Introducing an 'Oitachi Record' before Intensive Naikan Therapy: A Discussion of the Benefits

Yasuhiro SUZUKI
 Teruaki MAESHIRO

Since resistance sometimes occurs in Intensive Naikan Therapy
 we introduced the 'Oitachi Record' (a record of personal history)
 as a way for clients to reflect on their whole lives prior to beginning to work the three questions. The Oitachi Record felt to client like an intake
 and it served as a warm-up for the three tasks of Naikan Therapy
 thus reducing clients' resistance to them. For clients who could immerse themselves in the writing and concentrate upon it deeply
 this engagement seemed to reduce other expressions of resistance as well.

Journal of the Japan Naikan Association

JAPAN NAIKAN ASSOCIATION

28

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2432-499X