Meditative Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis: Pathways to Healing and Transformation

· Taylor & Francis
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Dr. Jeffrey Rubin's work—the culmination of four decades immersed in psychoanalysis and Eastern mind-body disciplines—introduces a unique method uniting these wisdom traditions. While both aim to alleviate suffering, their attempts at integration often remain superficial. Rubin demonstrates how therapy and meditation compensate for each other's blind spots, providing richer understanding and opening unexpected pathways to healing and transformation.

There's growing interest in blending Eastern meditative and Western psychotherapeutic traditions among practitioners and those seeking deeper self-understanding. In response, Rubin illuminates how these practices, when pursued together, create synergies and offer profound depths of insight impossible to achieve through either discipline alone.

Meditative Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis provides the conceptual framework underlying the author's Psychotherapy Case Studies, offering a comprehensive theoretical foundation that enriches its practical companion volume. Together, these works create a powerful resource for therapists, spiritual seekers, and anyone interested in personal growth, offering a natural path to psychological healing and a more meaningful life.

Dr. Jeffrey Rubin's work—the culmination of four decades immersed in psychoanalysis and Eastern mind-body disciplines—introduces a unique method uniting these wisdom traditions. While both aim to alleviate suffering, their attempts at integration often remain superficial. Rubin demonstrates how t...

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Jeffrey B. Rubin, Ph.D. is a psychoanalytically oriented therapist in New York and a Sensei in the Nyogen Senzaki and Soen Nakagawa Zen tradition. He is the author of six books on the integration of Eastern and Western approaches to flourishing and self-transformation. Rubin has taught at various psychoanalytic institutes and meditation, yoga and growth centers around the country and abroad including the United Nations, Union Theological Seminary, the Esalen Institute, and the 92nd Street Y. His pioneering approach to therapy was featured in the New York Times magazine: www.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/magazine/26zen-t.html.

Jeffrey B. Rubin, Ph.D. is a psychoanalytically oriented therapist in New York and a Sensei in the Nyogen Senzaki and Soen Nakagawa Zen tradition. He is the author of six books on the integration of Eastern and Western approaches to flourishing and self-transformation. Rubin has taught at various...

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