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Paperback Zen Therapy: Transcending the Sorrows of the Human Mind Book

ISBN: 047119283X

ISBN13: 9780471192831

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"A potent source of inspiration for anyone interested in the therapeutic potential of Buddhism. David Brazier writes with clarity and authority about the Zen way."--Mark Epstein, M.D. author of Thoughts Without a Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective.

"Comprehensive and readable . . . should appeal to anyone broadly interested in Buddhism."--Helen Sieroda psychosynthesis psychotherapist.

In this book, psychotherapist David Brazier offers readers in the West a fresh perspective on Buddhist psychology and demonstrates how Zen Buddhist techniques are integrated into psychotherapy. Writing from the viewpoint of a Western psychotherapist, Dr. Brazier successfully demystifies Buddhist psychology, explains the conceptual foundations of Buddhist thought, and with the help of vivid case studies, clearly demonstrates how a Buddhist approach can provide a practical path to personal growth.

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Zen Therapy - Every Therapist Should read This Book!

Zen Therapy is the oldest therapy know to man ... and virtually all the Therapy styles currently in use link back to this ancient style in some form .... but they all fail to do it as well. Most therapies are simply a tiny slice of Zen Therapy. The copy is rarely as good as the original! READ THIS BOOK ... Your Clients Will Thank You!

Zen Therapy

This is a beautiful book that made me love the field of psychology so much more. I highly recommend reading it. It is an exploration of Eastern and Western philosophy. Zen Buddhism and psychoanalysis comparing Carl Rogers to the Buddha. One of the best books I've had the pleasure of reading.

Antacid for the Soul

The approach for this book reminds me of the old "compare and contrast" essay assignments from college. But Brazier accomplishes more than highlighting the differences between these two views of our exterior and interior landscapes. You don't have to know the zen concepts, all is well explained, and ample references provide the basis for Brazier's framework. There is a blending going on that is synergistic, that creates a way of thinking and feeling that is more than western and more than eastern. It is indeed transcending the limits of both approaches. It's been a long time since a book compelled me to write in the margins and underline key points as this book does. There is a zen balance here; where traditional psychotherapy falls short, Buddha psychology fills in, and where the Buddha doesn't fit, western thought provides what is needed. We do live in a western culture and must strive for wholeness consistent with that. It's a how-to and patiently lays the groundwork for why this process will create a centered psychotherapist. The book manages to stand alone. For anyone with psychic ulcers, caused by a poor diet of ideas or by straining too hard, this book is the antacid. I am already giving it to friends.

Apposite psychological insights into esoteric tradition

If you belong to a westernised culture, steeped in theistic religion and didactic reasoning, AND know somthing of Zen already, this may be the book that finally reassures your reasonable self that your purely spiritual one is on the right track. Brazier provides a revealing and insightful interpretation of Zen practice through the mind of a psychologist who obviously cares a lot about the people he treats. If you are new to Zen or Bhuddist thought, here you will find the essence of those somtimes arcane ideas presented with new clarity, within the framework of commonsense psychologese we in the west are at ease with. "Yes, of course!" I kept hearing myself say, as another pearl fell into place. Still, as we who meditate know, these are all merely words.
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