Thoughts without a thinker : psychotherapy from a Buddhist perspective

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Label

Thoughts without a thinker : psychotherapy from a Buddhist perspective

Title remainder

psychotherapy from a Buddhist perspective

Statement of responsibility

Mark Epstein ; foreword by his Holiness the Dalai Lama

Creator

• Epstein, Mark, 1953-

Subject

• Buddhism -- Psychology
• Meditation -- Buddhism
• Psychotherapy -- Religious aspects | Buddhism
• Buddhism -- Psychology
• Psychotherapy -- Religious aspects | Buddhism
• Meditation -- Buddhism

Language

eng

Summary

Drawing upon his own experience as therapist, meditator, and patient, Epstein, a psychiatrist trained in classical Freudian methods, integrates Western psychotherapy and the teachings of Buddhism. In accessible, intimate language, this guide explains the unique psychological contributions of the teachings of Buddhism, describes the path of meditation in contemporary psychological language, and lays out the possibility of a meditation-inspired psychotherapy.--From publisher description

Cataloging source

ZGM

Dewey number

616.8914

Index

index present

LC call number

BQ4570.P76

LC item number

E67 1995b

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography