Integrating Asian Healing Traditions Into Psychotherapy

Lee, Boon-Ooi

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“…Regarding the client's worldview as being as valid as one's own is an essential skill for therapists using BT-B. “When a therapist becomes more aware of her own worldview, has knowledge about her client's worldview, and does not hold a view of absolute truth, she will be able to use appropriate intervention strategies … consistent with her clients’ worldviews” (Lee, 2018b, p. 88).…”

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“…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.…”

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“…Lee (2018b) suggests that a therapeutic relationship can be culturally defined according to the interaction patterns between traditional healers and their clients. A distinguishing feature of Vajrayana Buddhism is the importance of the mentor ( tsawai lama ) who provides individuals with guidance in life and at the time of death.…”

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

Tietjen

2021

Transcult Psychiatry

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The increasing global need for mental health care has led to a search for efficient, effective treatments that are based on both local cultural healing traditions and scientific evidence. In this article, I describe the development of a brief, culturally responsive, transdiagnostic approach to psychotherapy for common mental disorders in Bhutan, a rapidly changing culture firmly grounded in Vajrayana Buddhism. Buddhist-Informed Therapy for Bhutan (BT-B) supports Bhutan's goals of preserving traditional culture, improving psychological well-being for its citizens, and integrating Buddhism into solutions for contemporary social issues. More broadly, BT-B extends the range of culturally responsive treatment approaches in several ways. First, BT-B is innovative in its identification and therapeutic use of conceptual links between specific Western evidence-based principles of therapeutic change and core Buddhist principles. Listening empathically to the client's narrative, the therapist identifies an evidence-based principle to address and uses conceptually linked deeply rooted Buddhist beliefs to guide the client in applying their own cultural wisdom to resolve problems. Second, the model illustrates the value of an ecological approach to culturally responsive treatment development that takes into account local cultural beliefs, practices, and institutions, including those that shape health care delivery and use. Third, evidence from case examples adds to the growing body of literature that supports the utility of transdiagnostic therapeutic approaches across cultures and in settings where resources are limited.

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Tietjen

2021

Transcult Psychiatry

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“…1 Given the pluralistic health care systems in most Southeast Asian countries, people may utilize both Indigenous healing and Western mental health services (Abdullah et al, 2017; Chong et al, 2012; Kurihara et al, 2006). Therefore, the GMHM has been criticized for its overemphasis on a Eurocentric approach to mental health care, ignoring the diversity of knowledge and resources in local communities (Bracken et al, 2016; Ingleby, 2014; Kirmayer & Pedersen, 2014; Lee, 2018).…”

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Journeying Through Different Mythic Worlds

Lee

2023

International Perspectives in Psychology

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The global mental health movement (GMHM) seeks to close the treatment gap in low- and middle-income countries including those in Southeast Asia. However, the GMHM has been criticized for its overemphasis on a Eurocentric approach to mental health care, ignoring the diversity of knowledge and resources in local communities. Given the pluralistic health care systems in most Southeast Asian countries, people may utilize both Indigenous healing and Western mental health services. Therefore, indigenous healing systems can be integrated into mental health care to offer additional resources to local people to cope with emotional distress. Using a single case study approach, this article aims to explore the therapeutic aspects of indigenous healing systems relevant to mental health care. The case is about Jing, a Chinese woman who simultaneously consulted psychiatrists, a dang-ki (Chinese shaman/spirit medium), and a traditional Chinese medicine physician in Singapore. I attempt to answer three questions. First, what is Jing’s experience of seeking help from different forms of healing systems? Second, what are the therapeutic aspects of indigenous healing systems relevant to mental health care? Third, what are the challenges for reconciling the experiential truth with the empirical truth? Based on her narrative, although these healing systems were structured in different mythic worlds and explanatory models, Jing found all of them helpful without experiencing any cognitive dissonance. This may be because she did not passively respond to the treatments but actively negotiated her expectations with the healers, constructed meanings, and adopted a pragmatic attitude to meet her needs.

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Integrative Approaches to Psychotherapy: Insights from Cultural and Spiritual Psychology

Thapa

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2022

Towards an Integrative Psychological Science

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Integrating Asian Healing Traditions Into Psychotherapy

Cited by 7 publications

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

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

Journeying Through Different Mythic Worlds

Integrative Approaches to Psychotherapy: Insights from Cultural and Spiritual Psychology

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