From: murphyg@Software.Mitel.COM (Gary Murphy)
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
Subject: Morita/Naikan Journal References (was "Great Psychologists")
Summary: humble attempt to curb Eurocentricity in Psychology
Keywords: psychotherapy neurosis counselling Morita
Date: 11 Aug 92 16:56:17 GMT
Reply-To: garym@maya.isis.org
Organization: Mitel. Kanata (Ontario). Canada.

Dear friends,

I received an alarming number of interested responses to my criticism of
the eurocentricity of "Great Psychologists".  My thanks to all who wrote
and my apologies to those I could not respond to directly --- I have set
the Reply-To field of this message to my home address where I would be
delighted to attempt answers to any further questions you may have on
Morita and Naikan therapies.

What follows is a short list of western (english-language) journal
references for the Japanese Morita and Naikan psychotherapies; for those
more bold with foreign languages than myself, I can also provide
Japanese references (including those of Morita himself).  This list is
not complete, but should give a clear understanding of the weight and
credibility of 'Constructive Living' as applied in counselling.

There has been much recent work, most notably the recent CL training
center opened in South-East Asia for therapists working with Cambodian
refugees and the recent, very successful programs with terminal cancer
patients in Tokyo (if anyone working with cancer-anxiety, I would be
happy to provide contact addresses for this program).  CL is not
obscure, it is not 'pop-psychology', it is not 'New Age' or some new
upstart, and it is not limited to Japanese or Buddhist audiences.

If you are interested in learning more about CL, I have more journal and
magazine references (yes, even "Psychology Today"! Even "Cosmo"! :-) )
and a list of books, contact addresses and information on the
International Bulletin of Morita Therapy and the quarterly newsletter
"nothing special".  

Also, if someone could use one of those fancy journal-search databases
to provide me with further english-language references, especially over
the last two years, I would be most grateful.

ps - sorry for the format; I hammered this into my terminal while
babysitting my three young'uns, and didn't have the chance to BibTeX it

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Ishiyama, F.I. "A Case of Severe Test Anxiety Treated in Morita Therapy:
Acceptance and Not Fighting It." Canadian Counsellor 17, 172-174, 1983

Ishiyama, F.I. "Shyness: Anxious Social Sensitivity and Self Isolating
Tendency" Adolescence 19, 903-911, 1984

Ishiyama, F.I. "Brief Morita Therapy on Social Anxiety: A Single Case
Study of Theraputic Changes" Canadian Journal of Counselling 20, 56-65,
1986a

Ishiyama, F.I. "Morita Therapy: Its Basic Features and Cognitive
Intervention for Anxiety Treatment." Psychotherapy 23, 375-381, 1986b

Ishiyama, F.I. "Positive Reinterpretation of Fear of Death: A Japanese
(Morita) Psychotherapy Approach to Anxiety Treatment" Psychotherapy
23, 556-562, 1986c

Ishiyama, F.I. "Use of Morita Therapy in Shyness Counseling in the West:
Promoting Clients' Self-Acceptance and Action Taking" Journal of
Counseling and Development 65, 547-551, 1987

Kondo, Akihisa "Morita Therapy: A Japanses Therapy for Neurosis"
American Journal of Psychoanalysis 13, 31-37, 1953

McGee, Richard K --review-- Contemporary Psychology 31(10) 750-751, 1986

Mills, C.W. "Situated Actions and ocabularies of Motive" American
Sociological Review 5, 904-915, 1940

Reynolds, David K "Morita Psychotherapy" Handbook of Inovative
Psychotherapies, ed. R. Corsini, pp 489-501. New York, Wiley 1981

Reynolds, David K "Naikan Psychotherapy" Handbook of Inovative
Psychotherapies, ed. R. Corsini, pp 544-553. New York, Wiley 1981

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My thanks once more to all who wrote requesting this list, and my thanks
in advance to whomever brings these items to the attention of those who
perpetuate myths of eurosupremacy in psychology ;-) I again invite
comments, questions and/or requests to be sent via my home address at
garym@maya.isis.org.

Now ... what needs doing?

-- 
Gary Lawrence Murphy - Gary.Murphy@software.mitel.COM - (613) 592-2122 x3709
                   "Today's work today." --- Morita