ZT is a Buddhist practice conducted dialogically between a client (or “protagonist”) and a therapist (or “anagonist”), the therapist providing an ambiance of love, compassion and resilience. This practice is aimed toward liberation of the mind (or “heart”) which we can specify as release from ignorance, from dispersion and from meanness. This release can be of varying degrees or apply to various domains of a life, but ultimately leads toward dissolution of the ego complex, or self-conceit, that is understood to be the root source of delusion. The practice is based upon discerning, from the evidence of inner and outer life, the spirit in which the client thinks, speaks and acts and the conflicts inherent therein. It is a path of subtle accompaniment. It may involve intensification of, moderation of, or challenge to the internal conflict of the client that is preventing them from moving on in life. It proceeds step by step following the living thread of subtle discernment, yet arrives at points of sudden crisis and transformation that release natural processes, sometimes painful, that then must be worked through.
ZEN THERAPY
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
PATACARA
FOUR AFFECTED GROUPS
THE DEAD
THE BEREAVED
SURVIVORS
Then we have the survivors
RELATIVES OF SURVIVORS
BLAME & COMPENSATION
NO SIMPLE PROGRESSION
GENERAL CONCLUSIONS