Meditation, Esoteric Traditions—Contributions to Psychotherapy
- 1 July 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Vol. 31 (3) , 394-404
- https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1977.31.3.394
Abstract
This article is a brief introduction to several different Eastern systems of philosophy and therapy. It surveys the Buddhist contributions and several contemporary applications of traditional meditation techniques within the framework of modern psychologic science. It is suggested that meditative exercises produce three therapeutic gains: insight into repetitive, self-defeating patterns of behavior, desensitization of painful thoughts, and the conditioning of the central nervous system.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- MORITA THERAPY―A PSYCHOTHERAPY IN THE WAY OF ZENPSYCHOLOGIA, 1958
- A Japanese therapy for neurosisThe American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 1953