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Guido Aguilar*
Clnicas de Psicologa y Biorretroalimentacin, Guatemala
Andrea Musso
Universidad Francisco Marroqun, Guatemala
ABSTRACT
RESUMEN
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n el APA Monitor de septiem- en el mismo congreso, una conferen-
bre, Clay (1997) public un ar- cia y un taller acerca de la utilizacin
tculo sealando que cada vez teraputica de la meditacin.
ms psiclogos y mdicos estn utili-
MEDITACIN: CONCEPTUALIZACIN
zando la meditacin, para tratar una
variedad cada vez mayor de trastornos Para definir la meditacin, es im-
fsicos y emocionales. Y Coyne (1998) portante empezar diferencindola de
public, en el mes de mayo en la re- lo que no es.
vista New York, un artculo sobre cmo
tener los pensamientos adecuados Qu no es la meditacin?
puede curarse la enfermedad, y subra-
Meditacin es un trmino que no siem-
y la importancia de cinco mtodos
pre se usa en el mismo sentido, pues-
para lograrlo: Biorretroalimentacin,
to que diversas escuelas filosficas,
meditacin, imaginacin guiada, te-
teolgicas, espirituales y psicolgicas
rapias cognoscitivas y terapia de gru-
han utilizado el trmino para referir-
po de apoyo. Todo esto implica un
se a procesos distintos. Con frecuencia
reconocimiento y utilizacin cada vez
se encuentra en la literatura confusin
mayor de la meditacin, tanto en el
en relacin a los trminos y conceptos
rea mdica, como en la psicologa. Y
de introspeccin, reflexin, pensa-
en Acapulco, en el Congreso Mundial
miento, anlisis, discriminacin y
de Terapias Cognitivas y Conductuales,
concentracin. A continuacin se re-
de 1998, G. Alan Marlatt, un recono-
visa brevemente cada uno de ellos.
cido investigador, present un taller
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