ether they are positive or negative.This particular client chose to work on his relationship with a colleague who he felt was attacking him. Instead of concentrating on the negative aspects of his relationship with the colleague, he asked to focus on what he had learned in the encounter with that person.The client found it difficult to concentrate on the positive parts but he was able to list accomplishments and what he had learned about himself. Counseling with the basic strategies and philosophies remaining the same followed the basic Nakian approach. In consistency with western tradition instead of interpreting the client’s issues for him, the therapist let the client come to his own meaning (Walsh, 1989).P.6ConclusionI think that Naikan therapy has several strengths. For one, the use of meditation can be carried over for non-therapy reasons. Day to day stress relief, spiritual cleansing and other reasons that may remain personal. The authors state that Naikan therapy has its basis in the existential camp, but it is also cognitive-behavioral and in that way can be made to be conducive to the Western psychotherapies. Second it takes the focus away from “I” and transfers it to “you, it, they, them, environment”, this enables the client to escape detrimental patterns.Another strength is that it is a short- term therapy and this makes it more attractive to individuals seeking counseling. The idea of long -term counseling may dissuade potential clients from seeing a therapist.A major weakness that I find with the Naikan therapy is the amount of time spent in immersion. This leads me to believe that this therapy will only be beneficial to individuals who can afford to devote that kind of time to meditation. The sources that I read did not offer any indication that this therapy was used for people with different affectional orientation, people of African-American, or Latino ethnicities. There also was...
