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| Published: September 25, 2016
Indian Ancient Techniques and Psychotherapy: A Need of Time to Merge
Dept of Counseling and Guidance, Ankara University, Turkey Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.098/20160304
DOI: 10.25215/0304.098
ABSTRACT
India, the country with rich culture and history has also a strong hold in medicine and Ayurveda. The centuries old way of treating psychological problems was unique in itself but with time it went dormant. Those age old techniques such as yoga, meditation, music and Vipassana are being rediscovered and slowly western world also recognized their important and effectiveness. This paper tries to explain some of those techniques and their effectiveness while dealing with psychological problems and also tried to put a light on how these techniques can be utilized and merged together in psychotherapy.
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© 2016, T Nazir
Received: July 07, 2016; Revision Received: August 18, 2016; Accepted: September 25, 2016
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ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.098/20160304
10.25215/0304.098
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Published in Volume 03, Issue 4, July-September, 2016