Title: Psychotherapy, East and West :
Authors: Ajaya,
Date: 1983
Publisher: Himalayan International Institute of Yoga, Science, and Philosophy of the U.S.A.,
Physical description: xiv, 345 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language: English
LC classification: R
Contents: Part I: Psychotherapy East and West -- Confusion and conflict in modern psychology -- Underlying assumptions -- 1. Paradigms of psychotherapy -- Four psychological paradigms -- The reductionist paradigm -- From reductionism to humanism -- The dualistic paradigm -- The monistic paradigm -- Relationship between paradigms -- 2. Polarities East and West -- The reductive view of polarities -- The antithetical view of polarities versus the complementary view -- Polarities in Gestalt psychology, in Jungian psychology, and in general systems theory -- The monistic conception of polarities -- 3. Projection -- Contrasting concepts of projection -- Karma. 4. Transference -- Contrasting views of Freud and Jung -- Archetypal psychology -- The monistic view: superimposition -- 5. General systems theory and beyond -- General systems theory as a dualistic model -- Systems in evolution -- Comparison of general systems theory with other psychological models -- Beyond Piaget: further stages of cognitive development -- 6. From ego to self -- The origin and limitations of ego-consciousness -- The self in Jungian psychology and in Vedanta -- 7. Turning outside in -- Involution and evolution -- The withdrawal of projections -- The nondual conception of projection -- The transcendence of polarities -- Awakening -- Letting go of identifications. Part II: Applications of Yoga therapy -- the ecology of consciousness -- the holistic model -- Dimensions of Yoga therapy -- 8. Body and behavioral techniques -- Diet -- Body-mind interaction -- Breath -- Habits -- Transcending polarities -- 9. The relationship between therapist and client -- Responsibility -- Self-acceptance -- Experiential basis of Yoga therapy -- 10. The collective unconscious from the Yogic perspective -- Chakras and archetypes -- beyond sublimation -- Survival -- Pleasure -- Mastery -- Psychosomatic disorders -- Service -- 11. Spiritual aspects of psychotherapy -- Surrender -- Self-observation -- Interaction among the Chakras -- Nondual consciousness.
Subject headings (LCSH): Psychotherapy--Cross-cultural studies.