Buddhist Psychology
Liberate Your Mind, Embrace Life
$38.18
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
29 May 2003
Summary
Western therapeutic approaches have often put considerable emphasis on building self-esteem and enhancing a positive sense of self. This book challenges the assumption behind this approach. Most of us protect ourselves against being fully alive. Because we fear loss and pain, we escape by withdrawing from experiences and distracting ourselves with amusements. We fall into habitual ways of acting and limit our experience to the familiar. We create an identity which we think of as a ‘self’, and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781841197333 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1841197335 |
| Author: | Caroline Brazier |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Robinson Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 29 May 2003 |
| Weight: | 236g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 28mm |
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Stimulating and provocative… definitely worth reading whatever one’s Buddhist affiliation.
Stimulating and provocative… definitely worth reading whatever one’s Buddhist affiliation. - View
‘Shows a deep and humanistic understanding of Buddhist psychology.’ - Self and SocietyAbout The Author
Caroline Brazier
Caroline Brazier is the head of the Amida Psychotherapy Training Programme in Other-Centred Approach run by Tariki Trust in the UK. She travels internationally, presenting workshops and talks on Buddhism and psychotherapy and is author of six books on the topic as well as many chapters and articles. Her recent interest include applying the other-centred model to therapy in the natural environment.
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