<P><EM>Mindfulness-Informed Relational Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis: Inquiring Deeply</EM> provides a refreshing new look at the emerging field of Buddhist-informed psychotherapy.<I></I>Marjorie Schuman presents a cogent framework which engages the patient at the levels of<I></I>narrative, affective regulation, and psychodynamic understanding. Blending knowledge<I></I>of contemporary psychoanalysis with the wisdom of Buddhist view, she examines how<I></I>mindfulness can be integrated into psychodynamic treatment as an aspect of self-reflection<I></I>rather than as a cognitive behavioral technique or intervention.</P><P></P><P>This book explores how mindfulness as a "self-reflective awareness practice" can be used to amplify and unpack psychological experience in psychodynamic treatment. Schuman presents a penetrating analysis of conceptual issues, richly illustrated throughout with clinical material. In so doing, she both clarifies important dimensions of psychotherapy and illumina