Have you heard of Morita therapy? It's not really therapy by the way...
Posted on September 27, 2022 by Nate Weinstein , One of Thousands of Life Coaches on Noomii.
Morita practice requires focus of attention outward in order to to gain rationality, clarity in thought, and an ability to coexist with difficulties.
Unlike common Western approaches in traditional psychotherapy, Morita practice is rooted in Eastern philosophy and offers new perspectives to life, family, work, and relationships. Morita is not therapy.
The Morita work I do with folks is a blend of purposeful, behaviorally based choice making, helping to hone skills of attention, increasing interpersonal insight and reflection, and learning ways to coexist with difficult realities that affect one’s thought and emotions.
Morita practice requires one to focus their attention outward in order to to gain rationality, clarity in thought, and an ability to coexist with various difficulties experienced throughout life.
There is an expectation that the participant is ultimately responsible for how they choose to experience both the internal and external aspects of life. An important technique used with Morita therapy is to develop a practice of mindfulness and properly focused attention in support of maintaining this personal responsibility. This approach is quite pragmatic in the sense that the person is supported in dealing with thoughts and feelings sensibly and realistically in a way that is constructive in nature, without excessive time spent on the thought or feeling that brought the difficulty initially.
Unlike traditional psychotherapy where there is generally an emphasis on delving into the root of the difficulty, emotion, behavior and or feelings, Morita is centered toward what choices are available to you in the moment, learning how to redirect attention by way of behavioral action, and increasing your ability to coexist with unpleasant thoughts and feelings. This theory supposes that a person cannot keep themselves from experiencing difficulties in life, but they can learn how to live with this fact of life constructively, which in turn leads to increasing tolerance and acceptance of the nature of the human experience.
Through a developed practice of Morita we learn new ways to take responsibility and increase our ability to create positive change.
Folks I’ve worked with over the years have reported gaining an increase in connection with themselves and others, increasing one’s experience of joy, and fine tuning the ability to make positive choices that have helped to lead them down a path in life rich with purpose.
