Therapy for the desi mind
Acceptance and commitment therapy teaches people to acknowledge their negative feelings instead of trying to resist or wrestle with them
By Saranya Chakrapani / TNN / May 22, 2022
“I began taking a deep dive into Indian spiritual texts like the Upanishads and Buddhist philosophies and found a whole lot of metaphors that could be used to convey the idea of self-empowerment through the ACT modality to someone struggling with anxiety or depression,” says Dr Balaji.