The Psychology of meditation /

Meditation is a daily practice for many people, and used by clinical psychologists, counsellors, and therapists to heal themselves and their clients. This book provides a psychological appraisal of meditation, summarizing 15 years of sustained psychological research in the area, and signposting new...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	West, Michael A., 1951-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1987.
Series:	Oxford science publications.
Subjects:	Meditation. Meditation > Psychological aspects. Psychotherapy. Thought and thinking. Psychotherapy Relaxation Therapy Thinking Méditation. Psychothérapie. Pensée. Méditation > Aspect psychologique. thinking. Thought and thinking Meditation > Psychological aspects Meditation Relaxation. Psychologie Aufsatzsammlung Psychotherapie Electronic books. Aufsatzsammlung.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Pt . 1. Meditation, Western and Eastern perspectives : Introduction to part 1. Traditional and psychological perspectives on meditation / Michael A. West
Meditation in Buddhist psychology / Guy Claxton
Meditation : contemporary theoretical approaches / Michael M. Delmonte
pt. 2. Research perspectives : Introduction to part 2. The phenomenology of meditation / Ronald J. Pekala
The influence of meditation versus rest on physiological arousal : a second examination / David S. Holmes
Mditation and the EEG / Peter Fenwick
Personality and meditation / Michael M. Delmonte
pt. 3. Meditation as therapy : Introduction to part 3. Meditation as psychotherapy : a new look at the evidence / Jonathan C. Smith
Managing meditation in clinical practice / Patricia Carrington
Implications of psychotherapy research for the study of meditation / David A. Shapiro
Conclusions : Introduction to part 4. Meditation : magic, myth, and mystery / Michael A. West.