Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Eastern Thought

John R. Suler is Professor of Psychology at Rider College and is in private practice as well.

"Suler provides the most extensive treatment of correspondences between Western psychology and Eastern disciplines that I have yet seen, at the same time noting important differences and ways in which the two bodies of thought and practice can usefully complement each other." — Richard Coan, University of Arizona

• Preface 1. Chasing Two Rabbits? Comparing the DisciplinesThe Starting PointsSome ObstaclesIntegrating and Pointing 2. East Meets West The History of East Meeting WestA Progression of Selfobject RelationshipsHistorical ThemesHistorical Themes of the Individual Self 3. Self and No-Self The Self/No-Self ControversyFacets of SelfhoodThe No-Self as Observing SelfNo-Self as Spontaneity and UnityThe Developmental Path to No-SelfOscillations Between Self and No-SelfInterpenetration of Self and No-SelfInterpenetration of Self and Object 4. Paradox The Meanings of ParadoxEntering the ParadoxParadoxes Within and BetweenBeyond Within and BetweenThe Paradox of the Willing Self 5. Grasping Reality: Words, Images, Things The Representational SystemsThe WordImaging and Un-Imaging the SelfEnacting the Inner MeaningGrasping the Thing 6. Meditative Consciousness The Intrapsychic Mechanisms and Types of MeditationThe Liabilities of MeditationThe Therapeutics of MeditationThe Clinician's Contemplative ExperienceMeditation in Life ContextEpistemological Approaches 7. Students, Teachers, and Their Relationships Hidden Motives of the StudentThe Student's StrengthsThe Teacher: Quirks, Pathology, and Crazy WisdomThe Student-Teacher Relationship 8. The Therapist as Warrior Psychotherapy as Martial ArtThe Warrior PhilosophyThe Pursuit of Self-AwarenessAggressionBasic Martial Concepts and PsychotherapyThe Dynamics of Soft and Hard TechniquesParticipating in Transcendent Realms 9. Tai Chi Images: The Tao of Psychotherapy The Tai Chi SystemThe Secrets of the Swimming FishThe Trigram Images and AttributesTrigram Structures and RelationshipsThe Tao of Psychological Transformations 10. Vision Quest The Vision Quest ConceptWandering: Free Association and DestructuringSigns and VisionsIndividual and UnionVicissitudes of the Vision Quest Conclusion: The Future of An Allusion References Indexes