Steven Tierney, Kai Po Koshin, began Buddhist practice in 1994. He first received the precepts from Thich Nhat Hahn at Plum Village in 1997. He was ordained in 2013 and received Dharma Transmission in November 2021 in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, founder of the San Francisco Zen Center. Dr. Tierney is a psychotherapist in private practice and a Professor Emeritus of Counseling Psychology at the CA Institute of Integral Studies. He is a Certified Addiction Specialist and has been named a Diplomate in Clinical Mental Health by the American Mental Health Counselors Association. He is also a certified suicide prevention and intervention trainer, providing workshops and classes for the past decade. Steven can be reached at 415-235-1061 and steventierneysf@gmail.com.