Joseph Pierce Farrell

Joseph Pierce Farrell is an American religious writer active in the field of alternative medicine.

Spirituality and healthcare

Farrell currently serves as Director of Research of Spiritually-Based Interventions in Clinical Care at the Institute for Spirituality and Healthcare, Princeton, New Jersey. He is currently collaborating with a multidisciplinary team conducting research on the efficacy of spiritually-based practices to achieve beneficial treatment effects in both soft and hard tissue. His research has been featured in mainstream media, scientific periodicals, and books.

Healthcare influences

Medical influences

Farrell was exposed to Western medical care while serving as a student medical corpsman during his four years as a midshipman in the US Maritime Administration at the State University of New York Maritime College.

In 1988, while Joseph P. Farrell contemplated enrolling in medical school, he was invited to shadow Dr. Paul S. Burgeson, M.D., Professor of Anesthesiology at New York University School of Medicine. Farrell observed surgeries and attended Grand Rounds and post-operative visits.

Farrell has cited in interviews that primary influences include Dr. Larry Dossey's book "Reinventing Medicine: Beyond Mind-Body to a New Era of Healing" and James Samuel Gordon, M.D.'s book, "Manifesto for a New Medicine: Your Guide to Healing Partnerships and the Wise Use of Alternative Therapies".

Farrell worked with John E. Mack, Professor of Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, and founder of the John E. Mack Institute, whose mission is to "explore the frontiers of human experience, to serve the transformation of individual consciousness, and to further the evolution of the paradigms by which we understand human identity."

Farrell worked at the Hale Clinic, established in 1987 by Teresa Hale and officially opened by HRH The Prince of Wales in 1988. Joseph P. Farrell was influenced by the Hale Clinic's innovative philosophy on complementary healthcare. Hale is a significant advocate for complementary medicine, serving a prominent clientele. The Clinic aimed "to attract the highest caliber of practitioner to help further the acceptance of complementary medicine throughout the community and to offer the public a different approach to healthcare."

Mind-body medicine influences

Farrell collaborated with and was influenced by Patricia Muehsam, who initiated the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai's first curriculum in alternative and complementary medicine and founded the Association of American Medical Colleges' first curriculum development initiative in alternative and complementary medicine.

In 1988, Farrell began his formal study of mind-body medicine with the founder of Clinically Standardized Meditation, Patricia Carrington, who was a faculty member at Princeton University at that time.

Beverly Rubik met Farrell in 2001, introducing him to frontier research on the human biofield. They collaborated in 2006. Beverly Rubik, a biophysicist and president and founder of the Institute for Frontier Sciences, "a nonprofit institute for scientific research and education on the mind-body, subtle energies, and complementary medicine."

Spiritual influences

Farrell began formal study of theology, belief systems, and sacred texts (primarily Judeo-Christian texts) as a student at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary.

Farrell's primary theological advisors were Peter Roche de Coppens, Professor of Sociology, Religious Studies, and Psychology, and Frederic A. Brussat, author of "Spiritual Literacy: Reading the Sacred in Everyday Life" and founder of Spirituality and Practice. and Malachi Martin, an ordained Jesuit priest and professor of paleontology at the Vatican's Pontifical Biblical Institute.

Education

Farrell was educated at Southampton College and the State University of New York Maritime College. During his four years as a cadet midshipman in the US Maritime Administration, he served as a medical corpsman. His senior year, he attained the rank of company commander. During his summer sea terms on the training ship the Empire State IV, he sailed around much of the world, visiting foreign ports and experiencing diverse healthcare approaches. In 2005, Farrell entered seminary to further his academic study of the historical relationship of spiritual practices and health.

Global service

In 2005, Farrell was appointed Special Advisor to the Spiritual Dimensions of Science and Consciousness working group of the United Nations NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values, and Global Concerns (New York), which seeks spiritual solutions to global issues.

From 2005 to 2011, Farrell served as an advisor to multiple UN NGO working groups.

Publications

Farrell is the author of "Manifesting Michelangelo," (published by Simon & Schuster with Atria in 2011).

External links

• Official website
• Manifesting Michelangelo - official book site
• Institute for Spirituality and Healthcare (Princeton, NJ)
• The Farrell Lab

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