separateness—by the therapist in particular—is often a resistance to an open and
flowing therapeutic process.
Summarizing I can say that as a result of my Buddhist training, I would encourage
psychotherapists to practice with meditation, particularly with mindful awareness,
which will enable them to:
- dare more to rely on the therapeutic process and the direct contact with the client
- come to the point soon and remain there
- recognize one’s own feelings at the moment they arise and quickly see through the
transference and countertransference - tend more effectively to give space to and empathize with what goes well and is
good.
In short, mindfulness has a healing effect and can become a psychotherapeutic
instrument that can be trained very well by meditation and the other facets of the
Buddhist Way.
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