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“In western psychoanalytic psychotherapy there is much focus
on psychodynamics or understanding inner conflicts with the expectation
that such understanding will lead to behavioral change. This often results
in unintended self-preoccupation and absorption without helping patients
to grow and to develop skillful means to care for themselves and others
the best way possible. In Buddhist based psychotherapy, with its emphasis
on emptiness and the absence of a substantive self, self absorption is
actively discouraged. Much attention is given to learning to detach from
our thoughts, to take full responsibility for our emotions and actions,
and to learn to care for ourselves and others with deep compassion and
kindness. Such focus goes directly to reduce worries and tensions, helps
us to withdraw our projections and blame of others for our unhappiness,
and lead us to an exploration of skillful means to fully care for ourselves
and others with compassion and kindness. It is highly gratifying to find
in Buddhist psychotherapy a way to liberate the mind from self absorption,
and all its negative consequences, and a way to free ourselves to function
independently while treating all of our experiences with love.”
Victoria Rivera, LCSW
New York, New York
Practicing psychotherapist, 35 years
Dara
McKinley, MA
206.789.1901
dara@goodcounseling.com
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