From New Age Journal
Jan/Feb 2001 Issue (interview excerpt)
NAJ: "You point out that there are analogous themes in Buddhist psychology"
TB-G: Schema therapy is kind of an updated version of Buddhism's 'latent tendencies' habitual patterns of thinking and feeling. And the Buddhist practice of mindfulness meditation is a way to help you see how those emotional patterns manifest in your life"
NAJ: How?
TB-G: You stay present in your awareness as these things play out, and as you're more aware, you're able to catch habits as they occur. You start to see reality as it is rather than filtered through distorted patterns of mind.
NAJ: "Is the goal to get rid of these maladaptive schemas?
TB-G: It's more about bringing increased awareness to what's actually going on. The schema may still be there, but you're not reacting to it, not resisting it, not clinging to it--you're being who you are. The patterns become more transparent in your mind--you're not as defined by them, and you're not as controlled by them."
