Finding Ourselves in Deep Waters: Buddhism, Psychotherapy and the Contemporary World

This book offers a transformative set of metaphors that invite the curious general reader, psychotherapists and practitioners of Buddhism to fully inhabit their lives and practice. Case vignettes, stories from the author's life, poems, and koans are woven together to create a rich brocade. Buddhism and neuroscience are brought into dialogue to illuminate the evanescent nature of self. The challenges of AI and how to be intimate in our digital age are explored. Societal violence, public spaces and debate, disparities of wealth and poverty, and the climate emergency are revealed as Genjo koan – the present and everyday perplexities and riddles of our life.'This book will sing its way into the hearts and minds of psychotherapists and Buddhist practitioners alike.'Revd Dr David Keizan ScottJeremy Ryōkan Woodcock is a Psychotherapist and Zen Buddhist Priest in the Stonewater Zen Sangha. He is based at Woodchester Valley Zendo, in the Cotswolds, U.K. He is author of Families and Individuals Living with Trauma: A Guide for Therapists, Relatives and Friends. Read more