In recent years,“mindfulness based psychotherapy” has emerged as a lucrative business
with its own brand of tech-savvy, scientific gurus and a literature that relies heavily on …

Modern exponents of mindfulness meditation promote the therapeutic effects of “bare
attention”—a sort of non-judgmental, non-discursive attending to the moment-to-moment …

Buddhist psychology increasingly informs mental healthcare through therapies such as
cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), as well as …

A dizzying array of meditation practices have emerged in the long and culturally diverse
history of Buddhism. Yet if you are seeking out meditation today in North America and …

This chapter describes the history and influence of Buddhist meditative disciplines on
Western psychotherapy. Beginning with an overview of Buddhist traditions, a brief …

Drawing on decades of experience, a psychotherapist and Zen practitioner makes the
Abhidharma--the original psychological system of Buddhism--accessible to a general …

Mindfulness as a therapeutic construct has been appropriated by and examined within many
treatment approaches, including behavioral, cognitive-behavioral, and psychoanalytic …

As the Dharma–the body of teachings of the historical Buddha–takes roots in the West, it
becomes inevitably secularized. Mindfulness meditation, currently the most fashionable …

Numerous studies have noted that depth psychology has been one of the most prevalent
frameworks for the interpretation of Buddhism in the West. Similarly, many commentators …

A basic guide for all therapists to incorporating simple Buddhist principles for optimal
therapy effectiveness. Both Western psychotherapy and the Buddhist spiritual path are …