The general rule of healing our emotional, psychological and then by extension our physical and spiritual bodies is this:

• Awareness is healing. Becoming aware of emotional pain and injury and coming to peace with it heals mind, body and spirit.
• The painful parts of our life that we refuse to look at and develop awareness of take control of our lives and run us. This negative energy causes us to behave in unskillful and harmful ways creating painful relationships with ourselves and others.
• Good Psychotherapy in combination with Mindfulness practice is a very effective way to develop awareness of what makes us unhappy and provides a road map for healing and experiencing greater satisfaction in our lives.

Based on recent research there are three primary factors to happiness. They are:

• Gratitude
• Generosity
• The ability to see the positive in the unpleasant


Buddhist psychotherapy teaches us how to handle difficult emotions such as anger, greed and hatred. Through training in Mindfulness and Buddhist pscyhotherapy methods, we can learn to examine our strong emotions and skillfully respond to each situation. This contemplative approach from Buddhist psychology combined with the more investigative approach from psychotherapy creates a powerful method for overcoming our limitations and façilitating movement into our true nature thereby creating joy and meaning in our lives.