Buddhist Psychotherapy: Wisdom from Early Buddhist Teaching

ISBN-13: 9783030631000 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 176 str.

Hyunsoo Jeon

Recenzje

“This book is written for practitioners and most likely practitioners who utilize meditation or mindfulness in their therapeutic tools. … The best aspect of the book is the explanation of Buddhism as a whole. and conceptually understood most of what the author was describing. ... The quality of this book is great.” (Jennifer Lang, Doody's Book Reviews, June 4, 2021)

Spis treści

Chapter 1 - What is Buddhist Psychotherapy?

            The First Act of Buddhist Psychotherapy

            The Second Act of Buddhist Psychotherapy

            The Essence of Psychotherapy

            Buddhism is a Very Complete Psychotherapy

            Buddhist Psychotherapy is Wisdom-therapy

            The Three Ways Suffering Arises

            Why We Need to Understand the Cognitive Process

            The Buddha’s Analysis of and Solution for Anxiety

The Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path Seen from the Perspective of Buddhist Psychotherapy

How Would the Buddha Have Provided Treatment?

The Three Principles of Buddhist Psychotherapy

 

Chapter 2 - The First Principle of Buddhist Psychotherapy: The Properties of the Body and Mind

            Where Does Suffering Come From?

            Knowing the Properties of the Body and Mind through Mindful Observation

            Properties of the Body

            Properties of the mind

            Wise Attention and Unwise Attention

            Past, Present, Future

            The Principles of Making Paths in the Mind

            The Body and Mind Are Not Ours

            How to Prevent the Mind from Suffering When the Body Suffers

            How to Prevent the Mind from Suffering Again When the Mind Suffers

            The changes that come from knowing that the body and mind are not ours

            Properties of thought

            Creating a system of a mind without anger

            What causes thoughts?

            We can control our desires if we control our thoughts

            Meditation is dwelling in the present

            Ways to control the mind

            The nature of regret

            True introspection

            Properties of will

            The correct understanding of will

            A scientific experiment on free will

            How do we deal with will in psychotherapy?

            Creating a system of quitting alcohol addiction

 

Chapter 3 – The Second Principle of Buddhist Psychotherapy: The Principles of the World’s Movement

            The reason why life is bound to be suffering

            The composition of the world

            Interactions between ourselves and things that are not alive

            Interactions between ourselves and others

            The image of ourselves in others determines our lives

            Finding good in ourselves and in others

            The Buddha’s teachings on good in ourselves and in others

            Five things we should prepare for when talking

            Practicing empathy

            The neurobiology of empathy

            The Way of Unifying People’s Minds

            Four ways to cultivate a broad mind

 

Chapter 4 – The Third Principle of Buddhist Psychotherapy: Living with Wisdom

            Contentment is the gift of wisdom

            Three obstacles that prevent us from seeing reality

            Focusing on the present

            Three things that poison the mind

            The importance of seeing clearly

            A Beautiful Mind

            Training to see reality

            The Buddha’s step-by-step instructions

            Conditional freedom and happiness vs. unconditional freedom and happiness

            Obtaining unconditional freedom and happiness: concerning physical health

Obtaining unconditional freedom and happiness: concerning money

Obtaining unconditional freedom and happiness: freeing ourselves from comparing

Living wisely: seventeen paths leading to good mental health

 

Chapter 5 – Understanding People with Mental Problems

            How do we establish relationships?

            Relaxed intervention

            Special relationships placed on top of normal relationships

            The therapist’s state of mind during the first session

            The first required task during the first session

            The second required task during the first session

            Dreams

            Analyzing past treatments

            Drug treatment and other considerations

 

Chapter 6 – Methods of Buddhist Psychotherapy

            Psychotherapy

            Drug treatment

            Meditation and practice

            Sleeping well

            Dealing with bodily and mental pain

            Escaping from obsessive-compulsive disorder

 

            Final words

O autorze

Dr. Hyusoo Jeon -- born 1956 in Pusan in Korea he became a psychiatrist and psychotherapy specialist after graduating from Busan National University School of Medicine, and receiving neuropsychiatry training at the Soonchunhyang University Hospital. He attended Hanyang University Medical School where he obtained his master’ and doctoral degrees. He was introduced to Buddhist teachings two years after becoming a neuropsychiatry resident. After that, he met with patients and studied Buddhism concurrently, using Buddhist wisdom to aid him in treating his patients. The use of Buddhist wisdom was so effective that he detailed his experiences in his books.

 In 1990, he opened Hyunsoo Jeon Psychiatry Clinic. In 2003, he took a month off from his clinic to go to Burma to partake in Vipassana training. Later that year, he gathered specialists in Buddhism, psychology, and psychiatry to study together and hold discussions,(.)  This gathering developed into the Korean Association of Buddhism and Psychotherapy in 2007. In March 2009, he took a year off from therapy to practice Buddhism, travel, and write books. In March 2010,  he reopened his clinic and return to helping patients. He also spent two years practicing samatha and vipassana at Myanmar and Korea.

 He has authored the following books in Koran and English: Cry When You Want to Cry and A Psychiatrist’s Wisdom from the Buddha: Stories of Healing the Mind, A Psychiatrist’s “Guidebook for the Mind,”, collaborated in writing Value of Labor: A Buddhist Perspective(all in Korean), and Samatha, Jhana, and Vipassana: practice at the Pa-auk monastery; a meditator’s experience ( in English, published in Wisdom Publications in America) as well as translating Mark Epstein’s book Thoughts without a Thinker into Korean.

 He was awarded the prestigious Grand Prize of Wonhyo Scholar Prize by Korean Buddhist Promotion Institute for his contribution of useful application of Buddhism to the modern society in 2018.

Blurb

This book explores how to utilize Buddhism in psychotherapy and how Buddhism itself acts as a form of psychotherapy, using Buddhism practices as a lens for universal truth and wisdom rather than as aspects of a religion. Based on the author's over 30 years of study and practice with early Buddhism and his experiences of Buddhism with his patients, the book outlines a new form of psychotherapy incorporating three Buddhist principles: the properties of the body and mind, the principle of world’s movement, and living with wisdom. This technique provides a unique perspective on mental health and offers new approaches for clinicians and researchers to effectively addressing mental health and well-being.