Meditation and Psychotherapy*

1989 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
pp. 648-653 ◽  
Author(s):  
John L. Craven
Keyword(s):  
Psychotherapeutic Interventions ◽  
Psychotherapeutic Change ◽  
Meditative Practice ◽  
Meaningful Research ◽  
Technical Integration

Meditation has been increasingly recommended as a practice with potential psychotherapeutic benefit. This paper provides a description of meditative practice and discusses selected issues related to the conceptual and technical integration of meditation with modern psychotherapeutic interventions. Evidence suggests that meditation may contribute to psychotherapeutic change and that the disciplines from which meditation arises are in some respects similar to modern psychological formulations, and in other respects are complimentary. It is hoped that improved understanding of meditation will contribute to an increased acceptance and use of these practices as aids to psychotherapeutic change and will facilitate meaningful research regarding meditation.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Emails From the Dutch Web-Based Intervention “Alcohol de Baas”: Assessment of Early Indications of Drop-Out in an Online Alcohol Abuse Intervention

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wouter A. C. Smink ◽  
Anneke M. Sools ◽  
Marloes G. Postel ◽  
Erik Tjong Kim Sang ◽  
Auke Elfrink ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Change Process ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Complex Task ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Online Interactions ◽  
Multidimensional Construct ◽  
Psychotherapeutic Interventions ◽  
Psychotherapeutic Change ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Machine Learning Models

Nowadays, traditional forms of psychotherapy are increasingly complemented by online interactions between client and counselor. In (some) web-based psychotherapeutic interventions, meetings are exclusively online through asynchronous messages. As the active ingredients of therapy are included in the exchange of several emails, this verbal exchange contains a wealth of information about the psychotherapeutic change process. Unfortunately, drop-out-related issues are exacerbated online. We employed several machine learning models to find (early) signs of drop-out in the email data from the “Alcohol de Baas” intervention by Tactus. Our analyses indicate that the email texts contain information about drop-out, but as drop-out is a multidimensional construct, it remains a complex task to accurately predict who will drop out. Nevertheless, by taking this approach, we present insight into the possibilities of working with email data and present some preliminary findings (which stress the importance of a good working alliance between client and counselor, distinguish between formal and informal language, and highlight the importance of Tactus' internet forum).

Divine gender transformations in Rebbe Nahman of Bratslav

2008 ◽  
Vol 26 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 29-48
Author(s):  
Justin Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Gender Transformation ◽  
The Feminine ◽  
Meditative Practice ◽  
Nahman Of Bratslav ◽  
Intimate Encounters ◽  
Outer Garment

In several passages in the tales and teachings of Rebbe Nahman of Bratslav, the divine undergoes a process of gender transformation. “The holy one blessed be he”, becomes female, and the Shekhinah temporarily takes on a male persona. Characterizations of Hasidic thought as androcentric generally apply to R’ Nahman. There is an accepted hierarchy and polarization of gender which informs much of his oeuvre. This article argues, however, that in these particular passages R’ Nahman disrupts this hierarchy. Whereas Kabbalah and Hasidism normally view the feminine as an outer “garment” for the divine masculine, in these passages the devotee discovers the hidden inwardness of God, which turns out to be feminine. This radical imagery is nourishing for followers of R’ Nahman’s controversial brand of Hasidism. In particular, it provides a theological justification for their unexpectedly intimate encounters with the divine, as they engage in the meditative practice of personal, solitary prayer according to R’ Nahman’s directives.

