DownloadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2024

Asian Healing Traditions in Counseling and Psychotherapy

Roy Moodley editor Ted Lo editor Na Zhu editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:SAGE Publications Inc

Published:25th Jan '18

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Asian Healing Traditions in Counseling and Psychotherapy cover

Asian Healing Traditions in Counseling and Psychotherapy explores the various healing approaches and practices in the East and bridges them with those in the West to show counselors how to provide culturally sensitive services to distinct populations. Editors Roy Moodley, Ted Lo, and Na Zhu bring together leading scholars across Asia to demystify and critically analyze traditional Far East Asian healing practices—such as Chinese Taoist Healing practices, Morita Therapy, Naikan Therapy, Mindfulness and Existential Therapy, Buddhism and Mindfulness Meditation, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy—in relation to health and mental health in the West. The book will not only show counselors how to apply Eastern and Western approaches to their practices but will also shape the direction of counseling and psychotherapy research for many years to come.

"This book honors the rich history and impact of traditional Asian healing practices by providing a comprehensive exposition of the history, philosophy, traditional practices, contemporary formulations, and its integration with Western practices. Health care practitioners of many disciplines will benefit by expanding their perspectives and repertoire of interventions from these complementary treatment approaches, thereby improving the quality of care that they provide, not only to Asians but other populations as well."

-- Fernand Lubuguin
"This volume will be a practical and valuable reference manual for teachers, lecturers, and researchers who are in counseling and psychotherapy."  -- Mary Olufunmilayo Adekson
"Finally—one book that outlines key Asian healing traditions and provides suggestions on how to integrate them with Western practices." -- Urusa Fahim
"This textbook is an exciting compilation of Asian healing practices that serves to inform our continually evolving profession of psychotherapy. Developing a sensibility towards Asian cultural healing practices expands our professional repertoire and enhances our ability to provide culturally relevant clinical services." -- Mary A. Fukuyama
"In preparing for my theories course in the past I have attempted to locate resources to incorporate Asian and other Eastern perspectives into my course and it has proven somewhat difficult. This text brings all of those resources together and would be instrumental in helping my students to understand different perspectives other than the traditional Western counseling theories taught in most courses."   -- Tonya Hammer
"An intense, mind-opening experience to a different perspective on how one lives in this world." -- Theresa S. Kearns-Co

ISBN: 9781483371436

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 490g

312 pages