Psychotherapy and Buddhism: Toward an IntegrationThere is currently a burgeoning interest in the relationship between the Western psychotherapeutic and Buddhist meditative traditions among therapists, researchers, and spiritual seekers. Psychotherapy and Buddhism initiates a conversation between these two modern methods of achieving greater self-understanding and peace of mind. Dr. Jeffrey B. Rubin explores how they might be combined to better serve patients in therapy and adherents to a spiritual way of life. He examines the strengths and limitations of each tradition through three contexts: the nature of self, conception of ideal health, and process of achieving optimal health. The volume features the first two cases of Buddhists in psychoanalytic treatment. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Psychoanalytic and Buddhist History and Theory | 11 |
Beyond Eurocentrism and Orientocentrism | 33 |
Psychoanalytic and Buddhist Conceptions of Self | 55 |
The Emperor of Enlightenment May Have No Clothes | 83 |
Psychoanalytic Treatment with a Buddhist Meditator | 97 |
Meditation and Psychoanalytic Listening | 115 |
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