Buddhist Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Integrating Buddhist Psychology and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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 …
In my last blog post I wrote about The First Noble Truth. The First Noble Truth about life that the Buddha observed is that life is filled with a particular kind of suffering called dukkha. In the Second Noble Truth he described the cause of human suffering as craving. Let's see if we can connect …
Buddhist Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 