{"id":2064,"date":"2019-03-14T06:36:03","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T06:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meditationretreatperu.com\/?p=2064"},"modified":"2019-03-14T06:59:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T06:59:23","slug":"meditation-and-psychotherapy-how-they-support-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meditationretreatperu.com\/es_ES\/meditation-and-psychotherapy-how-they-support-each-other\/","title":{"rendered":"Meditation And Psychotherapy- How They Support Each Other"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While meditation has been around for centuries, psychotherapy didn\u2019t become a popular and<br \/>\nwell-used treatment aid until fairly recent decades.<\/p>\n<p>Some might argue that cognitive behavioral therapy (the most common type of psychotherapy)<br \/>\ndid exist in some form since Freud and his successors. That being said it was often unethical and<br \/>\nunregulated and a standard \u2018modus operandi\u2019 (mode of operation) was not decided upon.<br \/>\nMeditators and psychotherapists and psychologists have reached a consensus regarding the<br \/>\nintertwining of their fields and the effectiveness of patient treatment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is Psychotherapy A Revised Approach To Meditation?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt is not strange that psychotherapy should be considered a new and different way to practice<br \/>\nmeditation. It does satisfy one of the basic premises which are mindfulness and inducing<br \/>\nacceptance of negative thoughts or past trauma.<\/p>\n<p>One can also say that in both cases a trained expert is present to guide you through although<br \/>\nmeditation can be practiced alone as well.<\/p>\n<p>A renowned medical practitioner by the name of Jon Kabat-Zinn in the 70s believed the concept<br \/>\nthat psychotherapy could be practiced by employing the meditation principle of mindfulness. He<br \/>\ncame up with a technique which is still used called \u2018mindfulness-based stress reduction.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Practicing Meditation And Availing Psychotherapy Together<\/strong><br \/>\nThere are some key benefits of incorporating both methods as a treatment method in your life. It<br \/>\nis not surprising that they work well together and can in many cases prove to be more effective<br \/>\nas a combination than on their own.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Diving Into Yourself<\/strong><br \/>\nA lot of people go to psychotherapy because of mental issues which more often than not arise<br \/>\nfrom a poor understanding of oneself. The patient may be suppressing their true desires and<br \/>\npersonality or may find their thoughts and preferences unacceptable. This can be the proverbial<br \/>\nbreeding ground for all kinds of mental disorders starting with anxiety disorders.<br \/>\nMeditation acts in a very similar way by bringing out your true selves or \u2018shadow selves\u2019<br \/>\nthrough a range of techniques so that we can get a better look at what is causing our issues.<br \/>\nPracticing both together means double the benefit as two approaches will be applied to the same<br \/>\nproblem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Proactive Not Reactive<\/strong><br \/>\nIf our mind is at all times cluttered with emotional debris and unresolved issues, our relationships<br \/>\nwith others suffer and we deal poorly with people on a daily basis. A person who is calm inside<br \/>\nis a winner in difficult situations and is less prone to stressful meltdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Both psychotherapy and meditation work towards this goal simultaneously by bringing forward<br \/>\nissues to resolve and clearing out the unnecessary thoughts in your mind. This will lead you to<br \/>\nbecome a more sensible decision maker, more intuitive and less prone to being a victim in<br \/>\nsituations you cannot control.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ample Productivity<\/strong><br \/>\nIt is no secret that emotional disturbances, depression, anxiety, and the brain working overtime<br \/>\nare hindrances to productivity at work or anywhere else where you want to apply yourself.<br \/>\nThere have been cases of people actually discontinuing pharmaceutical psychiatric pills in favor<br \/>\nof meditation. Since meditation has been scientifically proven to lower blood pressure, enhance<br \/>\nproduction of endorphins and serotonin, it can actually prove to be a very worthwhile alternative.<br \/>\nPsychotherapy as well with techniques like EMDR, hypnotic therapy and aversion therapy, the<br \/>\nsame results can be expected. In many cases, psychotherapy can work to extract trauma and<br \/>\nhidden issues and meditation can work to resolve them in a healthy, serene way.<br \/>\nPsychotherapy in its essence can \u2018put you on the spot\u2019 and make you conjure up the past which is<br \/>\nthen made less painful on account of it being the past, not the present. Meditation also promotes<br \/>\nmindfulness, living in the present, and leaving behind anxious foreboding for the future.<br \/>\nAppreciate The \u2018Now\u2019<\/p>\n<p>There are a number of reasons why our present may be displayed in the worst possible light to<br \/>\nus. Remember the old adage of \u2018things are never as bad as they seem?\u2019 This can be if there are<br \/>\ntoxic and negative people surrounding you or you are the sufferer of a mental disorder.<br \/>\nYou may even be inclined to have a poor view of your life if you are stuck in the wrong line of<br \/>\nwork and feel depressed and disillusioned as a result. Both psychotherapy and meditation help<br \/>\ndispel these illusions. They give you the strength to identify the wrongs and make decisions<br \/>\nwhich serve you not someone else.