Chung C Y
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kyung-pook National University, School of Medicine, Taegu, Korea.
Psychother Psychosom. 1990;53(1-4):28-32. doi: 10.1159/000288336.
The author emphasizes the therapist's well-integrated and matured personality as the crucial element for being a good psychotherapist; therefore, it is essential for a psychotherapist to make ceaseless efforts regarding his own personality growth with his ongoing therapeutic experiences. Nevertheless, nowadays students are apt to satisfy themselves with or cling to the theories and techniques of psychotherapy, neglecting their own personality growth. The author attributes such a tendency, on the one hand, to the contemporary thought of 'technology first and convenience first', on the other, to the current system of medical education which is extremely faithful to scientism. He warns that concepts or theories sometimes serve as a barrier in one's mind and falsify the reality. He reiterates the importance of the therapist's own maturity and expansion of awareness. In this context, the author recommends Zen meditation or Theravada meditation as one of the advanced courses of training for psychotherapists. He elucidates a way of promoting one's awareness in Zen meditation and what the ultimate state of "no-self" of Zen should be, based on his own experience of Zen practices.
作者强调治疗师融合良好且成熟的人格是成为优秀心理治疗师的关键要素；因此，心理治疗师必须借助持续的治疗经验，在自身人格成长方面不断努力。然而，如今的学生容易满足于或执着于心理治疗的理论与技巧，而忽视自身人格成长。作者认为这种倾向一方面归因于当代“技术至上、便利至上”的思想，另一方面归因于极度崇尚科学主义的现行医学教育体系。他警告说，概念或理论有时会在人心中形成障碍并歪曲现实。他重申治疗师自身成熟度和意识扩展的重要性。在此背景下，作者推荐禅宗冥想或上座部佛教冥想作为心理治疗师高级培训课程之一。他基于自己的禅宗修行经历，阐释了在禅宗冥想中提升意识的方法以及禅宗“无我”的终极状态应是怎样的。
