Naikan Therapy from the Jungian Point of View

SUZUKI Yasuhiro

The author
 a Jungian Analyst
 discusses Naikan Therapy from the Jungian point of view through his experience of having undergone intensive Naikan Therapy. First
 I point out the difference of the therapeutic structure between the Naikan Institue room and the analytical practice room. Mainly
 this is that Naikan is undergone within the frame
 while Analysis is undergone outside of the frame. As it were
 Analysis is undergone like the picture 'Mutus liber'(1667). The Naikan frame
 I suggest
 might contain the whole of the Naikan rooms and the Naikan institute itself as a larger frame
 and might originate in Buddhist religious ideation. Second
 I discuss how Naikan Therapy might function as a Self-Help Group because of the above therapeutic structure. The unfolding of therapy within the frame promotes participation more effectively. I suggest that the patient's participation might be one of the healing mechanisms and a source of empowerment within Naikan Therapy. Third
 I analyze the dreams witnessed while undergoing Naikan Therapy - and the harmony felt afterwards - from a Jungian point of view
 using the story of 'The Rainmaker of Kiao Tchou.'

Journal of the Japan Naikan Association

The Japan　Naikan Association

26

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2432-499X