The Zen Impulse And The Psychoanalytic Encounter

Author : Paul C. Cooper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135840785

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The Zen Impulse and the Psychoanalytic Encounter by Paul C. Cooper Pdf

Although psychoanalysis and Zen Buddhism derive from theoretical and philosophical assumptions worlds apart, both experientially-based traditions share at their heart a desire for the understanding, development, and growth of the human experience. Paul Cooper utilizes detailed clinical vignettes to contextualize the implications of Zen Buddhism in the therapeutic setting to demonstrate how its practices and beliefs inform, relate to, and enhance transformative psychoanalytic practice. The basic concepts of Zen, such as the identity of the relative and the absolute and the foundational principles of emptiness and dependent-arising, are given special attention as they relate to the psychoanalytic concepts of the unconscious and its processes, transference and countertransference, formulations of self, and more. In addition, through an analysis of apophasis, a unique style of discourse that serves as a basic structure for mystical languages, he provides insight into the structure of the seemingly irrational Zen koan in order to demonstrate its function as a pedagogical and psychological tool. Though mindful of their differences, Cooper’s intent throughout is to illustrate how the practices of both Zen and psychoanalysis become internalized by the individual who engages in them and can, in turn, inform one another in mutually beneficial ways in an effort to comprehend the ramifications of an individual or collective expanding vision.

Author : Seiso Paul Cooper
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000838954

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Psychoanalysis and Zen Buddhism by Seiso Paul Cooper Pdf

In this book, Cooper brings together psychoanalysis and Zen Buddhism by offering a comprehensive and integrated model, described as "The Realizational Model", that is consistent with the core concepts of Soto Zen Buddhism and psychoanalytic practice. Focusing primarily on Soto Zen Buddhism as presented in the original writings of the Japanese scholar monk Eihei Dōgen (1200-1253), and supported and elaborated by relevant contemporary scholarship in relation to the writings of the British psychoanalyst, Wilfred Bion (1897-1979), this book addresses the issue of how can one understand, assimilate, and integrate conceptions of the human mind that originate in the 13th and 20th centuries, as they are visited and inflected by the unconscious preconceptions of a 21st-century perspective. Expressing authentic Buddhist tradition within the frame of psychoanalytic thinking, and supported by online guided audio meditations that accompany the text, this work offers a uniquely interdisciplinary perspective of invaluable clinical significance. Case material garnered from 35 years of psychoanalytic practice as well as examples from daily life support the abstract concepts discussed in the text, rendering it equally relevant for psychoanalysts and psychotherapists, as well as students of Zen wishing to explore its practical applications.

Author : Seiso Paul Cooper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780429858222

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Zen Insight, Psychoanalytic Action by Seiso Paul Cooper Pdf

Drawing from original source material, contemporary scholarship, and Wilfred Bion’s psychoanalytic writings, Zen Insight, Psychoanalytic Action: Two Arrows Meeting introduces the Zen notion of "gūjin," or total exertion, and elaborates a realizational perspective that integrates Zen Buddhism and psychoanalysis. Developed by the thirteenth century Zen teacher and founder of the Japanese Soto Zen school, Eihei Dogen, gūjin finds expression and is referenced in various contemporary scholarly and religious commentaries. This book explains this pivotal Zen concept and addresses themes by drawing from translated source material, academic scholarship, traditional Zen kōans and teaching stories, extensive commentarial literature, interpretive writings by contemporary Soto Zen teachers, psychoanalytic theory, clinical material, and poetry, as well as the author’s thirty years of personal experience as a psychoanalyst, supervisor, psychoanalytic educator, ordained Soto Zen priest, and transmitted Soto Zen teacher. From a realizational perspective that integrates Zen and psychoanalytic concepts, the book addresses anxiety-driven interferences to deepened Zen practice, extends the scope and increases the effectiveness of clinical work for the psychotherapist, and facilitates deepened experiences for both the Buddhist and the secular meditation practitioner. Two Arrows Meeting will be of great interest to researchers in the fields of Zen Buddhism and psychoanalysis. It will also appeal to meditation practitioners and psychoanalysts in practice and training.

