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| Int'l Paper - Parallels Between Contemporary Behavior Therapy and Morita Therapy (Translated into Japanese) |
| Monday, May 31, 2004 |
| 9:00 AM–9:50 AM |
| Beacon G |
| Area: CBM |
| Chair: Koji Takeshima (Western Michigan University) |
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| Parallels Between Contemporary Behavior Therapy and Morita Therapy (Translated into Japanese) |
| Domain: Applied Research |
| C. RICHARD SPATES (Western Michigan University) |
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| Abstract: This presentation will outline some crucial features of contemporary behavior therapy in a data based presentation on recent studies of fears, phobias, and traumatic stress. It will then detail some procedural features of an Eastern Therapy of anxiety disorders, known as Morita Therapy. This is an indigenous Japanese intervention developed early in the last century. Its parallels to contemporary behavior therapy are striking and will be noted, as will a few subtle divergences. Morita Therapy has not been the subject of Western styled treatment outcome evaluation at this point although limited empirical data is available and will be examined in this context. The opportunities for cross-cultural interchange centering on these two approaches will be suggested as well as some potential barriers to be surmounted if such an exercise is to succeed. |
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