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Basics of self-help: body soul mind spirit

By admin | Published: October 7, 2010
This brief sketch has very little to do with Buddhism, and everything to do with commonsense. If you are living through a difficult period, for whatever reason, it is a good idea to try to make sure that the four key elements of ordinary life – as far as it is possible for you to [...]
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Buddhist Psychotherapy [book chapter]

By admin | Published: April 22, 2010
BUDDHIST PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELLING [Peter Eastman] [This study has been modelled on the chapter format in Corsini & Wedding CURRENT PSYCHOTHERAPIES [various editions] and Prochaska & Norcross SYSTEMS OF PSYCHOTHERAPY: A Transtheoretical Analysis [various editions]. This is a work in progress, and several sections have yet to be completed, let alone carefully edited. Reading lists [...]
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Psychotherapy and the Buddhist perspective: introductory ideas

By admin | Published: January 31, 2010
Psychotherapy and the Buddhist perspective: introductory ideas Buddhism has now entered the mainstream of western society, and is no longer seen as something especially exotic or foreign. Famous Buddhists appear regularly in the media, and books on Buddhism can be found in any general bookshop. Buddhism is widely accepted to be an eastern teaching with [...]
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Philosophical underpinnings of Buddhist counselling

By admin | Published: October 18, 2009
Philosophical underpinnings of Buddhist counselling
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Basic necessary skills

By admin | Published: October 2, 2009
[Sketches and outlines - this is a work in progress – each section will be regularly redrafted as key ideas are improved upon] The Capacity for Psychological Insight: it is crucial for any counsellor to have, as their primary capacity, an intuitive, elemental grasp, of the workings of the human psyche. They should feel completely [...]
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The Understanding

By admin | Published: September 27, 2009
[Sketches and outlines - this is a work in progress – it will be regularly redrafted as key ideas are improved upon] The psyche, or soul, is of secondary importance, when compared to the understanding. Human understanding is a mixture of intellectual ability, intuitive insight, and psychological expression; and it functions as a response to [...]
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