Author : Steve Nolan,Margaret Holloway
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137300935

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A-Z of Spirituality by Steve Nolan,Margaret Holloway Pdf

Spirituality is a multifaceted speciality; anyone who wants to understand it must look across a range of disciplines, which can often make it seem overwhelming and incomplete. This book will act as a reference resource for readers looking to develop their study of spirituality and its relevance to health and social care.

Author : Ira Helderman
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781469648538

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Prescribing the Dharma by Ira Helderman Pdf

Interest in the psychotherapeutic capacity of Buddhist teachings and practices is widely evident in the popular imagination. News media routinely report on the neuropsychological study of Buddhist meditation and applications of mindfulness practices in settings including corporate offices, the U.S. military, and university health centers. However, as Ira Helderman shows, curious investigators have studied the psychological dimensions of Buddhist doctrine for well over a century, stretching back to William James and Carl Jung. These activities have shaped both the mental health field and Buddhist practice throughout the United States. This is the first comprehensive study of the surprisingly diverse ways that psychotherapists have related to Buddhist traditions. Through extensive fieldwork and in-depth interviews with clinicians, many of whom have been formative to the therapeutic use of Buddhist practices, Helderman gives voice to the psychotherapists themselves. He focuses on how they understand key categories such as religion and science. Some are invested in maintaining a hard border between religion and psychotherapy as a biomedical discipline. Others speak of a religious-secular binary that they mean to disrupt. Helderman finds that psychotherapists' approaches to Buddhist traditions are molded by how they define what is and is not religious, demonstrating how central these concepts are in contemporary American culture.

Author : Erich Fromm,Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki,Richard De Martino
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Psychoanalysis
ISBN : OCLC:367509479

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Zen Buddhism & Psychoanalysis by Erich Fromm,Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki,Richard De Martino Pdf

Author : Polly Young-Eisendrath,Shoji Muramoto
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134602537

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Awakening and Insight by Polly Young-Eisendrath,Shoji Muramoto Pdf

Buddhism first came to the West many centuries ago through the Greeks, who also influenced some of the culture and practices of Indian Buddhism. As Buddhism has spread beyond India, it has always been affected by the indigenous traditions of its new homes. When Buddhism appeared in America and Europe in the 1950s and 1960s, it encountered contemporary psychology and psychotherapy, rather than religious traditions. Since the 1990s, many efforts have been made by Westerners to analyze and integrate the similarities and differences between Buddhism and it therapeutic ancestors, particularly Jungian psychology. Taking Japanese Zen-Buddhism as its starting point, this volume is a collection of critiques, commentaries, and histories about a particular meeting of Buddhism and psychology. It is based on the Zen Buddhism and Psychotherapy conference that took place in Kyoto, Japan, in 1999, expanded by additional papers, and includes: new perspectives on Buddhism and psychology, East and West cautions and insights about potential confusions traditional ideas in a new light. It also features a new translation of the conversation between Schin'ichi Hisamatsu and Carl Jung which took place in 1958. Awakening and Insight expresses a meeting of minds, Japanese and Western, in a way that opens new questions about and sheds new light on our subjective lives. It will be of great interest to students, scholars and practitioners of psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and analytical psychology, as well as anyone involved in Zen Buddhism.

Author : Erich Fromm
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781480402072

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Psychoanalysis and Zen Buddhism by Erich Fromm Pdf

The renowned psychoanalyst and New York Times–bestselling author of The Art of Loving unites philosophy from the East and West. In 1957, social philosopher and psychoanalyst Erich Fromm invited Daisetz T. Suzuki, the most famous Zen Buddhist master in the Western world, to a seminar at his new home in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Their discussion was one of the highlights of Fromm’s life, and the paper Fromm presented (and later expanded into a book) was a watershed work. Fromm demonstrates his mastery of the philosophy and practice of Zen, perfectly articulating how Zen tenets fit into the ideas of psychoanalysis. In this text, he creates new perspectives on both systems of thought. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erich Fromm including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.

