Authentic Parenting RE-RELEASE: Buddhism Meets Psychotherapy on the Path of Liberation with Bruce Tift
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Aug 1, 2024 Bruce Tift, a licensed marriage and family therapist and author of *Already Free*, combines Western psychotherapy and Buddhist teachings to explore embodied awareness. He delves into our discomfort with sensations, advocating for the cultivation of confidence rather than mere safety. Tift emphasizes that relationship issues often stem from personal histories, shifting the focus from partners as solutions to self-responsibility. He offers practical tips for staying present with anxiety and highlights the balance of intimacy and separateness in relationships.
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Embodiment Builds Confidence
- We habitually avoid discomfort by telling stories and blaming others, which reduces our capacity to work with feelings.
- Staying embodied with moment-to-moment sensation builds confidence to ride emotional intensity instead of fleeing it.
Prioritize Experience Over Explanation
- Invite experience rather than explain theory; engage clients in direct embodied practices before heavy intellectualizing.
- If clients ask, then provide conceptual context like reading the book or online resources.
Childhood Strategies Become Adult Templates
- Developmental view sees adult character strategies as adaptive survival responses from childhood.
- Those strategies later become outdated templates that cause unnecessary suffering in adult life.
