Date of Award
1957
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Alan Watts
First Committee Member
Ernest Wood
Second Committee Member
Carl Rogers
Third Committee Member
Gi-Ming Shien
Abstract
This paper does not purport to be an examination of Zen or Taoism, but rather a view of certain aspects of Zen and Taoism, but rather a view of certain aspects of Zen and Taoism from the vantage point of contemporary psychology, to see if a metaphysic, a philosophical resting-place, might not be found for the admittedly pragmatic science of clinical psychology.
The questions the paper asks, then, and attempts to answer, are (1) can such a formulation be made, and (2) does psychotherapy conducted from this point of view move satisfactorily.
Pages
163
Recommended Citation
Saxton, Lloyd. (1957). A relationship between Eastern thought and Western psychotherapy : an application of Taoism and Zen to client-centered therapy. University of the Pacific, Dissertation. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/354
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