Morita therapy

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Morita therapy is a therapy developed by Shoma Morita.^[1]

The goal of Morita therapy is to have the patient accept life as it is^[1] and places an emphasis on letting nature take its course.^[2] Morita therapy views feeling emotions as part of the laws of nature.^[2]

Morita therapy was originally developed to address shinkeishitsu,^[3][4] an outdated term used in Japan to describe patients who have various types of anxiety.^[5] Morita therapy was designed not to completely rid the patient of shinkeishitsu but to lessen the damaging effects.^[6]

Morita therapy has been described as cognate to Albert Ellis's rational-emotive therapy.^[6] It also has commonalities with existential and cognitive behavioral therapy.^[7]