Eastern philosophy in clinical psychology refers to the influence of Eastern philosophies on the practice of clinical psychology.
Historical clinical psychologists
[edit]- Carl Jung read the German translations by Richard Wilhelm of The Secret of the Golden Flower, the I Ching.
- Karen Horney studied Zen-Buddhism.[1]
- Fritz Perls also studied Zen Buddhism.[2]
- Erich Fromm collaborated with D. T. Suzuki in a 1957 workshop on "Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis";[3] wrote the foreword to a 1986 anthology of Nyanaponika Thera's essays.[4]
- Akhilananda explain Mental health through Eastern Philosophy.[5]
Contemporary clinicians
[edit]- Marsha M. Linehan incorporates mindfulness techniques (particularly Zen practices) in her Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) which has been found to be particularly effective with Cluster-B personality disorders.[6]
- Jon Kabat-Zinn incorporates Buddhist mindfulness techniques in his Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program.[7] Kabat-Zinn describes the program in his book Full Catastrophe Living.[8]
Techniques used in clinical settings
[edit]- Vipassana - trains one to perceive the momentary arising and dissipating of all phenomena, nurturing the calm, detached recognition of all things' impermanence and interdependence.
See also
[edit]- History of medicine
- History of philosophy
- Buddhism and psychology
- Research on meditation
- Eastern philosophy
- Sufi philosophy
- Iranian philosophy
- Hasidic philosophy
- Psychology of religion
- Mindfulness-based stress reduction
- Mindfulness-based pain management
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
References
[edit]- ^ For instance, Fromm et al. (1960, p. 78) states that Karen Horney "was intensely interested in Zen Buddhism during the last years of her life." Also see DeMartino (1991).
- ^ Wulf (1996).
- ^ Fromm et al.. (1960) is based on presentations given during the 1957 workshop.
- ^ See Nyanaponika et al (1986)
- ^ "The Heights, Volume XXXXII, Number 9 — 2 December 1960 — Boston College Newspapers". newspapers.bc.edu.
- ^ Regarding Linehan's conscious use of Zen techniques, see, for instance, Linehan (1993a), p. 19, and Linehan (1993b), p. 63.
- ^ Kabat-Zinn, Jon (2011). "Some reflections on the origins of MBSR, skillful means, and the trouble with maps". Contemporary Buddhism. 12 (1): 281–306. doi:10.1080/14639947.2011.564844. ISSN 1463-9947.
- ^ Kabat-Zinn, Jon (2013). Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness (2nd ed.). Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-345-53972-4.
Further reading
[edit]- Sarunya Prasopchingchana & Dana Sugu, 'Distinctiveness of the Unseen Buddhist Identity' (International Journal of Humanistic Ideology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, vol. 4, 2010)
- Abdullah, Somaya (Ph.D.) 'Multicultural social intervention and nation-building in South Africa: the role of Islamic counselling and psychotherapy.' Researcher and project leader at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation.
- Boeree, C. G. (1997). "Towards a Buddhist Psychotherapy". Retrieved 2007-04-04.
- Damásio, António 2003. Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain, Harvest Books, ISBN 978-0-15-602871-4
- DeMartino, R.J. "Karen Horney, Daisetz T. Suzuki, and Zen Buddhism." Am J Psychoanal. 1991 Sep; 51(3):267-83.
- Drob, S. Freud and the Chasidim: Redeeming The Jewish Soul of Psychoanalysis. Jewish Review 3:1, 1989
- Drob, Sanford L. (1998–2006). ""This is Gold": Freud, Psychotherapy and the Lurianic Kabbalah". Retrieved 2007-04-04.
- Drob, Sanford L. (1999). "Jung and the Kabbalah". History of Psychology. 2 (2): 102–118. doi:10.1037/1093-4510.2.2.102. PMID 11623735. Retrieved 2007-04-04.
- Erikson, Erik H. (1969). Gandhi's Truth: On the Origin of Militant Nonviolence. NY: W. W. Norton & Co. ISBN 0-393-31034-5.
- Frankl, Victor. From Death Camp to Existentialism. Ilsa Lasch, trans. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1959)
- Fromm, Erich, D. T. Suzuki & Richard De Martino (1960). Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis. NY: Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06-090175-6.
- Gay, P. A Godless Jew: Freud, Atheism and the Making of Psychoanalysis. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987.
- Grof, Stanislav. "Alternative Cosmologies and Altered States". Noetic Sciences Review, Winter 1994a. pp. 21–29. Archived from the original on 2007-05-06. Retrieved 2007-04-04.
- Grof, S. (1994b). Books of the Dead. Thames and Hudson.
- Grof, S. and J. Halifax (1977). The Human Encounter with Death. E. P. Dutton.
- Kabat-Zinn, Jon (1990). Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness. NY: Dell Publishing. ISBN 0-385-30312-2.
- Iqbal, Afzal & Arberry A. J. 'The Life and Work of Jalaluddin Rumi'
- Klein, D. Jewish Origins of the Psychoanalytic Movement. Chicago: University of Chicago Press,1985.
- Linehan, Marsha M. (1993a). Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder. NY: Guilford Press. ISBN 0-89862-183-6.
- Linehan, Marsha M. (1993b). Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder. NY: Guilford Press. ISBN 0-89862-034-1.
- Nielsen, M. E. (1994–2001). "Notable People in Psychology of Religion". Retrieved 2007-04-04.
- Nyanaponika Thera, Bhikkhu Bodhi (ed.) & Erich Fromm (fwd.) (1986). Visions of Dhamma: Buddhist Writings of Nyanaponika Thera. York Beach, ME: Weiser Books. ISBN 0-87728-669-8.
- Puhakka, Kaisa 'Transpersonal Knowing: Exploring the horizon of consciousness' (SUNY 2000)
- Rhys Davids, C. A. F. 'A Buddhist manual of psychological ethics or Buddhist Psychology, of the Fourth Century B.C., being a translation, now made for the first time, from the Original Pāli of the First Book in the Abhidhamma-Piţaka, entitled Dhamma-Sangaṇi (Compendium of States or Phenomena) (1900). (Includes an original 80 page introduction.) Reprint currently available from Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 0-7661-4702-9.
- Seidner, Stanley S. (June 10, 2009) "A Trojan Horse: Logotherapeutic Transcendence and its Secular Implications for Theology". Mater Dei Institute. pp 10–12.
- Ticktin, S. (n.d.). "Biography". Adapted from a review of R.D. Laing: A Biography, by Adrian Laing. Archived from the original on 2007-03-02. Retrieved 2007-04-04.
- Wulf, R. (Nov 1996). "The Historical Roots of Gestalt Therapy Theory". Gestalt Dialogue: Newsletter of the Integrative Gestalt Centre. Retrieved 2007-04-04.
- Zokav, G. 'The Heart of the Soul: Emotional Awareness.' New York: N.Y.: fireside. 2001
External links
[edit]Neuroscience and Buddhism Sarunya Prasopchingchana & Dana Sugu, 'Distinctiveness of the Unseen Buddhist Identity' ([1]International Journal of Humanistic Ideology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, vol. 4, 2010)