Victoria Farrell
Sravana Borkataky-Varma
PAR 232-800
10 October 2017
Chinese Religions in Therapy In the 1950s, cognitive psychology emerged with George Kelly spearheading the new school of thought. Kelly is especially famous for developing the Personal Construct Theory in which individuals create constructs. Constructs are defined as how people take in their surroundings and events occurring and use that information to further predict phenomena. Constructs are often compared to lens or glasses in that they are how one views the world. Each person has different and unique interpretations of the world around them, although there is often overlap, and such are constructs. It is also noteworthy that Kelly believed that the more constructs one …show more content…
Yin is female and represented as watery, rain, the winter, and the force of the Moon. Yang is masculine and represented as solid, earth, the summer, and the force of the Sun. The interaction of yin and yang is believed to shape all life (Credo, Taoism). Taoism also teaches that the Tao is Wei Wu Wei, effortless action or nonaction. This is the way one can reach their full potential, by being natural and going with the flow. This philosophy of Taoism indicates that because of the transient nature of everything in this world, things will change and bring about a new understanding of a given situation (Shun, Wu Wei). One should not experience events in highs or lows, merely be flexible with what may occur. According to the Tao Te Ching, humility is the highest virtue, and it is essential to know oneself and to be adaptable. The more one acts in harmony with the universe, the more one will achieve, with less effort. Materialism, envy, overindulgence, self-absorption, and force are to be avoided. One must achieve emptiness (Wu) and simplicity, and practice Wu Wei, or nonaction. This is not to be confused with passivity but as means of observing nature and acting only in accordance with its laws (Credo, Tao Te Ching). These tenets of detachment are known to be well-aligned with those of
Sravana Borkataky-Varma
PAR 232-800
10 October 2017
Chinese Religions in Therapy In the 1950s, cognitive psychology emerged with George Kelly spearheading the new school of thought. Kelly is especially famous for developing the Personal Construct Theory in which individuals create constructs. Constructs are defined as how people take in their surroundings and events occurring and use that information to further predict phenomena. Constructs are often compared to lens or glasses in that they are how one views the world. Each person has different and unique interpretations of the world around them, although there is often overlap, and such are constructs. It is also noteworthy that Kelly believed that the more constructs one …show more content…
Yin is female and represented as watery, rain, the winter, and the force of the Moon. Yang is masculine and represented as solid, earth, the summer, and the force of the Sun. The interaction of yin and yang is believed to shape all life (Credo, Taoism). Taoism also teaches that the Tao is Wei Wu Wei, effortless action or nonaction. This is the way one can reach their full potential, by being natural and going with the flow. This philosophy of Taoism indicates that because of the transient nature of everything in this world, things will change and bring about a new understanding of a given situation (Shun, Wu Wei). One should not experience events in highs or lows, merely be flexible with what may occur. According to the Tao Te Ching, humility is the highest virtue, and it is essential to know oneself and to be adaptable. The more one acts in harmony with the universe, the more one will achieve, with less effort. Materialism, envy, overindulgence, self-absorption, and force are to be avoided. One must achieve emptiness (Wu) and simplicity, and practice Wu Wei, or nonaction. This is not to be confused with passivity but as means of observing nature and acting only in accordance with its laws (Credo, Tao Te Ching). These tenets of detachment are known to be well-aligned with those of