Can a meditative practice assist and promote the healing relationship between psychotherapist and client? The notable contributors to this practical book draw on a wide range of Eastern and Western disciplines-psychoanalysis, Gestalt, Aikido, and various Christian, Hindu, and Buddhist contemplative traditions- to show that it can. What they propose is a meeting between the Western psychotherapeutic approach- grounded in working with personal problems and the need to become an authentic person- and Eastern tradition, which emphasizes a larger transpersonal awareness and equanimity. They show that joining psychotherapy with meditation can mutually awaken the hearts of both therapist and client, sparking them both to open more fully.