Lon Woodbury and Co-Host Liz McGhee interviewed Paul Bialek on L.A. Talk Radio about what happens when Buddhism meets western psychotherapy. He described contemplative psychotherapy as the official label for this meeting point between the Buddhism and therapy.
The radio show host of Parent Choices for Struggling Teens, Lon Woodbury is an Independent Educational consultant. His co-host Elizabeth McGhee is the Director of Admissions and Referral Relations at Sandhill Child Development Center.
Paul Bialek
As the program lead for the Contemplative Psychotherapy program at Naropa University, Paul Bialek teaches the methodology. Besides this teaching career, he also has his own practice as a psychotherapist in Boulder, Colorado. He has practiced contemplation for 35 years. He has two Master's degrees. One in Intellectual History from Johns Hopkins University and one in Contemplative Psychotherapy from Naropa University. He is passionate about integrating the knowledge of the contemplative tradition of Buddhism into the practice of therapy.
Exactly What Takes place When Buddhism Meets Western Therapy?
Bialek believed that when Buddhism meets western psychotherapy, they share the same goal of relieving individual suffering. Consequently, therapists have found it useful to integrate Buddhist ideas like mindfulness into their practice.
The technique of mindfulness has come to be commonly embraced by lots of counseling specialists throughout the nation. Mindfulness is the habit of observing thoughts with detachment, with a focus on putting all judgments on hold. Given that it is a non-judgmental mental discipline, there is no thought concerning approval or disapproval, but instead a focus on learning how to be with the experience. Mindfulness, subsequently, is about permitting thoughts to be anyway they want. This contemplative technique promotes clear thinking and intelligent behavior.
Bialek pointed out that contemplative therapists did not teach mindfulness meditation, but practiced the art of mindfulness when listening to their clients. The therapist's mindfulness then tacitly permits clients to share their thoughts and feelings without inhibition.
Sharing examples of his use of contemplative psychotherapy in practice, he explained the process of paying attention with a friendly attitude to just what was going on with a variety of various clients. The therapy helped clients familiarize themselves with their very own thought-patterns and begin observing their very own life experiences with detachment.
Helping teens battling issues like substance abuse was his specialty. He made patients knowledgeable about their own thought patterns and ideas. Additionally, therapy may feature mindfulness training and self-monitoring for teens and their family members. When it treated substance abuse, contemplative therapy helped people observe when they were getting into compulsive moods as opposed to automatically giving in to them.
Speaking about anger management in adolescents, he discussed how mindfulness was useful in aiding struggling teens utilize their anger in a positive way. There is no attempt to get rid of any emotions in Contemplative Psychotherapy,but instead an attempt is made to work with them, therefore gradually increasing emotional intelligence. Patients could have wisdom about their situation but simply not have the ability to deal with their emotional states.
When Buddhism meets western psychotherapy, the contemplative therapist works at restoring a sense of "brilliant sanity"-an open, clear, and warm quality of mind-in the client.
The radio show host of Parent Choices for Struggling Teens, Lon Woodbury is an Independent Educational consultant. His co-host Elizabeth McGhee is the Director of Admissions and Referral Relations at Sandhill Child Development Center.
Paul Bialek
As the program lead for the Contemplative Psychotherapy program at Naropa University, Paul Bialek teaches the methodology. Besides this teaching career, he also has his own practice as a psychotherapist in Boulder, Colorado. He has practiced contemplation for 35 years. He has two Master's degrees. One in Intellectual History from Johns Hopkins University and one in Contemplative Psychotherapy from Naropa University. He is passionate about integrating the knowledge of the contemplative tradition of Buddhism into the practice of therapy.
Exactly What Takes place When Buddhism Meets Western Therapy?
Bialek believed that when Buddhism meets western psychotherapy, they share the same goal of relieving individual suffering. Consequently, therapists have found it useful to integrate Buddhist ideas like mindfulness into their practice.
The technique of mindfulness has come to be commonly embraced by lots of counseling specialists throughout the nation. Mindfulness is the habit of observing thoughts with detachment, with a focus on putting all judgments on hold. Given that it is a non-judgmental mental discipline, there is no thought concerning approval or disapproval, but instead a focus on learning how to be with the experience. Mindfulness, subsequently, is about permitting thoughts to be anyway they want. This contemplative technique promotes clear thinking and intelligent behavior.
Bialek pointed out that contemplative therapists did not teach mindfulness meditation, but practiced the art of mindfulness when listening to their clients. The therapist's mindfulness then tacitly permits clients to share their thoughts and feelings without inhibition.
Sharing examples of his use of contemplative psychotherapy in practice, he explained the process of paying attention with a friendly attitude to just what was going on with a variety of various clients. The therapy helped clients familiarize themselves with their very own thought-patterns and begin observing their very own life experiences with detachment.
Helping teens battling issues like substance abuse was his specialty. He made patients knowledgeable about their own thought patterns and ideas. Additionally, therapy may feature mindfulness training and self-monitoring for teens and their family members. When it treated substance abuse, contemplative therapy helped people observe when they were getting into compulsive moods as opposed to automatically giving in to them.
Speaking about anger management in adolescents, he discussed how mindfulness was useful in aiding struggling teens utilize their anger in a positive way. There is no attempt to get rid of any emotions in Contemplative Psychotherapy,but instead an attempt is made to work with them, therefore gradually increasing emotional intelligence. Patients could have wisdom about their situation but simply not have the ability to deal with their emotional states.
When Buddhism meets western psychotherapy, the contemplative therapist works at restoring a sense of "brilliant sanity"-an open, clear, and warm quality of mind-in the client.
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Lon Woodbury, the founder of Struggling Teens, has recorded the entire interview on his weekly L.A. Talk Radio show for people to listen to at their convenience.
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