Indigenous Psychologies and Approaches to Well-Being in East Asia

Healing among Indian poor faced with distress of forced internal migration: A qualitative study.

“…According to Kirmayer (2004), belief in such "relationship with God" and "cosmic order" that may help redress any harm or inequity by enabling them to choose a righteous path comprises cosmocentric worldview (p. 245). Healing experiences shaped by such cosmocentric beliefs have been reported in various religious or spiritual traditions of American Indians in the United States (Portman & Garrett, 2006), people of African origin living in North America, South America, and the Caribbean islands (Ojelade et al, 2014), Singapore and East Asian countries (Lee, 2016(Lee, , 2018Lee et al, 2010), and rural India (Priya, 2010(Priya, , 2014Ranganathan, 2015aRanganathan, , 2015b.…”

Listening for bridges: Developing a culturally responsive, transdiagnostic approach to psychotherapy for Bhutan

“…Bridging worldviews requires a constructivist perspective, based on the premise that cultures and personal perspectives are constructed in context and that no one view of the world is inherently correct (B. Lee, 2018aLee, , 2018b. Because individual schemas are variations on cultural themes, the therapist must also be able to move between cultural meanings and the client's individual meanings.…”

“…Buddhism's Four Immeasurables, metta (loving kindness), karuna (compassion), mudita (empathic joy), and upekkha (equanimity), are qualities that can be cultivated by therapists to support a therapeutic relationship (Lee, 2018a; Lee et al, 2017). Although the cognitive aspects of Buddhism may seem most accessible to many Western therapists, benefitting from Buddhist teachings and practices is highly experiential.…”