Naikan-Oriented Counseling and Intensive Naikan: Liberation from five years of physical pain

Abstract

  Naikan involves reflecting on 1. what you have received from others, 2. what you have given to others, and 3. the troubles you have caused others from the past until the present. Naikan can be performed at home, at school, or at a correctional facility through “Intensive Naikan” over a one-week stay, or through“ Naikan recording” which involves keeping a record of Naikan experiences. In the case that we will report here, we issued the themes of “reflecting on good experiences” and “Naikan recording” during Naikan-oriented counseling which takes into account the Naikan thinking pattern in client-centered counseling before Intensive Naikan. We had the client get used to the Naikan thinking pattern, and increased the client's willingness to perform Intensive Naikan. Naikan-oriented counseling was performed after Intensive Naikan as aftercare. As a result of this therapy regimen, the client was liberated from her five years of physical pain, and her marital relationship improved. We will report here on the synergistic effect of Naikan-oriented counseling and Intensive Naikan.