Asian Culture and Psychotherapy : : Implications for East and West / / ed. by Suk Choo Chang, Wen-Shing Tseng, Masahisa Nishizono.

This volume brings to light the impact of Asian culture on psychotherapy. Scholars and clinicians from East Asia and India go beyond technical dimensions to examine culture and psychotherapy at the theoretical and philosophical levels. An overview, invaluable for understanding some of the nuances of...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2005]
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Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (328 p.) :; illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. Asian Culture and Psychotherapy: An Overview
  • I Personality and Psychopathology
  • Chapter 2. Personality and Psychopathology: Insights from Chinese Studies
  • Chapter 3. Culture, Psychopathology, and Psychotherapy: Changes Observed in Japan
  • II Asian Psychology: Theoretical Exploration of Parent-Child Relations
  • Chapter 4. The Ajase Complex and Its Implications
  • Chapter 5. Hindu Myth and Psychoanalytic Concepts: The Ganesha Complex
  • Chapter 6. Prohibition against Looking: Analysis of Japanese Mythology and Folktales
  • Chapter 7. The Oedipus Complex as Reflected in Asian Cultural Products
  • III Traditional Thought, Philosophy, and Psychotherapy
  • Chapter 8. Confucian Thought: Implications for Psychotherapy
  • Chapter 9. Daoist Philosophy: Application in Psychotherapy
  • Chapter 10. Buddhist Teaching: Relation to Healing
  • IV Unique Psychotherapeutic Approach from Asian Culture
  • Chapter 11. The Philosophical Background of Morita Therapy: Its Application to Therapy
  • Chapter 12. Japanese Buddhist Thought and Naikan Therapy
  • Chapter 13. Application of Proverbs in Psychotherapy: Asian Experience
  • Chapter 14. An Asianway of Healing: The Psychology of Meditation
  • V Psychotherapeutic Experiences from Asia
  • Chapter 15. Culture-Relevant Psychotherapy in Korea: Clinical Insight
  • Chapter 16. Culture and Psychotherapy in Korea: Past and Present
  • Chapter 17. The Historical Trends of Psychotherapy in China: Cultural Review
  • Chapter 18. Integration and Application for Therapy
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Contributors
  • Index
  • About the Editors