The essence of jung's psychology and Tibetan Buddhism cuts to the heart of two very different yet remarkably similar traditions. This expanded edition includes new material on the integration of the two traditions, and the importance of these paths of the heart in today's unsteady world. The author touches on many of their major ideas: the collective unconscious and karma, archetypes and deities, the analyst and the spiritual friend, and mandalas.

Within tibetan buddhism she focuses on tantra and relates its emphasis on spiritual transformation, also a major concern of Jung.

Psychoanalysis and Buddhism: An Unfolding Dialogue

The essays are riveting and the book is the rare edited collection with real thematic unity. If you already know you're interested, once you look at the table of contents you'll find at least I did that you want to let Psychoanalysis and Buddhism displace whatever you were going to read next. Donnel B. What a wonderful book! jeremy Safran has assembled an absolutely stellar group of writers and has himself contributed an illuminating introduction.

Stern, phd, author of Unformulated Experience and editor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis. If you think you might have an interest in the intersection of psychoanalysis and Buddhism, this is the place to start.

The Four Immeasurables: Practices to Open the Heart

Alan wallace presents a unique interweaving of teachings on the Four Immeasurables with instruction on meditative quiescence, or shamatha practice, to empower the mind. The four immeasurables—the cultivation of loving-kindness, compassion, and equanimity—is a rich suite of practices that open the heart, counter the distortions in our relationships to ourselves, empathetic joy, and deepen our relationships to others.

Used book in Good Condition. This book includes both guided meditations and lively discussions on the implications of these teachings for our life.

Confession of a Buddhist Atheist

Batchelor also reveals the everyday challenges and doubts of his own devotional journey—from meeting the Dalai Lama in India, to training as a Zen monk in Korea, to finding his path as a lay teacher of Buddhism living in France. Does buddhism require faith? can an atheist or agnostic follow the Buddha’s teachings without believing in reincarnation or organized religion? This is one man’s confession.

Used book in Good Condition. Now, with the same brilliance and boldness of thought, he paints a groundbreaking portrait of the historical Buddha—told from the author’s unique perspective as a former Buddhist monk and modern seeker. Spiegel Grau. In his classic buddhism without beliefs, Stephen Batchelor offered a profound, secular approach to the teachings of the Buddha that struck an emotional chord with Western readers.

. Both controversial and deeply personal, Stephen Batchelor’s refreshingly doctrine-free, life-informed account is essential reading for anyone interested in Buddhism. Drawing from the original pali canon, the seminal collection of Buddhist discourses compiled after the Buddha’s death by his followers, Batchelor shows us the Buddha as a flesh-and-blood man who looked at life in a radically new way.

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Stillness, Insight, and Emptiness: Buddhist Meditation from the Ground Up

Spiegel Grau. Lama dudjom dorjee encapsulates the buddha's teaching in terms that are accessible and encouraging for beginning meditators, covering topics from establishing a proper meditation posture to realizing the luminous and spacious qualities of the mind. Chapters discuss•the life of the buddha•the first turning of the wheel of dharma•the four noble truths and the eightfold path•Proper meditation posture•The nine stages of shamatha, or resting the mind•Common obstacles to shamatha and their antidotes•Benefits of developing shamatha•The subsequent stages of practice, including insight/vipashyana meditation and mahamudra Used book in Good Condition.

Used book in Good Condition. Meditation is the key to meaningful Buddhist practice, but establishing a solid foundation requires skill and sustained effort. In simple and inviting language, this book shows how to develop a successful meditation practice. In tibetan buddhism, developing a consistent and sustained meditation practice is the first step toward discerning the true nature of reality as taught by the Buddha.

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Case Conceptualization Core Competencies in Psychotherapy Series

Used book in Good Condition. This occurs for each case study throughout the remainder of the book. Drs. Len and jonathan sperry also address cultural sensitivity and offer guidelines for developing cultural conceptualizations and selecting culturally-sensitive treatments. Writing clinically useful case conceptualizations is no longer optional today, and this training guide is the only resource you will need to increase your expertise and incorporate this competency in professional practice.

. Routledge. Five detailed clinical case studies are referred to throughout the book, and exercises are presented at the end of the last five chapters to help readers in deriving Cognitive-Behavioral, Biopsychosocial, Solution-Focused, Dynamic, and Adlerian case conceptualizations from an integrative assessment.

