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Buddhist Psychotherapy

Autor Liang Tien, Debra M Kawahara, Venerable Dhammadinna
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 sep 2025

Structura volumului Buddhist Psychotherapy este concepută pentru a oferi o punte riguroasă între tradiția contemplativă și practica clinică riguroasă. Materialul este organizat metodologic pornind de la fundamentele istorice și filozofice ale budismului timpuriu, evoluând spre aplicarea acestora în contextul sănătății mintale contemporane. Reținem abordarea tripartită a autorilor Liang Tien, Debra M Kawahara și Venerable Dhammadinna, care reușesc să integreze perspectiva academică a psihologiei cu experiența trăită a monahismului budist, oferind astfel o înțelegere profundă a conceptelor care stau la baza intervențiilor de tip mindfulness. Merită menționat că lucrarea nu se limitează la tehnici de relaxare, ci propune un cadru conceptual în care suferința clientului este analizată prin prisma viziunii budiste asupra lumii, unde totul este impermanent. Textul este bogat ilustrat cu citate din literatura canonică, dar rămâne ancorat în realitatea cabinetului prin studii de caz clinice. Această metodologie transformă mindfulness-ul dintr-o simplă unealtă terapeutică într-un sistem coerent de înțelegere a psihicului uman. Acoperă aceeași arie ca An Introduction to Buddhist Psychology and Counselling, dar cu o abordare mult mai aplicată spre practica clinică formală, fiind publicată sub egida American Psychological Association (APA). În timp ce Weaving the Paths of Buddhism and Psychotherapy de Helen Carter se concentrează pe experiența personală și relațională a terapeutului, volumul de față prioritizează un model teoretic structurat și fundamentat istoric, esențial pentru cercetători și practicienii care doresc să depășească nivelul superficial al tehnicilor de mindfulness utilizate în prezent.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781433841637
ISBN-10: 1433841630
Pagini: 388
Dimensiuni: 152 x 228 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.55 kg
Editura: American Psychological Association (APA)

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A rich resource enabling therapists to bring Buddhist philosophy to modern psychotherapy. Mindfulness‑based interventions have become popular mental health treatments in recent years, but these interventions are typically applied by practitioners who lack knowledge of the interventions' Buddhist origins. The historical, religious, and philosophical foundations of mindfulness offer essential insights for clinicians and researchers alike. This book, a collaboration between two practicing psychologists and an ordained Buddhist nun, examines the early Buddhist philosophical roots of mindfulness and provides a model for modern psychotherapy. In Buddhist psychotherapy, the therapist listens to a client discuss their concerns, considers how the client's suffering can be explained from a Buddhist worldview, and uses mindfulness to address the source of their suffering. This framework does not rely on any specific belief about a deity, the creation of life, or an afterlife, but instead seeks to alleviate client suffering in a world where everything is ultimately impermanent and impersonal. Amply illustrated with quotes from early Buddhist literature as well as modern clinical examples, this rich volume will help modern psychotherapists deepen their understanding of mindfulness and enrich their practice.

Cuprins

Prologue: Our Background and Interest in Linking Buddhism with Psychotherapy
Introduction: Linking Western Mindfulness to Early Buddhism

Part I. Foundations of Buddhism and Buddhist Psychotherapy
Chapter 1. Background on the Buddha and Early Buddhist Texts
Chapter 2. Buddhist Psychotherapy Versus Buddhism the Religion

Part II. Impermanence
Chapter 3. Impermanence

Part III. Not-Self
Chapter 4. The Five Aggregates: Component Parts of How Humans Experience Existence
Chapter 5. How the Five Aggregates Work Together
Chapter 6. How We Construct a Notion of a Self

Part IV. Dukkha
Chapter 7. Dukkha Defined
Chapter 8. The First Dukkha: Suffering Due to Birth, Aging, and Death
Chapter 9. The Second Dukkha: Suffering Due to Situational Change
Chapter 10. The Third Dukkha: Suffering Due to Mental Formations
Chapter 11. The Fourth Dukkha: Suffering Due to the Notion of a Self
Chapter 12. The Cause and Remedy of Dukkha: The Second and Third Noble Truths

Part V. Interventions and Clinical Implications
Chapter 13. Assessment
Chapter 14. Employing the First Track of the Eightfold Path in Psychotherapy: Conduct
Chapter 15. Employing the Second Track of the Eightfold Path in Psychotherapy: Mindfulness
Chapter 16. Advanced Mindfulness in Psychotherapy: What to Contemplate in Meditation and Why
Chapter 17. Employing the Third Track of the Eightfold Path in Psychotherapy: Wisdom
Chapter 18. Three Arenas for Intervention in Buddhist Psychotherapy: A Model and Case Examples
Afterword: Summary and Future Directions
References
Glossary of Pali Terms

Notă biografică

Dr. Liang Tien (Tien) is a retired Professor from the California School of Professional Psychology PsyD Program – Hong Kong. Since retirement, she has earned a PhD in Buddhist Studies at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, and is a co-founder of the Illumination of Mindfulness Institute at Alliant International University. She is a long-time meditator. As a licensed clinical psychologist, her independent practice focuses on individuals with ancestry from Asian Buddhist-based countries and woman with histories of abuse. Her research interest has been in ethics and immigrant acculturation.

Dr. Debra M. Kawahara is the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Distinguished Professor at the California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University. She is the 2025 American Psychological Association President. As a licensed clinical psychologist, her independent practice focuses on psychotherapy with individuals, couples, and families, as well as consulting and conducting trainings to organizations. Further, Dr. Kawahara is a multicultural feminist scholar whose work centers on intersectionality, Buddhist psychotherapy, women’s issues, leadership, and the application of multicultural, feminist, and social justice principles in practice. She is widely published and has presented nationally and globally.

Ven. Dhammadinna took robes in 1983 at the age of 25. From 1985 until 2006 she studied under several esteemed meditation teachers in Southeast Asia and India, namely Ven. U Pandita Sayadaw, Dipama Barua, Ajahn Buddhadasa, Ajahn Sumedho, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. She began teaching retreats in 1989. In 2006 she accepted an invitation to return to the States and is a resident teacher at Bodhiheart Sangha Buddhist Meditation Center. Visit https://bodhiheart.wpcomstaging.com.