Abstract

KORMAN  and  SAIZAR, M. Mercedes. EASTERNALIZATION OF PSYCHOTHERAPY: SIMILARITIES AND DISCONTINUITY BETWEEN SPIRITUALITY AND COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY. Anu. investig. [online]. 2016, vol.23, n.1, pp.33-41. ISSN 1851-1686.

The authors describe the appropriation of oriental notions and techniques by the cognitive behavioral therapy approaches. They present the field of the new developments of cognitive behavioral therapy in Argentina and the practices of yoga and meditation. They propose three aspects to understand the phenomena: 1) Eastern spirituality in local context; 2) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and their articulations with yoga and meditation through mindfulness practices 3) Local consumption of mindfulness and yoga-meditation practices. Through the analysis of the two fields they conclude that there is an appropiation and standarization of techniques from yoga and meditation by the cognitive behavioral therapy without a spiritual argument, which allows transforming a spiritual language to a psychological practice.

Keywords : Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Mindfulness; Spirituality; Argentina.

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