ABSTRACT
I come to this topic humbly and reverently. Although no stranger to Zen, I confess to being no expert on either Zen theory or Zen practice. These truths notwithstanding, I am quite interested in Zen and other forms of Buddhist thought, and I am deeply committed to exploring the interface between Buddhism and psychotherapy. Thus, I approach these conceptual challenges not only with humility, but with an eagerness, an excitement, and the wish to offer a fresh angle on the ubiquitous and controversial notion of therapeutic neutrality and related conceptsones that, to my mind, comprise essential components of the bridge between psychotherapy and Buddhist thought.
