The Times of India - Therapy for the desi mind (2022)
The Times of India - Therapy for the desi mind (2022)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.