Meditation off the Cushion: Helping Clients Using Mind Training‪.‬

Abstract Psychotherapeutic training often leaves therapists ill-prepared to help clients. Traditional training focuses on feelings and the exploration of the nature and source of the client's wound. The wound is analyzed, wrapped in gauze, and cherished. This focus on the wound makes the disturbing emotions seem solid. Buddhist psychology asserts that everyone is wounded in some way and that disturbing emotions are normal and empty of substance. Introducing Buddhist teachings into sessions and using meditation to experience the non-concrete nature of feelings helps clients reclaim their power to change.