title: [The relevance of zen-buddhism for dialectic-behavioral therapy].
abstract: Dialectic-Behavioral Therapy is a specific psychotherapeutic approach to answer the needs of patients with Borderline Personality Disorder. It uses concepts and techniques of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and of Humanistic Psychotherapies. For a deeper understanding, it is necessary to include also its Zen-Buddhistic background. The experience of Zen-meditation and the basic philosophy of Zen-Buddhism will be explained. In the context of the historical relation between Zen-Buddhism and Psychotherapy, the position of the DBT will be specified. Finally it will be demonstrated how Zen-Buddhism inspired the practice of DBT and what kinds of problems arise when a modern psychotherapy uses the concept of a premodern conception of the world and human existence.
authors.affiliation: 64297 Darmstadt, Germany. mihup@web.de
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huppertz
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D002016:Buddhism / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans