{"product_id":"the-zen-of-helping-9780470333099","title":"The Zen of Helping","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawn from the author's extensive experience as a therapist and as a Zen practitioner this book investigates topics that have received little attention and that practitioners and students are hungry to explore, such as radical acceptance, client-therapist boundaries, and enhancing a sense of purpose in one's daily practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"….aims to guide workers dealing with difficult clients with wrenching problems.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Sacramento Bee\u003c\/i\u003e, 9\/14\/08)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword Edward R.Canada, PhD ix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword Joan Halifax Roshi, PhD xiii\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface xv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 A Spiritual Helping Framework for Our Clients and Ourselves Beyond Spiritual Neutrality 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Sitting with Clients on Uncertain Ground: Strong Back, Soft Front Beyond Evidence-Based Practice 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Radical Acceptance of Clients, Context, and Self Beyond Carl Rogers’ Positive Regard 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Mindfulness: Steadying the Mind and Being Present Beyond Empathy Skills and Counter-Transference 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Curiosity, Compassionate Caring, and Inspiration Beyond Professional Warmth 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Bearing Witness to Trauma and Pain Beyond Clinical Distance 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Middle Way: Embracing Contradiction and Paradox Beyond Dualistic Thinking 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Having the Conversation: Making Space for Client Spirituality Beyond the Great Taboo 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Dealing with Failure Beyond Cognitive Solutions and the Paradigm of Blame 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Swimming Upstream with a Warrior’s Heart Beyond Working a Human Services Job 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix Brief Introduction to Buddhism and Zen 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 195\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525370388823,"sku":"9780470333099","price":31.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470333099.jpg?v=1731860261","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-zen-of-helping-9780470333099","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}