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The Personal And The Professional: Buddhist Practice And Systemic Therapists, Joanne R. Grassia
The Personal And The Professional: Buddhist Practice And Systemic Therapists, Joanne R. Grassia
Antioch University Dissertations & Theses
This dissertation consists of two articles. The first article presents a literature review of research on therapists’ personal and professional lives as practitioners of Buddhist meditation and psychotherapy in the past ten years. Nineteen articles were reviewed that met the inclusion criteria of a) between 2004 and 2014; b) exploring meditation; and c) studies related to therapist personal or professional lives. The results of the review identified four broad themes: a) presence and acceptance; b) empathy; c) countertransference; and d) self-care/compassion and gratitude. The content analysis indicated a positive association between therapist meditation practice and therapist qualities, both for personal …