Buddhist Psychotherapy in Action

佛陀的智慧已歷經二千五百年的驗證，而相較於西方心理學強調自我(ego)、自我(self)以及客體關係，佛教心理學對於健康的人生卻持不同的觀點。因此，本文將探討佛教心理學的主要概念，包括佛教的人性觀及其基本假設。其次，筆者據此，描述佛教對於受苦以及心理苦楚形成的看法，並討論在心理治療中，採取佛教心理學觀點的心理治療師的角色與任務、個案在心理治療中的體驗、以及治療關係。最後，筆者提供一個案實例，說明佛教心理治療的意涵，並提出佛教心理治療與西方心理治療的基本差異。Graduate Institute of Guidance and Counseling, National Kaohsiung Normal University Ph.D. Candidate_The wisdom of the Buddha's teaching has sustained the test of time for over_2,500 years. In contrast to Western psychology's emphasizing on ego, self, and object relations, Buddhist psychology retains a different perspective to a healthy life. Hence, this paper will discuss the key concepts of Buddhist psychology, Buddhism's view of human nature, and the basic underlying assumptions. Second, the author will describe how Buddhism perceives suffering and how mental suffering is formed. Furthermore, this paper will describe the role of therapist, the experience of clients and the therapeutic relationship based on the Buddhist Psychotherapy approach. Finally, the author will demonstrate the essence of Buddhist Psychotherapy with a case study and discuss the fundamental differences between the Buddhist's and West's viewpoints on psychotherapy.