p.12 thesis

To understand suffering and its alleviation the research enlists, from the Mahayana Buddhist wisdom tradition, the Prasangika-Madhyamika philosophical approach to the definition of suffering. This approach considers practices of exploration and interpretation crucial to the definition and alleviation of suffering.

A phase of HWT is to assist the client to develop a healthy exploration and interpretation of their suffering. This is an exceptionally important part of the process of moving towards healing. It is important for the client to be able to identify what stage of the illness they are in. CFS can be experienced as unbounded ... This is very disempowering. Helping the client to find ways to place boundaries on the illness and manage the unpredictability of the symptoms is vital.