Introduction: In this paper, the history of the research about Meditation-counseling, which is very unique and new academic field, has been reviewed. The Meditation-counseling has reinterpreted existing counseling theory through the meditation that is...
Introduction: In this paper, the history of the research about Meditation-counseling, which is very unique and new academic field, has been reviewed. The Meditation-counseling has reinterpreted existing counseling theory through the meditation that is a unique methodology. The term also expresses developing new area. Body: The Meditation-counseling has become activated since the Korean Meditation Therapy Assocication has been founded in November of 2007. Strictly speaking, it can be explained to have been originated from Inkyung Sunim who has tried to combine areas of practicing theory in Buddhism, psychology, and counseling since 2003. However, the meditation-counseling has begun in earnest as a field of studies since 2007. The association was founded and the journal was started to be published. Though its beginning was slight, the meditation-counseling can be regarded to have grown up enough in quantity and quality. Conclusion: In this paper, the trace of meditation-counseling during recent 10 years is reviewed. Published papers and their subjects are mainly described. For this, papers in journals during 10 years, which are from the first issue in 2007 to the issue in December of 2016, have been analyzed following to their published year, subjects, and contents Though they were not categorized or analyzed by social-scientific manners, their trends in the last 10 years can be recognized. The paper can suggest a seed that makes people to consider how the meditation-counseling progresses in the future.