| Titel: | Therapeutic Psychology and Indian Yoga |
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| Autor: | Miovic, Michael |
| Mediengruppe: | chapter |
| Herausgeber: | --- |
| Zeitschrift: | --- |
| Jahr: | 2008 |
| Band: | --- |
| Heft: | --- |
| Seiten: | 449-470 |
| Sprache: | English |
| Abstract: | (from the chapter) Reviews the history, methods, and aims of Western psychotherapy and attempted to integrate these into the worldview of Indian psychology. In summary, psychotherapy can be used to stabilize the outer, emotional nature and thus increase some clients' capacity to engage in the larger aims of yoga. Indian psychology can expand the conceptual framework of psychotherapy by providing a consciousness perspective that allows for a variety of spiritual and mystical experiences to be seen as progressive and healthy. Indian yoga also provides various approaches to consciousness training that can enhance mental and emotional well-being outside of therapy and can help both clients and therapists grow within the setting of psychotherapy. There are some potential dangers involved in psycho-spiritual practise, both individually and collectively, but Indian psychology suggests ways of understanding and dealing with these as well. Finally, because psychotherapy is ultimately a practical field, the theoretical integration of psychotherapy and Indian psychology proposed in this chapter awaits completion in clinical practice based on the future contributions from psychotherapists working within Indian culture, both in India and abroad. If the history of Indian civilization is any precedent, those refinements to existing psychotherapeutic theory and practise shall be subtle, profound, and spiritual. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved) (chapter) |