<\/p>\n<p>Many of us are also stuck in notions of what is expected of us and what is acceptable within our<br \/>\nown social circles. Meditation and psychotherapy can work to bring to light what you want and<br \/>\nhow you can make it happen. Most of all, it teaches us that it\u2019s alright to not want the same thing<br \/>\nas what we\u2019ve been told.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How To Add Meditation To Your Therapy Routine<\/strong><br \/>\nA growth in articles, books, and videos about how to do meditation means it can be done easily<br \/>\nenough at home but real results come from working with an expert meditator.<br \/>\nWhile most forms of psychotherapy incorporate some element of mindfulness to help patients, in<br \/>\nmany cases the therapist might suggest meditation as a useful addition to the treatment plan.<br \/>\nIf the therapist is trained in meditation they may suggest sessions after or before your<br \/>\npsychotherapy. They may also refer you to an expert meditator if they feel you will have trouble<br \/>\nwith the revelations that have come forth in therapy.<\/p>\n<p>Meditation is also sometimes used as a sustainable tool for when the patient is at home or at<br \/>\nwork and does not have access to their therapist. It can help calm them down, to deal with panic<br \/>\nattacks and has been used successfully to prevent self-harm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Third Person Perspective<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Psychology talks about self-perception as a dynamic phenomenon which is created in two key<br \/>\nways. One way in which we learn to perceive ourselves is through a collection of experiences<br \/>\nwhich may be positive or negative and the second way is what we hear and see from others.<br \/>\nIt is no surprise then that people that have abusive parents etc may grow up with a poor self-<br \/>\nimage which is far from the truth.<\/p>\n<p>One of the major premises of meditation is to provide a third-person perspective on your<br \/>\nproblems and doubts. While normally we would be looking at this through the same self-image<br \/>\nas discussed above, meditation provides a stranger\u2019s look into the matter.<br \/>\nIt cultivates a third eye that can minimize the pain associated with past trauma or the issues of<br \/>\nthe present. In this way, it is apparent that psychotherapy and meditation are two peas in a pod.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All Focus On You<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.meditationretreatperu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Psychotherapy and meditation<\/a> are powerful tools and even more so when practiced together.<br \/>\nThey both focus on the individual in his or her entirety and detract focus from the outside to<br \/>\ncultivate it within.<\/p>\n<p>In a manner of speaking, they both instill certain skills of being able to view events in their<br \/>\ncorrect context. This detachment can help you process incidents from your past without feeling<br \/>\npain each time you are reminded of them.<\/p>\n<p>A study was carried out on 215 patients who were administered cognitive therapy and<br \/>\nmindfulness treatment (a type of meditation infused with concepts of psychology). They showed<br \/>\na dramatic decrease in depression and anxiety after 8 weeks suggesting that both these methods<br \/>\ncomplement each other exceedingly well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Meditation And Psychotherapy- How They Support Each Other - Meditation Retreat Peru<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meditationretreatperu.com\/meditation-and-psychotherapy-how-they-support-each-other\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meditation And Psychotherapy- How They Support Each Other - Meditation Retreat Peru\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.meditationretreatperu.com\/meditation-and-psychotherapy-how-they-support-each-other\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Meditation Retreat Peru\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-03-14T06:36:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-03-14T06:59:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.meditationretreatperu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/meditationingrass.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"457\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.meditationretreatperu.com\/meditation-and-psychotherapy-how-they-support-each-other\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.meditationretreatperu.com\/meditation-and-psychotherapy-how-they-support-each-other\/\",\"name\":\"Meditation And Psychotherapy- How They Support Each Other - Meditation Retreat Peru\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.meditationretreatperu.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-03-14T06:36:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-03-14T06:59:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.meditationretreatperu.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7b999a6375a36fbfb444415cb32229d4\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.meditationretreatperu.com\/meditation-and-psychotherapy-how-they-support-each-other\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.meditationretreatperu.com\/meditation-and-psychotherapy-how-they-support-each-other\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.meditationretreatperu.com\/meditation-and-psychotherapy-how-they-support-each-other\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.meditationretreatperu.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Meditation And Psychotherapy- How They Support Each Other\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.meditationretreatperu.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.meditationretreatperu.com\/\",\"name\":\"Meditation Retreat Peru\",\"description\":\"Spiritual Meditatation &amp; 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