[Audio] BT12 Short Course 07 – Blending Science, Spirituality and Beliefs to Enhance the Effect of Psychotherapy – Assen Alladin, PhD

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• Archive: Topic Areas:Psychotherapy | Meditation, Spirituality and Yoga | Short CourseCategory:Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2012Faculty:Assen Alladin, PhDDuration:1:35:13Format:Audio OnlyOriginal Program Date :Dec 05, 2012 Description Description: Mindfulness-based psychotherapy provides an evidence-based model for integrating diverse cultural beliefs and wisdoms in therapy.

• This course will demonstrate how to integrate cultural beliefs and wisdoms in short-term psychotherapies.

• Non Western societies attach more importance to the heart.

• The heart is considered central to producing changes in psychotherapy because a person validates reality not by how they think (cognition) but how the person feels (affect).

• Moreover, societal pressure and the focus on individualism unintentionally create “neurosis” and a tendency towards “narcissism” in our culture.