Yung-Jong Shiah

Foundations of Chinese Psychotherapies (eBook, PDF)

Towards Self-Enlightenment

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an overview of the foundations of Chinese psychotherapy, based on a full consideration of Confucian, Taoist, and Buddhist teachings. Serving as a reliable and practical guide to coping with life's adversities, the book offers therapeutic techniques to guide clinical practice based on the potential mutual enrichment of these teachings and current psychotherapies, research, and practice. It aims to guide readers towards authentic, durable happiness with novel approaches to a variety of mental health problems.

Among the topics addressed:

• Cultural heritages and mental health
• Confucian, Taoist, and Buddhist techniques for self-enlightenment psychotherapy
• Psi mechanisms and related training models

Foundations of Chinese Psychotherapies combines modern clinical methods and traditional teachings to form a unique approach to mental health and well-being. It will be a valuable resource for mental health professionals and others who seek to intervene in a variety of mental health problems.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783030614041
• Artikelnr.: 61294399

Autorenporträt

Yung-Jong Shiah received his PhD in psychology from the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. He is currently professor at Graduate Institution of Counseling Psychology and Rehabilitation Counseling of National Kaohsiung Normal University. He is a pioneer scholar and has devoted much of his professional career to linking Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism to psychology, psychotherapy, and science, with an aim to enhance mental health and well-being. He was supported by grants from Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, and Bial foundation. He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed articles on related issues in both Chinese and English. He was a full-time psychotherapist and director of counseling center in two universities in Taiwan (1997-2002). He is the secretary-general of Chinese Indigenous Social Science Association (2018-present) and was secretary-general of Taiwan Guidance and Counseling Association (2015-2016). He served as editors and guest editors for several Chinese and English academic journals. He received the Excellent Research Award from National Kaohsiung Normal University (2010-2021), Subsidies for Distinguished Scholars from the Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology (2013-2021), and the Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor (1997).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction and Overview.- Theory and key concepts.- Therapeutic process and techniques: The path to self-enlightenment.- Three ways to increase self-enlightenment.- Application and advanced self-enlightenment.