Handbook of Zen, Mindfulness, and Behavioral Health (Mindfulness in Behavioral Health)

This comprehensive handbook presents a Zen account of fundamental and important dimensions of daily living. It explores how Zen teachings inform a range of key topics across the field of behavioral health and discuss the many uses of meditation and mindfulness practice in therapeutic contexts, especially within cognitive-behavioral therapies. Chapters outline key Zen constructs of self and body, desire, and acceptance, and apply these constructs to Western frameworks of health, pathology, meaning-making, and healing. An interdisciplinary panel of experts, including a number of Zen masters who have achieved the designation of roshi, examines intellectual tensions among Zen, mindfulness, and psychotherapy, such as concepts of rationality, modes of language, and goals of well-being. The handbook also offers first-person practitioner accounts of living Zen in everyday life and using its teachings in varied practice settings. Topics featured in the Handbook include: • Zen practices in jails. • Zen koans and parables. • A Zen account of desire and attachment. • Adaptation of Zen to behavioral healthcare. • Zen, mindfulness, and their relationship to cognitive behavioral therapy. • The application of Zen practices and principles for survivors of trauma and violence. The Handbook of Zen, Mindfulness, and Behavioral Health is a must-have resource for researchers, clinicians/professionals, and graduate students in clinical psychology, public health, cultural studies, language philosophy, behavioral medicine, and Buddhism and religious studies. Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction: Zen, Mindfulness, and Behavioral Health....Pages 1-15 Zen and Zen Buddhism: An Overview....Pages 17-27 Zen and Japanese Culture....Pages 29-44 Front Matter....Pages 45-45 What Is Zen?: The Path of Just Sitting....Pages 47-61 A Brief Note on Zazen....Pages 63-65 Zen and Body....Pages 67-75 Zen and Language: Zen Mondo and Koan....Pages 77-84 Front Matter....Pages 85-91 Zen and Desire....Pages 93-93 Zen, Self, and Personality....Pages 95-103 Every Day is a Fine Day....Pages 105-113 Zen and Forgiveness....Pages 115-124 Zen and Science: Zen as an Ethical Guideline for Scientists’ Conducts....Pages 125-139 Front Matter....Pages 141-150 Zen and Behavioral Health: A Review of the Evidence....Pages 151-151 Zen and Psychotherapy....Pages 153-168 Zen’s Thoughts on Psychopathology and Wellness....Pages 169-194 What Is Measured by Self-report Measures of Mindfulness?: Conceptual and Measurement Issues....Pages 195-213 Remembering-and-Receiving: Mindfulness and Acceptance in Zen....Pages 215-235 Brief Thoughts on Zen and Behavior Therapy....Pages 237-250 Zen, Mindfulness, and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy....Pages 251-254 Front Matter....Pages 255-270 Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Zen Buddhism....Pages 151-151 Zen, Pain, Suffering, and Death....Pages 271-288 Application of Zen Practices and Principles for Professionals/Advocates Who Work for Survivors of Trauma and Violence....Pages 289-302 Zen Incarcerated: A Personal Essay....Pages 303-311 Back Matter....Pages 313-321 ....Pages 323-331