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    Love without Limit: Reflections of a Buddhist Psychotherapist
    Love without Limit: Reflections of a Buddhist Psychotherapist
    Love without Limit: Reflections of a Buddhist Psychotherapist
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    Love without Limit: Reflections of a Buddhist Psychotherapist

    By Beth Patterson

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    Spiritual pioneers such as Buddha Shakyamuni and Jesus Christ were human beings who, like us, were explorers seeking the truth of what it means to be human and how to live an authentic and satisfying life.

    Through working with clients in her psychotherapy practice, and as an explorer on her own personal and spiritual journey in search of those basic truths of life, Buddhist psychotherapist Beth Patterson has learned that happiness is already within each of us, just waiting to be discovered.

    In Love Without Limits: Reflections of a Buddhist Psychotherapist, Beth Patterson shares what she has learned on her personal and spiritual path, and offers helpful suggestions for dealing with depression, anxiety, grief and trauma, and for navigating life’s challenges with mindfulness, love and compassion.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBeth Patterson
    Release dateNov 3, 2014
    ISBN9781310164941
    Love without Limit: Reflections of a Buddhist Psychotherapist
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    Beth Patterson

    Beth Patterson is a licensed psychotherapist and grief counselor in Denver, and specializes in grief, loss and life transitions, as well as trauma, depression and anxiety. Beth has been the Life Care Coordinator and Bereavement Coordinator at SolAmor Hospice in Denver since 2008. She previously served as a grief counselor and bereavement coordinator at other hospices in the Denver area.Beth speaks before various groups, including professional and personal caregivers, churches and other spiritual organizations and nursing home and assisted living facility staffs, about self-care, vicarious trauma, dementia, advance directives and other practical end of life issues, grief and loss, Tibetan Buddhist practices at end of life and debunking the myths of hospice.In addition to her hospice career and private psychotherapy practice, Beth is a certified mindfulness meditation instructor and teaches courses on Tibetan Buddhism in Denver. She writes extensively about the intersection of Buddhism and psychotherapy, grief and loss, trauma and end of life issues. In a previous incarnation, Beth was an entertainment attorney for over 20 years, in New York City and ColoradoFor more information please see Beth’s website, http://www.bethspatterson.com.

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      Love without Limit - Beth Patterson

      Love Without Limit

      Reflections of a Buddhist Psychotherapist

      Advice for Navigating Life's Challenges

      Beth S. Patterson

      Copyright 2015 by Beth S. Patterson. All Rights Reserved.

      Published by Beth S. Patterson. All Rights Reserved.

      www.bethspatterson.com

      bethpatt@me.com

      No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system without written permission from Beth S. Patterson, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review.

      All images, logos, quotes, and trademarks included in this book are subject to use according to trademark and copyright laws of the United States of America.

      1. BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Inspiration & Personal Growth

      2. PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General

      Book Design and Cover Design Copyright 2015

      Smashwords Edition

      Licensing Notes

      This e-book is licensed for your personal use and enjoyment only. This e-book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you are reading this book and did not purchase it, or if it was not purchased for your use only, please visit Smashwords.com and purchase a copy for yourself. Thank you for respecting this author’s work.

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated with love and gratitude to the most important teachers on my journey of spiritual and emotional growth and healing: my husband Timothy Patterson, my guru Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, and my parents Ann and Murry Schillinger.

      Thank you to Meg Miller for her skillful editorial assistance, and to Amy Gharst for her patience in designing the cover of this book. (Cover photo taken by the author at Lake Moraine, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada).

      Great thanks and gratitude to the Three Jewels: The Buddha, for showing us that enlightenment is possible, the Dharma of precious teachings, and the Sangha, my fellow travelers on the spiritual path.

      Lastly, thank you to all of the clients I have walked with in my psychotherapy practice. I have learned so much from each of you. Thank you for sharing your journey with me.

      The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care. And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings.

      ̶̶ Saying attributed to Shakyamuni Buddha

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      The Ground of Buddhism: The Four Noble Truths

      The Ground of Psychotherapy: The Power of the Present Moment in the Therapy Session

      PART ONE: MINDFULNESS IN EVERYDAY LIFE

      Dealing with Intrusive Negative Thoughts Through Mindfulness Meditation

      Mind the Gap: Living in the Space Between Loss and Healing

      Using Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy and Mindfulness Meditation to Overcome Trauma

      Using Anger Mindfully

      Experiencing Physical Pain Mindfully

      Navigating a Loved One’s Anger

      PART TWO: BUDDHISM AND PSYCHOTHERAPY

      The Importance of Self-Compassion

      Egolessness as a Tool for Growth in Buddhist Psychotherapy

      Psychotherapy and the Middle Way

      The Myth of Perfection: A Buddhist Perspective

      PART THREE: GRIEF COUNSELING, BUDDHISM AND MINDFULNESS

      Using Mindfulness Meditation to Heal Grief and Despair

      Grief and Spiritual Transformation

      Using the Buddhist Practice of Tonglen to Transform the Aloneness of Grief

      Endnotes

      Introduction

      A day of contemplation and exploration a few years ago in Boulder with my Buddhist teacher, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche (i) reinforced my interest in the melding of Buddhism and

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