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Hypnosis, psychoanalysis, and Morita therapy: The evolution of Kokyō Nakamura’s psychotherapeutic theories and practices (2022)

Wu, Yu-chuan (Author)

History of Psychiatry
Volume: 33
Issue: 3
Pages: 279-292
Publication date: 2022
Language: English

DOI: 10.1177/0957154X221087411

URI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0957154X221087411

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Psychiatry Therapeutic practice; therapy; treatment Psychotherapy Psychoanalysis Hypnosis and hypnotism 20th century, early Japan Kokyo, Nakamura

Psychotherapy had developed into a dynamic and diverse field in pre-war Japan. Apart from thousands of spiritually oriented lay psychotherapists, there were a few quasi-professional practitioners who insisted on a rational approach and experimented with a variety of psychotherapeutic methods. Among them was Kokyō Nakamura, whose quest for a viable psychotherapeutic method is intriguing and illuminating. This paper examines the evolution of Nakamura’s theories and practices by dividing it into three stages: hypnotic suggestion, psychoanalysis, and Morita therapy. His pragmatic and adaptive approach to psychotherapy provides not only an interesting example for studying the spread of psychotherapy across nations and cultures, but also valuable clues to understanding its nature as a body of knowledge and therapeutic method.

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