The resonance of emptiness. A buddhist inspiration for a contemporary psychotherapy - Watson, Gay
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This book presents an exploration of Buddhist philosophy and practice as a potential resource for an approach to psycho-therapy which is responsive to the needs of its time and context, and attempts to open up a three-way dialogue between Buddhism, psychotherapy and contemporary discourse to reveal a meaningful theory and practive for a contemporary psychotherapy. This book raises the question of what it is in Buddhism itself that provides such a rich resource for psychotherapy. Gay Watson firmly places her exploration of these themes within the context of contempoorary life and thought, as a response to the pathologies, physical and intellectual, of our time. Organized according to the traditional Tibetan plan of Ground, Path and Fruition, the book first presents a brief survey of Western psychotherapies followed by an introduction to Buddhist views, with particular reference to those most relevant to psychotherapy. Path considers the two major branches of the Buddhist way, ethics and meditation, in the cont...
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2001Uitgever: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, Delhi317 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 8120818083ISBN-13: 9788120818088Koop dit boek tweedehands
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[Auteur: Watson, Gay] [Pagina's: 317] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, Delhi] [Jaar: 2001] [Titel: The resonance of emptiness. A buddhist inspiration for a contemporary psychotherapy]
