Buddhist psychology informed Gestalt therapy for challenging times

Autor: Stephen Zahm, Eva Gold
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: The Humanistic Psychologist
ISSN: 1547-3333
0887-3267
DOI: 10.1037/hum0000213
Popis: This article is based on an invited talk that was part of the international webinar Dialogues on Psychotherapy at the Time of Coronavirus presented by Instituto di Gestalt HCC Italy The talk was on the Buddhist psychology informed Gestalt therapy (BPGT) approach developed by the authors It included a brief overview of BPGT and then focused on one aspect of it During this global pandemic, psychotherapists are in need of new resources and perspectives to support us in our work and to meet the challenges patients are now bringing to the therapeutic encounter The BPGT approach has particular relevance in this time of unprecedented crisis when humanity is being confronted on a daily basis with the universal challenges directly addressed in Buddhist psychology These include Buddhist psychology's understanding of the reality of impermanence, how this relates to suffering, and ways to identify and work with this suffering, as we described in the talk and present here (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
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