Author : Seiso Paul Cooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0991005325

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Solitary Moon by Seiso Paul Cooper Pdf

Waka poetry, Zen Buddhism, ink brush drawings

Author : Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki,Erich Fromm,Richard De Martino
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Psychoanalysis
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025419073

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Zen Buddhism & Psychoanalysis by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki,Erich Fromm,Richard De Martino Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:462826792

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Zen Buddhism & Psychoanalysis by Anonim Pdf

Author : Marcella Bakur Weiner,Paul C. Cooper,Claude Barbre
Publisher : Jason Aronson
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0765703661

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Psychotherapy and Religion by Marcella Bakur Weiner,Paul C. Cooper,Claude Barbre Pdf

An exploration of psychotherapy and religion. It demonstrates that the therapist's awareness and capacity to tolerate these alternative dimensions of experience foster a profound impact on both parties in the therapeutic process.

Author : Paul C. Cooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Psychology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122861573

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Into the Mountain Stream by Paul C. Cooper Pdf

Into the Mountain Stream represents a natural development in the conversation between Buddhism and psychoanalysis. This fluid, evolving, multi-textured conversation encompasses theory, philosophy, technique and the personal experiences of those involved as patients, as clinicians and as Buddhist practitioners. This edition, which formalizes and furthers this living conversation between Buddhism and psychoanalysis, in the form and style proposed, is not presently available. Clinical material expands and enriches the present rapidly growing theoretical and technical literature. In this sense, this collection bridges the gap between discourse that has impact and language that is informational. Some of the many questions that we examine include: -How does psychotherapy deepen the practitioner's Buddhist involvements? -How do both practices interact to enrich an individual's life? -What is the efficacy of a Buddhist informed psychotherapy? -What are the global and societal ramifications of the expanded vision that might derive

Author : Robert Rosenbaum
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0876308914

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Zen and the Heart of Psychotherapy by Robert Rosenbaum Pdf

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : M. H. Bowker
Publisher : punctum books
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-22
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781950192298

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Misinterest by M. H. Bowker Pdf

The term "interest" lacks a precise antonym. In English, we have "disinterested" and "uninteresting," but we want for a term that denotes robust opposition to interest. The same appears to hold true in every other language (as far as we know). Interest's missing antonym reflects not merely a widespread lexical oversight, but a misrecognition of interest's complete and exact meaning. More importantly, the idea that interest has no opposite expresses a certain refusal to acknowledge the power of the impulse to extinguish interest, for the self and for others. Why then do we foreclose interest's possibility, degrade our (and others') capacities to experience interest, and destroy interest's objects? Why do we decline what interest proffers - which includes creative and subjective being, thinking, and relating - in favor of more primitive modes of survival, thoughtlessness, and nonbeing? Why do relationships - with ourselves, with others, with objects - toward which genuine interest draws us seem sometimes, if not often, unbearable? These questions are difficult. Their answers, even more so. MISINTEREST: Essays, Pensées, and Dreams attempts to approach them in an honest way, without making them fascinating, mysterious, boring, obscurantist, or fascinatingly mysteriously boringly obscurantist. Outwardly, MISINTEREST is concerned with dreams and forgetting and Eros and soaring dogs and groups and suicidal suburban teenagers and sex and jury duty and Nazis and fathers and hatred and holy parrots and fundamentalists and plagues and other things that may or may not be interesting. Ultimately, however, it seeks, like Jules Renard, "en restant exact" (in remaining true/real), to shed light on the establishment of misinterest, missingness, and mystery where and when they need not be, and, thus, on the psychic, familial, and political forces that compel us not to be when and where we ought. M.H. BOWKER is the author of ten books - including "Ostranenie: On Shame and Knowing" and "Escargotesque, or, What is Experience?" (both published with punctum) - and numerous papers in the areas of psychoanalytic theory, social and political philosophy, literary criticism, and critical pedagogy. He is a professor at a small college in upstate New York. Educated at Columbia University and the University of Maryland, College Park, he edits the Psychoanalytic Political Theory book series at Routledge and is the (North American) Editor of the Journal of Psycho-Social Studies. He is a recent Fulbright grant recipient and has taught approximately one hundred courses in a wide array of disciplines, including Political Science, Philosophy, Psychology, English, and more.