Psychosomatic Features, Compliance and Complementary Therapies in Rheumatoid Arthritis

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-223
Author(s):  
Rostislav A. Grekhov ◽  
Galina P. Suleimanova ◽  
Andrei S. Trofimenko ◽  
Liudmila N. Shilova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Psychotherapeutic Interventions ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Regulation Of Emotion ◽  
The Impact

This review highlights the issue of psychosomatic conditions in rheumatoid arthritis, paying special attention to new researches and trends in this field. Emerging concepts in all the major parts of the problem are covered consecutively, from the impact of chronic musculoskeletal pain on the emotional state to disease influence over quality of life, socio-psychological, and interpersonal relationships. Chronic pain is closely related to emotional responses and coping ability, with a pronounced positive effect of psychotherapeutic interventions, family and social support on it. Psychosexual disorders, anxiety, depression also commonly coexist with rheumatoid arthritis, leading to further decrease in quality of life, low compliance, and high suicide risk. Influence of psychosomatic conditions on the overall treatment effect is usually underestimated by rheumatologists and general practitioners. Psychosomatic considerations are of great importance for up-to-date management of rheumatoid arthritis, as they strongly influence the quality of life, compliance, and thereby disease outcomes. Two major approaches of psychological rehabilitation exist, both coping with pain through the regulation of emotion and psychotherapeutic intervention, which not only helps patients in coping with the disease, but also aimed at improving the overall adaptation of the patient. It includes techniques of relaxation, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and biofeedback therapy. Current data about the efficacy of the additional correcting therapies for patients with rheumatoid arthritis, both emerging and common ones, are discussed in the review.

Neurobiological Reward-Related Abnormalities Across Mood Disorders

2019 ◽  
pp. 222-238
Author(s):  
Alexis E. Whitton ◽  
Michael T. Treadway ◽  
Manon L. Ironside ◽  
Diego A. Pizzagalli
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Mood Disorders ◽  
Treatment Strategies ◽  
Reward Processing ◽  
Reward Learning ◽  
Symptom Presentation ◽  
Psychiatric Symptomatology ◽  
Symptom Dimensions ◽  
Psychotherapeutic Interventions ◽  
Primary Focus

This chapter provides a critical review of recent behavioral and neuroimaging evidence of reward processing abnormalities in mood disorders. The primary focus is on the neural mechanisms underlying disruption in approach motivation, reward learning, and reward-based decision-making in major depression and bipolar disorder. Efforts focused on understanding how reward-related impairments contribute to psychiatric symptomatology have grown substantially in recent years. This has been driven by significant advances in the understanding of the neurobiology of reward processing and a growing recognition that disturbances in motivation and hedonic capacity are poorly targeted by current pharmacological and psychotherapeutic interventions. As a result, numerous studies have sought to test the presence of reward circuit dysfunction in psychiatric disorders that are marked by anhedonia, amotivation, mania, and impulsivity. Moreover, as the field has increasingly eschewed categorical diagnostic boundaries in favor of symptom dimensions, there has been a parallel rise in studies seeking to identify transdiagnostic neural markers of reward processing dysfunction that may transcend disorders. The thesis of this chapter is twofold: First, evidence indicates that specific subcomponents of reward processing map onto partially distinct neurobiological pathways. Second, specific subcomponents of reward processing, including reward learning and effort-based decision-making, are impaired across different mood disorder diagnoses and may point to dimensions in symptom presentation that possess more reliable behavioral and neural correlates. The potential for these findings to inform the development of prevention and treatment strategies is discussed.

The Role and Impact of Psychotherapy in the Management of Bipolar Disorder

CNS Spectrums ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (S12) ◽  
pp. 27-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael W. Otto ◽  
David J. Miklowitz
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Randomized Trials ◽  
Significant Benefit ◽  
Individual Group ◽  
Medication Treatment ◽  
Psychosocial Treatments ◽  
Psychotherapeutic Interventions ◽  
Growing Body

AbstractA growing body of evidence documents the value of structured psychotherapeutic interventions for the co-management of bipolar disorder in the context of ongoing medication treatment. This article reviews the rationale, elements, and outcomes for those psychosocial treatments for bipolar disorder that have been emmined in randomized trials. The available evidence suggests that interventions delivered in individual, group, or family settings, can provide significant benefit to patients undergoing pharmaco-theraby for bibolar disorder.

The Materials Industry and Technical Integration

JOM ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 40 (11) ◽  
pp. 17-17
Author(s):  
Peter R. Bridenbaugh
Keyword(s):  
Technical Integration
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