Mindfulness-Informed Relational Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis: Inquiring Deeply provides a refreshing new look at the emerging field of Buddhist-informed psychotherapy.Marjorie Schuman presents a cogent framework which engages the patient at the levels ofnarrative, affective regulation, and psychodynamic understanding. Blending knowledgeof contemporary psychoanalysis with the wisdom of Buddhist view, she examines howmindfulness can be integrated into psychodynamic treatment as an aspect of self-reflectionrather than as a cognitive behavioral technique or intervention.
This book explores how mindfulness as a "self-reflective awareness practice" can be used to amplify and unpack psychological experience in psychodynamic treatment. Schuman presents a penetrating analysis of conceptual issues, richly illustrated throughout with clinical material. In so doing, she both clarifies important dimensions of psychotherapy and illumina
