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Morita therapy
Morita therapy is a therapy developed by Shoma Morita (1874–1938).
The goal of Morita therapy is to have the patient accept life as it is and places an emphasis on letting nature take its course. Morita therapy views feeling emotions as part of the laws of nature.
Morita therapy was originally developed to address shinkeishitsu, an outdated term used in Japan to describe patients who have various types of anxiety. Morita therapy was designed not to completely rid the patient of shinkeishitsu but to lessen the damaging effects.
Morita therapy has been described as cognate to Albert Ellis's rational-emotive therapy. It also has commonalities with existential and cognitive behavioral therapy. Substantial overlap is also found with acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), in stressing the acceptance of that what can't be changed and the healing power of acting, the latter well supported by neuroscience; they differ though in the Western ACT having a grander vision of self-expression and traditional Japanese Morita Therapy having the more modest ideal of finding harmony.
Shoma Morita (1874–1938) was a psychiatrist, researcher, philosopher, and academic department chair at Jikei University School of Medicine in Tokyo. Morita's training in Zen influenced his teachings, though Morita therapy is not a Zen practice.
Morita therapy focuses on cultivating awareness and decentralizing the self. Aspects of mindfulness are contained in knowing what is controllable and what is not controllable, and seeing what is so without attachment to expectations. Feelings are acknowledged even when one does not act on them. The individual can focus on the full scope of the present moment and determine what needs to be done.
Morita therapy seeks to have patients learn to accept fluctuations of thoughts and feelings and ground their behavior in reality. Cure is not defined by the alleviation of discomfort (which the philosophy of this approach opposes), but by taking action in one's life to not be ruled by one's emotional state.
Morita is a four-stage process of therapy involving:
Morita therapy
Morita therapy is a therapy developed by Shoma Morita (1874–1938).
The goal of Morita therapy is to have the patient accept life as it is and places an emphasis on letting nature take its course. Morita therapy views feeling emotions as part of the laws of nature.
Morita therapy was originally developed to address shinkeishitsu, an outdated term used in Japan to describe patients who have various types of anxiety. Morita therapy was designed not to completely rid the patient of shinkeishitsu but to lessen the damaging effects.
Morita therapy has been described as cognate to Albert Ellis's rational-emotive therapy. It also has commonalities with existential and cognitive behavioral therapy. Substantial overlap is also found with acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), in stressing the acceptance of that what can't be changed and the healing power of acting, the latter well supported by neuroscience; they differ though in the Western ACT having a grander vision of self-expression and traditional Japanese Morita Therapy having the more modest ideal of finding harmony.
Shoma Morita (1874–1938) was a psychiatrist, researcher, philosopher, and academic department chair at Jikei University School of Medicine in Tokyo. Morita's training in Zen influenced his teachings, though Morita therapy is not a Zen practice.
Morita therapy focuses on cultivating awareness and decentralizing the self. Aspects of mindfulness are contained in knowing what is controllable and what is not controllable, and seeing what is so without attachment to expectations. Feelings are acknowledged even when one does not act on them. The individual can focus on the full scope of the present moment and determine what needs to be done.
Morita therapy seeks to have patients learn to accept fluctuations of thoughts and feelings and ground their behavior in reality. Cure is not defined by the alleviation of discomfort (which the philosophy of this approach opposes), but by taking action in one's life to not be ruled by one's emotional state.
Morita is a four-stage process of therapy involving: