Zen Meditation in Psychotherapy : Techniques for Clinical Practice /

• Main Author: Simpkins, C. Alexander
• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Other Authors: Simpkins, Annellen M.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2012]
• Subjects: Psychotherapy > Religious aspects > Zen Buddhism.; Meditation > Therapeutic use.; Buddhism > psychology.; Meditation > psychology.; Mental Disorders > psychology.; Mental Disorders > therapy.; Psychotherapy > methods.; Religion and Psychology.; PSYCHOLOGY > Psychotherapy > General.; Electronic books.

"Zen meditation presents a practical advantage to people undergoing psychotherapy as a practice providing tools for seeing directly and objectively, a skill which many clients lack. This inspiring guide provides clinicians with the neuroscientific and clinical evidence supporting the use of med...

Table of Contents:

• Front Matter
• Research and Efficacy. Research and Efficacy
• The Psychology of Meditation and Its Efficacy for Clinical Practice
• Neuroscience Findings: How Meditation Can Change the Brain
• What Is Zen?. What Is Zen?
• Zen Traditions
• Zen Philosophy
• Zen Practices
• Overcoming Clients' Suffering. Overcoming Clients' Suffering
• The Way of Zen Therapy: Following the Path for Treatment
• Regulating Affect for Anger and Depression
• Dissolving Anxiety and Trauma
• Taming Impulse for Addiction and Weight Management
• Fostering Loving Relationships
• Facilitating Therapists. Facilitating Therapists
• Relieving Stress and Burnout
• Developing Acumen
• Conclusion: Living Life as an Art
• Appendix: A Quick Tour Through the Brain
• References
• Index.
• The psychology of meditation and its efficacy for clinical practice
• Neuroscience findings : how meditation can change the brain
• Zen traditions
• Zen philosophy
• Zen practices
• The way of Zen therapy : following the path for treatment
• Regulating affect for anger and depression
• Dissolving anxiety and trauma
• Taming impulse for addiction and weight management
• Fostering loving relationship
• Relieving stress and burnout
• Developing acumen
• Conclusion : living life as an art.