Yapko, Zen, Symbolic search

'One of the main ideas that informs my practice is mindfulness., which has stemmed ultimately from zen buddhist ideas, specifically the incorrect interpretation of time and the burden this abstraction brings. I believe that time conceived as a force such as gravity is untrue , it is an abstract construction of the human intellect, and a dangerous one at that. Some of our problems resonate from the past, and some from the future, both of which do not exist. Of course, these places and constructs are very real to those suffering the negative effects and i would never dismiss this. Trying to move toward this realisation through a progressive experience of the present and the inevitable unburdening this provides is something that underpins all my practice.'

'When working with people therapeutically it is of the utmost importance that I work from the clients' perspective, always devoting my attention and imagination to how they are thinking or feeling. It's amazing what this can do for the therapeutic process, not just understanding a person's problem theoretically, in a textbook fashion, but in a human way. Once we have achieved this the session can take on a life of its own and the path toward the solution becomes ever clearer.'

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