What can Buddhist meditation add to the therapeutic process?
Kamalamani (revised March 2008) the best of modern therapy is much like a process of shared meditation, where therapist and client sit together, learning to pay close attention to those aspects and dimensions of the self that the client may be unable to touch on his or her own. (Kornfield, 1994, pg 245). In this article I explore the role Buddhist meditation can have in helping both the counsellor and the client in the counselling process. As an ordained, meditating Buddhist and counsellor, I am keen to deepen my understanding of how Buddhist meditation can support the learning and awareness of client and counsellor. By this, I mean how meditation interventions may be introduced to the client by the counsellor, as well as the ways in which the counsellor may find meditation techniques useful in developing their own awareness and reflective process outside of counselling sessions. In the second part of this exploration, I will use the late Petruska Clarksons seven level or seven domain
