{"product_id":"already-free-buddhism-meets-psychotherapy-on-the-path-of-liberation-paperback","title":"Already Free: Buddhism Meets Psychotherapy on the Path of Liberation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBruce Tift\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTami Simon\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy are more and more psychotherapists embracing meditation practice, while so many Buddhists are exploring psychology? \"Both psychology and Buddhism seek to provide freedom from suffering,\" explains Bruce Tift, \"yet each offers a completely different approach for reaching this goal.\" In \u003ci\u003eAlready Free\u003c\/i\u003e, Tift opens a fresh and provocative dialogue between these two profound perspectives on the human condition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tift reveals how psychotherapy's \"Developmental\" approach of understanding the way our childhood wounds shape our adult selves both contradicts and supports the \"Fruitional\" approach of Buddhism, which tells us that the freedom we seek is always available. In this investigation, he uncovers insights for connecting with authentic experience, releasing behaviors that no longer serve us, enhancing our relationships, and more. \"When we use the Western and Eastern approaches together,\" writes Bruce Tift, \"they can help us open to all of life--its richness, its disturbances, and its inherent completeness.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruce Tift\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBruce Tift, MA, LMFT, has been in private practice since 1979, has taught at Naropa University for 25 years, and has given presentations in the US, Mexico, and Japan. A practitioner of Vajrayana Buddhism for more than 35 years, he had the good fortune to be a student of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and to meet a number of realized teachers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770594459936,"sku":"9781622034116","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2d83ca96200a4bffe7f62e91ae0d1af0.webp?v=1780374739","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/already-free-buddhism-meets-psychotherapy-on-the-path-of-liberation-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}