Psychotherapy and Religion in Japan: The Japanese Introspection Practice of Naikan

by Chikako Ozawa-de Silva

Naikan is a Japanese psychotherapeutic method which combines meditation-like body engagement with the recovery of memory and the reconstruction of one's autobiography in order to bring about healing and a changed notion of the self.

Based on original anthropological fieldwork, this fascinating book provides a detailed ethnography of Naikan in practice. In addition, it discusses key issues such as the role of memory, autobiography and narrative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415336759
• ISBN13: 9780415336758
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.4"