TY  - GEN
T1  - Prescribing the Dharma : psychotherapists, Buddhist traditions, and defining religion
A1  - Helderman, Ira
LA  - English
PP  - Chapel Hill
PB  - The University of North Carolina Press
YR  - 2019
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1085349088
AB  - "Interest in the psychotherapeutic capacity of Buddhist teachings and practices has captured the popular imagination. News media regularly post stories about the neuropsychological study of Buddhist meditative states and applications of "mindfulness" practices in diverse settings including corporate business headquarters, the U.S. military, and university health services. However, Ira Helderman shows, for well over a century investigators, stretching back to James, Jung, and others fascinated by the psychology of religion, have studied the psychological dimensions of Buddhist doctrine. They have influenced the mental health field and shaped common understandings of "Buddhism" for many Americans. Prescribing the Dharma is the first book to focus on psychotherapists themselves. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and in-depth interviews with many clinicians who have been formative in the use of Buddhist ideas and concepts, Helderman looks at how the key categories of 'religion' and 'secularism' operate for such caregivers"--
CN  - BQ4570.P755 H45 2019eb
SN  - 9781469648538
SN  - 1469648539
SN  - 9781469648545
SN  - 1469648547
SN  - 9781469648514
SN  - 1469648512
SN  - 9781469648521
SN  - 1469648520
KW  - Dharma (Buddhism)
KW  - Psychotherapists.
KW  - Psychotherapy : Religious aspects : Buddhism.
KW  - Buddhism and psychoanalysis.
KW  - Buddhism : Psychology.
KW  - Psychology and religion.
KW  - Religion and Psychology
KW  - Dharma (Bouddhisme)
KW  - Psychothérapeutes.
KW  - Psychanalyse : Aspect religieux : Bouddhisme.
KW  - Bouddhisme : Psychologie.
KW  - Psychologie et religion.
KW  - RELIGION : Comparative Religion.
KW  - PSYCHOLOGY : Psychotherapy : General.
KW  - Buddhism and psychoanalysis
KW  - Buddhism : Psychology
KW  - Psychology and religion
KW  - Psychotherapists
KW  - Psychotherapy : Religious aspects : Buddhism
ER  -