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psychology

Taking the Wheel: A Secular Buddhist Approach
Alan Bodnar explains how mindfulness can mitigate the impact of the "self-driving system", our tendency to be reactive.
Engaged Buddhism, Modern Psychology, and the Sometimes-Impassioned Attachments to Concepts of Self
Roy Hammond analyzes the notion of self through the frameworks of modern psychology - which distinguishes healthy and unhealthy views of the self - and engaged Buddhism.
Behavior, choice, and well-being: economics and Buddhism
In his new book, Edward Morey explores the relationships between behavior, choice, and ethics in welfare economics and Buddhism.
Emotion-Focused Mindfulness Therapy and Stephen Batchelor’s four tasks
Emotion-Focused Mindfulness Therapy (EFMT) is a new psychological approach to addressing internal conflicts like harsh self-criticism. The approach emerged out of a dialogue between Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) and the secular and contemporary Buddhist perspectives of Stephen Batchelor, Winton Higgins and Jason Siff.