Meditation as an Adjunct to Psychotherapy

Meditation as an Adjunct to Psychotherapy

The effect of a 10-week meditation program on 20 patients who were undergoing long-term individual explorative psychotherapy was studied. Change in the psychological well-being of the patients and the impact of the program on the process of their psychotherapy was evaluated. Results obtained from th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics 1985-04, Vol.43 (4), p.209-218
Hauptverfasser: Kutz, Han, Leserman, Jane, Dorrington, Claudia, Morrison, Catherine H., Borysenko, Joan Z., Benson, Herbert
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The effect of a 10-week meditation program on 20 patients who were undergoing long-term individual explorative psychotherapy was studied. Change in the psychological well-being of the patients and the impact of the program on the process of their psychotherapy was evaluated. Results obtained from the patients’ self-ratings and the therapists’ objective ratings demonstrated a significant and substantial improvement in most measures of psychological well-being.
ISSN:0033-3190
1423-0348
DOI:10.1159/000287881