Traditions
(The Lenses of Darshana)

The Lenses of Darshana
Traditions this podcast draws from

No single school of thought owns the truth about the mind. Each episode of From The Therapy Room draws — as relevant to that week's topic — from:

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• Psychoanalytic (Freud) — the unconscious, defense, repetition

• Jungian — archetype, shadow, individuation

• Adlerian — social interest, inferiority/striving, purpose

• Humanistic (Rogers, Maslow) — unconditional positive regard, self-actualization

• Existential — meaning, freedom, mortality, isolation

• Attachment theory — relational patterning from early bonds

• Polyvagal / nervous-system science — the body's role in safety and threat

• Positive psychology — flourishing, strengths, resilience

•  ⁠Indian philosophy (Vedanta, Samkhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Jain thought): the self and the mind, karma, detachment, the many-sidedness of truth

•  Buddhist philosophy: impermanence, suffering, craving, non-attachment

•  Taoist and East Asian thought (Taoism, Confucian, Zen): flow, harmony, self in relationship

•  Western philosophy (Stoicism, Nietzsche, Camus, existentialism): acceptance, meaning, suffering, choice

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Where an episode leans on a specific researcher or study, that's marked in the show notes as research-backed; where it draws on philosophical or clinical tradition rather than a study, it's marked theoretical/philosophical — so you always know which kind of ground you're standing on.

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These lenses are offered as possibilities, not conclusions. What fits you is something we'd explore together, not something I'd declare from the podcast.

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Curious which lens fits what you're going through? That's what individual sessions are for.