The Zen of Therapy Audiobook Libro.fm

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A warm profound and cleareyed memoir this wise and sympathetic books lingering effect is as a reminder that a deeper and more companionable way of life lurks behind our selfserious storiesOliver Burkeman New York Times Book Review

Drawing on decades of personal and professional experience Dr Mark Epstein considers how his practice of psychotherapy and meditation can be used in tandem to lead his patients and himself to greater awareness and fulfillment

For much of his careerDr Mark Epstein kept his beliefs as a Buddhist separate from his work as a psychiatrist But as he became more forthcoming with his patients about his personal spiritual leanings he was surprised to find how many of them were eager to learn more The divisions between the psychological emotional and the spiritual he soon realized were not as distinct as one might think

InThe Zen of Therapy Dr Epstein reflects on a years worth of selected sessions with his patients and observes how in a given hour his Buddhist background influences his work He emphasizes how Western therapy can be considered a twoperson meditation and how mindfulness much like a good therapist can hold awareness creating the necessary conditions for inner peace Throughout this deeply personal and wise inquiry Dr Epstein illuminates the therapy relationship as a spiritual friendship and reveals how a therapist can help us realize that there is something magical running through our fraught lives For when we understand how readily we have misinterpreted ourselves when we touch the ground of our own being we come home