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The zen of helping : spiritual principles for mindful and open-hearted practice / Andrew Bein.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: xxii, 201 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 047033309X
  • 9780470333099
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 158.3 22
LOC classification:
  • BF636.6 .B45 2008
Contents:
A spiritual framework for our clients and ourselves : beyond spiritual neutrality -- Sitting with clients on uncertain ground : strong back, soft front : beyond evidence-based practice -- Radical acceptance of clients, context, and self : beyond Carl Rogers' positive regard -- Mindfulness : steadying the mind and being present : beyond empathy skills and counter-transference -- Curiosity, compassionate caring, and inspiration : beyond professional warmth -- Bearing witness to trauma and pain : beyond clinical distance -- The middle way : embracing contradiction and paradox : beyond dualistic thinking -- Having the conversation : making space for client spirituality : beyond the great taboo -- Dealing with failure : beyond cognitive solutions and the paradigm of blame -- Swimming upstream with a warrior's heart : beyond working a human services job.
Summary: "The fields of psychology, counseling, and social work are_adopting many principles from Zen and the Eastern Wisdom traditions. Written by a therapist and expert in Zen Buddhism, The Zen of Helping directs readers to the heart of helping relationships that involves compassion, self-awareness, radical acceptance, practitioner presence and caring. Utilizing vivid metaphors, case examples, personal anecdotes, as well as quotes and poems, mental health professionals will find this book to be a spiritual foundation for practice with a social justice emphasis, connecting Zen Buddhism with human service practice.;"--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-194) and index.

A spiritual framework for our clients and ourselves : beyond spiritual neutrality -- Sitting with clients on uncertain ground : strong back, soft front : beyond evidence-based practice -- Radical acceptance of clients, context, and self : beyond Carl Rogers' positive regard -- Mindfulness : steadying the mind and being present : beyond empathy skills and counter-transference -- Curiosity, compassionate caring, and inspiration : beyond professional warmth -- Bearing witness to trauma and pain : beyond clinical distance -- The middle way : embracing contradiction and paradox : beyond dualistic thinking -- Having the conversation : making space for client spirituality : beyond the great taboo -- Dealing with failure : beyond cognitive solutions and the paradigm of blame -- Swimming upstream with a warrior's heart : beyond working a human services job.

"The fields of psychology, counseling, and social work are_adopting many principles from Zen and the Eastern Wisdom traditions. Written by a therapist and expert in Zen Buddhism, The Zen of Helping directs readers to the heart of helping relationships that involves compassion, self-awareness, radical acceptance, practitioner presence and caring. Utilizing vivid metaphors, case examples, personal anecdotes, as well as quotes and poems, mental health professionals will find this book to be a spiritual foundation for practice with a social justice emphasis, connecting Zen Buddhism with human service practice.;"--Publisher description.

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