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Volume 3 Number 1
Fall 2008
| Utushi
and Ma:
Infusing
Two
Japanese
Concepts
in Western Psychotherapy (Commentary on
Morioka) Tracy D. Eells University of Louisville, USA William B. Stiles Miami University, USA |
pp.
115-122 |
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ABSTRACT The
cultural problem described by Morioka (2008) and
his
concepts of utushi
and ma are compared and contrasted to
western concepts that convey somewhat overlapping meaning.
These include inner critic, underdog
voices, identification, projective identification, and organismic
valuing
process. Morioka's ideas are
linked to the work of Rogers, Cooley, Mead, and Lewin.
We discuss how utushi and ma
might be
studied empirically. We find them
to be refreshing, new concepts that may point to phenomena that are
active
ingredients in psychotherapy. |
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Keywords: inner critic, underdog voices,
identification, projective identification organismic valuing process |
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