Dr. Morita Masatake, also read as Morita Shoma) (1874 - 1938 (森田 正馬) was a contemporary of Sigmund Freud and the founder of Morita Therapy, a branch of clinical psychology, strongly influenced by Zen Buddhism. In his capacity as the head of psychiatry for a large Tokyo hospital, Morita began developing his methods while working with sufferers of "shinkeishitsu", or anxiety disorders with a hypochondriac base. Wikipedia
Morita Therapy is a direct translation of Morita's work into English, with discussions of Morita's method of isolated bed rest used to treat patients with severe anxiety and many case studies. www.teledyn.com/fun/CL
Our work is primarily grounded in methods of Japanese psychology (particularly Morita and Naikan therapies) and if you have experience with Western psychology you will find these approaches quite different. todoinstitute.org/library/
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