Deathlife, lifedeath. (2nd July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bazzano, Manu
• Is Part Of: Person-centered & experiential psychotherapies. Volume 15:Number 3(2016)
• Page Start: 256
• Page End: 262
• Publication Date: 2016-07-02
• Subjects: Mindfulness -- impermanence -- presence; Psychotherapy -- Periodicals; Experiential psychotherapy -- Periodicals; Client-centered psychotherapy -- Periodicals; 616.8914
• DOI: 10.1080/14779757.2016.1204348
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1477-9757

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper provides a comparative exploration of mindfulness and therapeutic presence and absence. Drawing from the Buddha's teachings, mindfulness is articulated here as awareness of impermanence rather than as a set of techniques. Drawing from Rogers, Presence is discussed not in mystical terms, but in terms of its valuable, neglected counterparts: absence, entropy, and the Buddhist notion of sunyata.