Courage To Be Present: Buddhism, Psychotherapy and the Awareness of Natural Wisdom

For the growing number of professional counselors interested in meditation and Buddhist concepts, this book integrates the ideal of the bodhisattva one who serves others selflessly with generosity, patience, and diligence with the principles and ethics of the professional therapist. Her focus is on how counselors and psychotherapists can understand these inspiring qualities and attitudes and how they can apply them in counseling and therapy.

Bringing together years of teaching psychology at the master's level and practicing psychotherapy with clients, along with thirty years of meditation experience, Dr. Wegela presents inspiring counsel on how to cultivate these qualities and bring them both into one's personal experience and into relationships with clients.