Buddhist Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Integrating Buddhist Psychology and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
A lot of people nowadays have thought about starting meditation to improve their mental health, reduce stress or for spiritual reasons. If you're one of those people or someone who has just started I thought I would share a few tips that I have found helpful. Set up a regular time and put it in …
For those of you who are new to the world of psychotherapy I thought I would give a brief introduction to cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT as it is more widely known and discuss its connection to Buddhist psychology. When you start looking around for a psychotherapist you'll notice they'll often describe the style or orientation of …
In my last post I wrote about tanha or craving from a Buddhist perspective. I realized after writing that post that I should also write a piece on aversion, as aversion and craving are really two sides of the same coin. Let me explain how that works. Briefly defined, aversion is the strong desire of …
Q: But what about (secular) mindfulness? I hear a lot about that in the news nowadays. A: Secular forms of mindfulness practice which developed in the 1970s largely under scientist Jon Kabat-Zinn have a lot to offer in terms of stress reduction and mental health benefits. For instance, mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) is commonly …
In today's post I thought I would introduce the idea of self-compassion. The Pali term for compassion in Buddhism is karuna and is considered one of four highly desirable qualities to be cultivated by Buddhist practitioners along with loving-kindness, sympathetic joy and equanimity. These qualities are so esteemed they take on elevated Brahma-vihara or God-like …
Buddhist Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 