Crossroads in Psychoanalysis, Buddhism, and Mindfulness (eBook)

Anthony Molino, PhD, is a practicing psychoanalyst, anthropologist, and literary translator. His works include The Couch and the Tree: Dialogues in Psychoanalysis and Buddhism, Freely Associated: Encounters in Psychoanalysis with C. Bollas, N. Coltart, M. Eigen, J. McDougall, and A. Phillips and In Freud’s Tracks: Conversations from the Journal of European Psychoanalysis.Roberto Carnevali is a psychotherapist who works both privately and in institutional psychiatry. Director of the Italian magazine Pratica Psicoterapeutica, he is the author of several books and a frequent contributor to some of Italy’s foremost professional journals.Alessandro Giannandrea, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and mindfulness meditation instructor. His ongoing research interests focus on the connections between psychotherapy, mindfulness, Buddhism, and the philosophy of mind. The author of several articles on these topics, he collaborates with the University of California, San Diego Center for Mindfulness and Rome’s Sapienza University.

Foreword Jeff ShoreIntroductionAnthony MolinoPart 1: Elusive Bridges1: The Correlation between Psychotherapy and Buddhism and How Buddhist Psychology Can be Applied to LifeThich Nhat Hanh2: With Buddha in Mind: Mindfulness-based Psychotherapy in PracticeNigel Wellings3: The Bliss Body and the UnconsciousJoseph BobrowPart 2: Being in Practice4: The Role of “No-Self” in Creativity: Expanding our Sense of Interdependent EngagementPolly Young-Eisendrath5: What the Emotions Ask of Us: Psychoanalysis and Dharma PsychologyGherardo Amadei6: Psychoanalysis, Transgenerational Psychotherapy, and KarmaMichela MorganaPart 3: Psychoanalysis and Meditation7: Metamorphoses of Consciousness: Answers in the Light of AwarenessAlessandro Giannandrea, Antonino Raffone and Katie Ferrell8: Meditation Practice: From Cushion to Inconceivable Ordinary LifeDorothy Yang9: The Relief of BeingPilar JenningsPart 4: Parallel Convergences10: “Amae” and Western BuddhismRoberto Carnevali11: Unexpected Guests: Buddhism, Psychosynthesis & PsychoanalysisGraziano Graziani12: Mandalas of the Mind: Exploring the Role of Mandalas in Jung’s Thought And His Relation with BuddhismKatriona Munthe and Anthony MolinoAfterthoughtsReflections on Buddhism and PsychoanalysisAdam PhillipsAppendixPsychoanalysis and Buddhism as Cultural InstitutionsJeremy SafranAbout the Contributors