Joseph Pierce Farrell

Spirituality and Healthcare

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

Consciousness Studies

From 2001 to 2004 Farrell conducted case studies to evaluate the breadth and depth of the efficacy of non-local consciousness to achieve health benefits across a wide array of health concerns.

In 2004, Farrell served as lead clinician on a landmark study to explore the efficacy of Consciousness-Based healthcare under the medical oversight of John E. Mack, M.D., who was a professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, the founder of the Department of Psychiatry at the Cambridge Hospital, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer. Joseph P. Farrell conducted these case studies in a clinical setting at the Bristol Medical Building facility, New York, NY.

From 2004-2008, he continued to explore the efficacy of non-local consciousness to achieve benevolent treatment effect. Case studies from this period were featured in the educational short film "Pioneering Studies of Integrative Medicine: Exploring the Relationship of Consciousness & Healthcare", which premiered publicly at the Aspen Health and Wellness Forum in 2008., His work has been featured in books and exhibits.

Presentations

Farrell's work in consciousness based healthcare has been presented live or in short films at the following universities and institutions (partial list):

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 trail 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-op visits.

Farrell has cited in interviews that primary influences have been 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".

Joseph P. Farrell worked with Dr. 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, which was established in 1987 by Teresa Hale and officially opened by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales in 1988. Joseph P. Farrell was influenced by the Hale Clinic's cutting edge philosophy on complementary health care. Hale is a major proponent for complementary medicine, catering to a star-studded clientele. The Clinic's aim as "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 health care."

In 2006, Dean Radin, Ph.D. advised Farrell on the peer-review process, particularly the necessity of evidence in the form of empirical data. Called the "Einstein of Consciousness Research" by Larry Dossey, M.D., Dean Radin, Ph.D. is a senior scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and founder of the Consciousness Research Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Mind-Body Medicine Influences

Farrell collaborated with, and was influenced by Patricia Muehsam, M.D., who started 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 initiative in curriculum development in alternative and complementary medicine. She is a major proponent for the mind as a mediator of physical change, and has stated that "Consciousness is the most potent mediator of change in the world.”

In 1988, Farrell began his formal study of Mind-Body Medicine with the founder of Clinically Standardized Meditation, Patricia Carrington, Ph.D., at that time she was a Faculty Member at Princeton University.

Dr. Beverly Rubik, Ph.D. met Farrell in 2001, introduced him to frontier research on the human biofield and then in 2006 they collaborated Beverly Rubik, Ph.D., a biophysicist, is 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." She also served on the Program Advisory Council to the Office of Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health and led a team that coined the term "biofield" to describe the "vital force that really is the key to healing within all of us".

Traditional Chinese Medicine Influences

In 1993, Farrell studied Kung-Fu Wu-Su with Grandmaster Alan Lee, at the Chinese Kung-Fu Wu-Su Association, New York, NY. He studied Nei Kung, a form of ancient Chinese internal energy cultivation, with Master C.K. Chu, author of “The Book of Nei Kung” at the Tai Chi Chuan Center (New York) in 1994.

He also studied Taoist Meditation and Taoist Energy Cultivating exercises with Jampa Mackenzie Stewart, D.O.M., the founder and director of the Healing Tao Institute.

Spiritual Influences

Farrell began the formal study of theology, belief systems, and sacred texts (primarily the Judeo-Christian texts) as a student at the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. He was initiated into seminary during a ceremony at thePassionist Spiritual Center at Riverdale at Cardinal Spellman Retreat House, NY, by Reverend Duey, Anglican Reverend. Farrell was ordained as an interfaith clergy-person March 17, 2001, and was registered as a clergy-person by the City of New York in December 2006.

Since 2001,he has been visiting patients in hospitals throughout the United States and the United Kingdom as a hospital chaplain. He served as a member of the Spiritual Healing Faculty at Fordham University (2002-2011). He is a Member of the National Association of American College and University Chaplains (2006–present) and the Association of Professional Chaplains (2009–present).

Farrell's primary theological advisors were Peter Roche de Coppens, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Religious Studies and Psychology, and Frederic A. Brussat, who is the author of "Spiritual Literacy: Reading the Sacred in Everyday Life" and the 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 as a midshipman, he achieved 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 being exposed to a wide variety of approaches to healthcare. In 2005 Farrell entered seminary to further his academic study of the historical relationship of spiritual practices and health.

Appointments, Awards, Recognition

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Professional Affiliations

Member of the following organizations:

Global Service

In 2005, Farrell was appointed Special Adviser 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 to find spiritual solutions to the world’s issues.,

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

Media

Publications

Farrell is the Author of "Manifesting Michelangelo", (published by Simon & Schuster with Atria in 2011), which "Booklist" magazine described as "A revelation in several senses of the word, this astounding book will strike chords with many seekers."