●Preface 4
●Congratulatory message │Monk Jongbeom│ 8
│Kim Gyu-young│ 10

introduction
The Birth and Historical Background of Taoist Psychotherapy 17
What is Taoist spiritual therapy? 26

Part 1: Western Psychotherapy and Taoist Psychotherapy
Chapter 1: What is Psychotherapy? 43
Chapter 2 Mental Health and Illness 65
Chapter 3: Qualities of a Therapist 83
● Case A “It’s comfortable to just stay still” 98
● Case B “I don’t want to give it, and I don’t want to not give it” 102
● Case C “Like sunlight and air” 106
Chapter 4: The Origin of Emotional Problems 111
● Reference Part 2 Cases N, O, P 401
Chapter 5: Diagnosis of Core Emotions 133
● Reference Part 2 Cases N, O, P 401
Chapter 6: First Interview 165
● Case D: Anxiety that started in the stomach 169
● Reference Part 2 Cases N, O, P 401
Chapter 7 Treatment Process and Healing Mechanism 197
● See Part 2 Case P 437
Chapter 8: Empathy 229
● Reference Part 2 Cases N, O, P 401
Chapter 9: Dreams 245
● Case E Divorce Issue (Husband) 258
Chapter 10: Transition 273
● Case F “You’re not even surprised” 296
Chapter 11 Resistance 313
Case G “I don’t want to get treatment” 318
Chapter 12: Reversal 339
● Case H Reversal Map Advisory Interview 345
Chapter 13 Interpretation 361
● Case I “I received a lot of help from the sunflower” 366
● Case J “Isn’t that what you loved most from your father?” 369
● Case K “Don’t try to be filial” 374
● Case L: Short-term treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder completed in 18 sessions
“Because you monopolize Mom” 376
Chapter 14: Insight and Training 379
● See Part 2 Case P 437
Chapter 15: Interruption and Termination of Treatment 387
● Case L: Short-term treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder completed in 18 sessions 391
● Case M: Short-term treatment of irritable bowel syndrome completed in 6 sessions 394

Part 2: Case Studies of Psychotherapy
Case N “I Hate My Mom” 401
Case O “If I do what I want, I feel like my mom will die” 417
Case P 20 years of insomnia 437


Part 3: A Historical Perspective on Psychotherapy
1.
Historical Scenes from Dojeon Mental Therapy 473
2.
A Case of Psychogenic Headache Treated with Short-Term Psychotherapy - Dong-sik Lee 477
3.
The Korean Psychotherapy Research Association Founded: Foreword to the First Newsletter - Lee Dong-sik 483
4.
Assimilation of Western Psychotherapy in Asia - Lee Dong-sik 485
5.
Opening Address of the 3rd Pacific Congress of Psychiatry - Lee Dong-sik 492
6.
Message from Melvin Sabshin 495
7.
The Tao, Psychoanalysis and Existential Thought - Lee Dong-sik 496
8.
The Tao and Empathy: East Asian Interpretation - Lee Dong-sik 508
9.
Opening Address of the 16th International Congress of Psychotherapy 518
(Translation: Opening Address at the 16th International Psychotherapy Conference) - Dong-sik Lee 522
10.
Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Korean Psychotherapy Association - Lee Dong-sik 525
11.
History of IFP 1988 ~1998 - Edgar Heim 528
12.
The IFP 1979 ~1994 - Arthur Trenkel 534
13.
International Forum on Taoist Psychotherapy and Western Psychotherapy - Heo Chan-hee 540
14.
Western Therapists' Responses to Taoist Psychotherapy - Kang Seok-heon 562

●Review 566
Index 569