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A phenomenological study of the experience of psychotherapists who meditateSolomon, Paul Unknown Date (has links)
My research explores the work of six psychotherapists who meditate. Vipassana meditation focuses on developing sensitivity to body sensations, which are understood to accompany all emotion experiences; experienced meditators can feel in their own bodies physical sensations that reflect the experience of a person in close proximity. An aim of the research was to discover whether their meditation practice had enabled the participants to use this ability in their work with patients. The study focuses on psychotherapists' lived experience during clinical hours, and enquires about how they direct their attention to their body sensations, and to the relationship with patients. The study explores links between the practice of Buddhist meditation and the evenly-suspended attention recommended by Freud, and further developed by Bion in his psychoanalysis without memory or desire. Because I was interested in many aspects of therapists' lived experience, I chose the methodology of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (Smith, 2003) as a framework for analysing the data. I drew on philosophical underpinnings offered by Heidegger and van Manen. The study showed that the participating psychotherapists were helped by their meditative training to develop a sensitive receptivity to their own physical sensations and emotion experience, predisposing them to be aware of limbic resonance with their patients' emotional and physical experiences. Some participants focused their meditative awareness on the ebb and flow of closeness and distance between themselves and their patients, in an orientation to psychotherapy that can be described as relational mindfulness.
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A phenomenological study of the experience of psychotherapists who meditateSolomon, Paul Unknown Date (has links)
My research explores the work of six psychotherapists who meditate. Vipassana meditation focuses on developing sensitivity to body sensations, which are understood to accompany all emotion experiences; experienced meditators can feel in their own bodies physical sensations that reflect the experience of a person in close proximity. An aim of the research was to discover whether their meditation practice had enabled the participants to use this ability in their work with patients. The study focuses on psychotherapists' lived experience during clinical hours, and enquires about how they direct their attention to their body sensations, and to the relationship with patients. The study explores links between the practice of Buddhist meditation and the evenly-suspended attention recommended by Freud, and further developed by Bion in his psychoanalysis without memory or desire. Because I was interested in many aspects of therapists' lived experience, I chose the methodology of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (Smith, 2003) as a framework for analysing the data. I drew on philosophical underpinnings offered by Heidegger and van Manen. The study showed that the participating psychotherapists were helped by their meditative training to develop a sensitive receptivity to their own physical sensations and emotion experience, predisposing them to be aware of limbic resonance with their patients' emotional and physical experiences. Some participants focused their meditative awareness on the ebb and flow of closeness and distance between themselves and their patients, in an orientation to psychotherapy that can be described as relational mindfulness.
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The experiences of women survivors of childhood sexual abuse who practice Buddhist meditationCharles, Martine Aline 11 1900 (has links)
This exploratory research study examines the experiences of women sexually abused in
childhood who now practice Buddhist meditation. Through in-depth interviews eight
women shared their experiences. Three overriding categories emerged through thematic
analysis: how the participants combined meditation practice and healing from childhood
trauma, the struggles they experienced with meditation, and the transformations/changes
they experienced with the meditation practice. While the complexity of their experience
with meditation renders it too simplistic to qualify as positive or negative, the data did
reveal that meditation has been experienced as an important and useful component of
their healing from childhood sexual abuse.
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The experiences of women survivors of childhood sexual abuse who practice Buddhist meditationCharles, Martine Aline 11 1900 (has links)
This exploratory research study examines the experiences of women sexually abused in
childhood who now practice Buddhist meditation. Through in-depth interviews eight
women shared their experiences. Three overriding categories emerged through thematic
analysis: how the participants combined meditation practice and healing from childhood
trauma, the struggles they experienced with meditation, and the transformations/changes
they experienced with the meditation practice. While the complexity of their experience
with meditation renders it too simplistic to qualify as positive or negative, the data did
reveal that meditation has been experienced as an important and useful component of
their healing from childhood sexual abuse. / Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies / Graduate
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