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Total Exertion: Zen, Psychoanalysis, Life

verfasst von: Paul C. Cooper

Erschienen in: Journal of Religion and Health | Ausgabe 3/2011

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Abstract

This paper integrates Zen and psychoanalytic concepts; introduces the Zen concept of total exertion; elaborates the profound implications that the notion of total exertion has for the psychoanalytic encounter and the psychotherapist’s capacity for maintaining an optimal attentional stance; addresses anxiety-driven interferences to both the psychoanalytic process and deepened Zen practice. Clinical vignettes, personal experiences, poetry and psychoanalytic theory serve to demonstrate the abstract aspects of the discussion.

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Titel: Total Exertion: Zen, Psychoanalysis, Life
verfasst von: Paul C. Cooper
Publikationsdatum: 01.09.2011
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Journal of Religion and Health / Ausgabe 3/2011
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-011-9506-4

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