Naikan is a Japanese psychotherapeutic method which combines meditation-like body engagement with the recovery of memory and the reconstruction of one's autobio

This book, based on original anthropological fieldwork, provides a detailed ethnography of Naikan in practice.

Since the late nineteenth century, religious ideas and practices in Japan have become increasingly intertwined with those associated with mental health and heal

As Buddhism and psychotherapy have grown and diversified in Asia and the West, so too has the literature dealing with their intersection. In this collection of

The book presents three Japanese psychotherapeutic approaches, Morita, Naikan, and Dohsa-hou, in the chronological order of their development, giving a thorough