Already Free: Buddhism Meets Psychotherapy on the Path of Liberation

I feel like I've read at least a dozen books that say almost the exact same things as this book, but still got a lot from Tift's version. In my opinion, Buddhist and Buddhist/western therapy books are the best kind of "self-help" books and hope to read a few dozen more like this.

I didn't give it five stars because I feel like there were quite a few times where he repeated himself an that was annoying.

Different Paths, Different StrengthsFreedom from unnecessary suffering is the goal of both Buddhism and modern psychotherapy, yet each approaches this intention from a very different perspective. "Buddhist practice helps us awaken to a well-being that is independent of our circumstances," explains Bruce Tift, "while Western psychotherapy helps us bring our disowned experience into awareness in order to live in a more skillful and satisfying way."On Already Free, this therapist and Buddhist practitioner opens a fresh dialogue between these two perspectives, and explores how each provides us with essential keys to experiencing full presence and aliveness.