Zen and psychotherapy: East meets west on the road to enlightenment
Major psychoanalytic theorists have seen transcendental states as regressive and/ or unconscious, overlooking the similarities of purpose and process between psychoanalytic psychotherapies and contemplative religions. This article examines the similarities and differences between psychoanalytic psyc...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
[1991]
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Journal of religion and health
Year: 1991, Volume: 30, Issue: 4, Pages: 277-286 |
Further subjects: | B
Semantic Misunderstanding
B Psychoanalytic Theorist B Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy B Transcendental State |
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Summary: | Major psychoanalytic theorists have seen transcendental states as regressive and/ or unconscious, overlooking the similarities of purpose and process between psychoanalytic psychotherapies and contemplative religions. This article examines the similarities and differences between psychoanalytic psychotherapy and Zen and proposes that on the whole the similarities outweigh the differences and that some of the presumed differences have been based upon semantic misunderstanding. |
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ISSN: | 1573-6571 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/BF00986899 |