It presents an integrative model for conceptualizing cases, dispels common myths about case conceptualization, and provides straightforward guidelines and strategies for mastering this essential competency. Note: after chapter 5 biopsychosocial case Conceptualization, the layout of the writing changes, putting large spaces between the Case Conceptualization Statement and the Predisposition/Treatment sections.

Used book in Good Condition. All techniques are easy to understand and use, ensuring that readers will master this competency and feel confident applying it to difficult cases. This is the type of book instructors, trainees, and clinicians need―a short text that demystifies the case conceptualization process and provides a streamlined method for learning and mastering this competency.

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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

Used book in Good Condition. The mix of personal stories—including the author’s candid discussion of his own "high-status" addictive tendencies—and science with positive solutions makes the book equally useful for lay readers and professionals. Based on gabor maté’s two decades of experience as a medical doctor and his groundbreaking work with the severely addicted on Vancouver’s skid row, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts radically reenvisions this much misunderstood field by taking a holistic approach.

North Atlantic Books. Simplifying a wide array of brain and addiction research findings from around the globe, the book avoids glib self-help remedies, instead promoting a thorough and compassionate self-understanding as the first key to healing and wellness. In the realm of hungry ghosts argues persuasively against contemporary health, social, and criminal justice policies toward addiction and those impacted by it.

Routledge. Dr. Maté presents addiction not as a discrete phenomenon confined to an unfortunate or weak-willed few, rather the result of a complex interplay among personal history, brain chemistry, but as a continuum that runs throughout and perhaps underpins our society; not a medical "condition" distinct from the lives it affects, emotional, and neurological development, and the drugs and behaviors of addiction.

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Basics of California Law for LMFTs, LPCCs, and LCSWs

Author Benjamin E. North Atlantic Books. Used book in Good Condition. It covers all three of california's major masters-level mental health professions: Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Clinical Counseling, and Clinical Social Work. Topics covered include licensing, business & Marketing, Supervision, Families and Children, Confidentiality, Documentation, Unprofessional Conduct, Abuse Reporting, Technology, and Advocacy.

The text includes more than 700 footnotes identifying specific articles, links, and sections of California law and regulation that serve as reference material for this text. Basics of california law for lmfts, and lcsws has been praised as "the comprehensive resource I've wanted for my graduate school courses" by Kathy Wexler, LMFT, LPCCs, LPCC.

Routledge. This sixth edition is updated to 2019 law, suicide assessment training, clients wishing to remain anonymous, and includes new information on supervision, and more. Used book in Good Condition. The book also now includes 20 practice test questions with rationales. Written by a therapist for other therapists and therapists in training, Basics of California Law takes the many nuances of California law and regulation and puts them in digestible, easy-to-apply language.

Diane gehart, educators, calls it "an indispensable resource for students, author of Mastering Competencies in Family Therapy, and practicing clinicians. It is perfect for students learning about the state laws governing their profession, interns preparing for their licensing exams, and clinicians keeping current on state law.

Treating Addiction: A Guide for Professionals

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Buddhism and Jungian Psychology

North Atlantic Books. Routledge. Used book in Good Condition. Essential reading for all interested in either Buddhism or Jungian Psychology. Used book in Good Condition. Used book in Good Condition. An exploration of the relationships between Jungian Psychology and Buddhism with a special section on the famous oxherding pictures.

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Lying on the Couch: A Novel

Finally, there is Ernest Lash. North Atlantic Books. Seymour is a therapist of the old school who blurs the boundary of sexual propriety with one of his clients. Used book in Good Condition. From the bestselling author of love's Executioner and When Nietzsche Wept comes a provocative exploration of the unusual relationships three therapists form with their patients.

Routledge. Harper Perennial. Fascinating, engrossing and relentlessly intelligent, it ultimately moves readers with a denouement of surprising humanity and redemptive faith. Driven by his sincere desire to help and his faith in psychoanalysis, he invents a radically new approach to therapy -- a totally open and honest relationship with a patient that threatens to have devastating results.

Exposing the many lies that are told on and off the psychoanalyst's couch, Lying on the Couch gives readers a tantalizing, almost illicit, glimpse at what their therapists might really be thinking during their sessions. Used book in Good Condition. Spiegel Grau. Marshal, who is haunted by his own obsessive-compulsive behaviors, is troubled by the role money plays in his dealings with his patients.

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