T. (2007). An integral approach to counseling ethics. Counseling and Values, 51(3), 221-234. You can access "Integral Ethics for Counsellors" here.

Editor invited. Foster, D. & Arvay, M. (2003). Wilber’s quadrant model: Implications for constructive postmodern counseling research and practice. Constructivism in the Human Sciences, 8(1), 161-174.

Selected Presentations

Introduction to Integral Research.  I made this presentation to an interdisciplinary group of graduate students and researchers on addictions who specialize in gender and sex-based analysis.



 

 

 

 

Hobbies and Interests

With three young children at home, my current hobbies and interests are as follows:  Uno, Junior Monopoly, going to the park, and attending swimming lessons!

My alter-ego continues to be interested in meditation,philosophy, psychology, jogging, the great outdoors, ultimate frisbee, basketball, strength training, music, movies, eating out, making love, making money and video-gaming (if I were really honest about my fixations and compulsions!).