"A warm, profound and cleareyed memoir. . . this wise and
sympathetic book's lingering effect is as a reminder that a deeper
and more companionable way of life lurks behind our self-serious
stories."-Oliver Burkeman, New York Times Book Review A remarkable
exploration of the therapeutic relationship, Dr. Mark Epstein
reflects on one year's worth of therapy sessions with his patients
to observe how his training in Western psychotherapy and his
equally long investigation into Buddhism, in tandem, led to greater
awareness-for his patients, and for himself For years, Dr. Mark
Epstein kept his beliefs as a Buddhist separate from his work as a
psychiatrist. Content to use his training in mindfulness as a
private resource, he trusted that the Buddhist influence could, and
should, remain invisible. But as he became more forthcoming with
his patients about his personal spiritual leanings, he was
surprised to learn how many were eager to learn more. The divisions
between the psychological, emotional, and the spiritual, he soon
realized, were not as distinct as one might think. In The Zen of
Therapy, Dr. Epstein reflects on a year's worth of selected
sessions with his patients and observes how, in the incidental
details of a given hour, his Buddhist background influences the way
he works. Meditation and psychotherapy each encourage a willingness
to face life's difficulties with courage that can be hard to
otherwise muster, and in this cross-section of life in his office,
he emphasizes how therapy, an element of Western medicine, can in
fact be considered a two-person meditation. Mindfulness, too, much
like a good therapist, can "hold" our awareness for us-and allow us
to come to our senses and find inner peace. Throughout this deeply
personal inquiry, one which weaves together the wisdom of two
worlds, Dr. Epstein illuminates the therapy relationship as
spiritual friendship, and reveals how a therapist can help patients
cultivate the sense that there is something magical, something
wonderful, and something to trust running through our lives, no
matter how fraught they have been or might become. For when we
realize how readily we have misinterpreted our selves, when we stop
clinging to our falsely conceived constructs, when we touch the
ground of being, we come home.
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