Buddhist Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Integrating Buddhist Psychology and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Photo Credit : Oluremi Adubayo. Recently, I had the pleasure of joining an online retreat through the Insight Meditation Society. I'd like to share one teaching from meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg that I particularly thought was useful and beneficial. That concept was the idea of beginning again. When meditators are taught to concentrate on the breath the …
Recently I was asked by an 11th grade high school student from Dallas, Texas about my practice, Buddhist psychology and what I thought about working as a clinical psychologist for a paper they were writing for school. I thought this might be helpful to post so with permission from the student, here is my response: …
Quite often I have clients come to me with problems dealing with anger. When we explore anger together I ask that they carefully examine the thoughts and feelings that immediately preceded their angry outburst. What stories were coming up for them when they became angry? What feelings in the body? Anger can arise when there …
One of the initial teachings of the Buddha when he was giving instruction on the practice of mindfulness was to note one's physical position. To briefly paraphrase the Buddha: When one is standing, be aware that one is standing. When one is sitting, be aware one is sitting. When laying down, be aware one is …
Recently, I had the fortunate opportunity to attend a silent meditation retreat at the Bhavana Forest Monastery Mediation Center in rural West Virginia. One of the things I first noticed entering their meditation hall was a full size skeleton (model) hanging just outside the hall doors. Initially, I thought the skeleton was there as a …
Buddhist Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 