Courage to Be Present: Buddhism, Psychotherapy, and the Awakening of Natural Wisdom

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Courage to Be Present: Buddhism, Psychotherapy, and the Awakening of Natural Wisdom
By: Karen Kissel Wegela

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Author: Karen Kissel Wegela
ISBN: 9781590306581
Publication Date: 2009

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An in-depth guide to integrating Buddhist insights and practices into the work of psychotherapy. For the growing number of professional counselors interested in meditation and Buddhist concepts, this book integrates the ideal of the bodhisattva--one who serves others selflessly with generosity, patience, and diligence--with the principles and ethics of the professional therapist. Her focus is on how counselors and psychotherapists can understand these inspiring qualities and attitudes--and how they can apply them in counseling and therapy. Bringing together years of teaching psychology at the master's level and practicing psychotherapy with clients, along with thirty years of meditation experience, Dr. Wegela presents inspiring counsel on how to cultivate these qualities and bring them both into one's personal experience and into relationships with clients.

Courage to Be Present,Karen Kissel Wegela, Shambhala Publications, Hardcover, 216 pages, $24.95

Karen Kissel Wegela, PhD, has been studying and teaching the integration of Buddhist principles and psychotherapy for twenty-nine years at Naropa University, where she is a professor in the graduate Contemplative Psychotherapy program. She has presented at numerous workshops and conferences both nationally and internationally. She's been anthologized widely and has published several articles; she is also a psychologist in private practice in Boulder, Colorado.

Contents: the courage to be present - Buddhism, psychotherapy, and the awakening of natural wisdom

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction: What Is a Bodhisattva xi

PART ONE. The Path of Awakening Natural Wisdom

1. The Awakened Heart of the Bodhisattva 3

2. Acknowledging Suffering: The Frst Noble Truth 13

3 Why Are We So Confused? The Second Noble Truth 18

4. Beyond Suffering: The Third Noble Truth 25

5. The Path: The Fourth Noble Truth 30

6. Emptiness Is Not Nothingness 36

7. May I Be a Bridge, a Ship, or a..... Psychotherapist? 43

PART TWO. Connecting with the Heart of a Bodhisattva

8. Meditation: The Practice of Connecting with Ourselves 57

9. The First Immeasurable: Loving Kindness 68

10. The Second Immeasurable: Compassion 80

11. The Third Immeasurable: Joy 89

12. The Fourth Immeasurable: Equanimity 97

PART THREE: Engaging in Bodhisattva Activity

13. Generosity: The First of the Awakened Actions 109

14. Discipline: The Second of the Awakened Actions 119

15 Patience: The Third of the Awakened Actions 129

16. Practices in Patience 137

17. Our Natural Resources: Working with Emotions 145

18. Exertion: The Fourth of the Awakened Actions 153

19. Meditation: The Fifth of the Awakened Actions 162

20. The Body-Speech-Mind Practice for Working with Exchange 175

21. Wisdom: The Sixth of the Awakened Actions 184

22. Dedicating the Merit 195

Notes 199

Bibliography 205

Resources 209

Index 211

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