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Overview
This original study brings two great traditions together and shows how they mutually enrich each other. In the process Jeffrey B. Rubin offers the spiritual seeker a new path to optimal health and well-being.The book contains no figures.
Synopsis
There is currently a burgeoning interest in the relationship between the Western psychotherapeutic and Buddhist meditative traditions among therapists, researchers, and spiritual seekers. Psychotherapy and Buddhism initiates a conversation between these two modern methods of achieving greater self-understanding and peace of mind. Dr. Jeffrey B. Rubin explores how they might be combined to better serve patients in therapy and adherents to a spiritual way of life. He examines the strengths and limitations of each tradition through three contexts: the nature of self, conception of ideal health, and process of achieving optimal health. The volume features the first two cases of Buddhists in psychoanalytic treatment.
Journal of Buddhist Ethics - Harvey B. Aronson
It is when Rubin moves to a psychoanalytic consideration of Buddhist practitioners that I think he makes a very strong contribution. [He] presents a well-nuanced exploration of how involvement with Buddhist thought and practice played itself out for one of his clients....Rubin here wisely opens the door for ongoing consideration of the diverse ways in which Buddhist thought and practice may affect a variety of people at various stages of life.
Editorials
Harvey B. Aronson
It is when Rubin moves to a psychoanalytic consideration of Buddhist practitioners that I think he makes a very strong contribution. [He] presents a well-nuanced exploration of how involvement with Buddhist thought and practice played itself out for one of his clients....Rubin here wisely opens the door for ongoing consideration of the diverse ways in which Buddhist thought and practice may affect a variety of people at various stages of life.— Journal of Buddhist Ethics