Dharma Therapy – a therapeutic intervention modeled after the Buddha’s path to awakening (previous project title “Effect of Practice of Buddhism on Emotion Functioning”)
Principle investigator (PI): Ven. Hin Hung
End date: 2012 Sep
Fund source: UGC fund
Research Output:
- The theoretical foundation and protocol of the Dharma Therapy were completed.
- Elementary training of the Dharma Therapy for the social workers of Tsz Shan Monastery Buddhist Spiritual Counselling Centre was completed.
- Dharma Therapy is being applied for the clients of Tsz Shan Monastery Buddhist Spiritual Counselling Centre.
Book chapters
Sik, H. H. (2010). Dharma therapy: An intervention program with mindfulness as one of its key components. New horizons in Buddhist psychology: Relational Buddhism for collaborative practitioners, 353-372
Link: https://hub.hku.hk/handle/10722/128225
Sik, H. H., Yim, J. S. W. Dharma Therapy: A Buddhist Counselling Approach to Acknowledging and Enhancing Perspectives, Attitudes and Values. In Drozdstoy Stoyanov, Bill Fulford, Giovanni Stanghellini, Werdie Van Staden, Michael TH Wong (Eds.), International Perspectives in Values-Based Mental Health Practice: Case Studies and Commentaries, p. 305-311. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020
Link: https://hub.hku.hk/handle/10722/314215.
Abstract:
Dharma therapy is a therapeutic intervention modeled after the Buddha’s path to awakening. Its theoretic foundation is built on the Buddhist dharma, the core Buddhist teachings, together with mindfulness as one of its key components.