■The life of Dr. Shoma Morita (1874-1938)
Shoma Morita, the founder of Morita therapy, was born in 1874. He died of pneumonia at the age of 64 in 1938. Morita entered Tokyo Imperial University School of Medicine in 1898 and graduated in 1903. In that same year, he was appointed as a professor at Tokyo Jikeikai Hospital Medical College. Morita dedicated himself to the treatment of psychogenic diseases but the system of treatment known today as Morita therapy is considered to have formed around 1920. In 1937, Shoma Morita became professor emeritus at Jikei University School of Medicine.
About Morita therapy
Understanding Morita therapy
- Assumptions behind Morita therapy
- Fundamentals of Morita therapeutic methods
- Fundamentals of inpatient Morita therapy treatment
- Fundamentals of outpatient Morita therapy (and outpatient center) treatment
Key terms in understanding Morita therapy
- Seishin kogo sayo – self-exacerbated vicious cycle of sensory aggravation/symptom amplification
- Arugamama – what is, as it is
- The laws of emotion
- Shiso no mujun – contradiction between ideas and facts
- Kyofu totsunyu – Plunge into fear
- Sei no yokubo – Desire for life