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The goal of psychotherapy from the Eastern view is very different from the Western one. Unlike the Western psychology stressing the "ego" or the "self," the Eastern view asks individuals to pursue what Suziki (1961) called "the absolute subjectivity." Moreover, based on the non-dualism, Chan’s ten-bull pictures reveal sequential stages of Self-exploration to reach the goal. The stages perfectly reflect the viewpoint of the Eastern psychotherapy and give psychotherapists a map to work with clients. The author considers that the stages begin with "I got a problem!" follow by "I am the problem," "intellectually self-exploring," "un-labeling", and finally reach the stage of "self-transformation." Besides, the round frame of pictures also implicitly suggests a deep meaning for psychotherapy. According to the traditional Chinese, a circle stands for many symbolic meanings – including the Heaven, the Earth, and Toa etc. From these symbolic meanings of the Eastern philosophy, the round frame of the pictures can be seen as the relationship the therapist has formed with the clients, such as the "transitional space"(Winnicott, 1971), a partner on the way of enlightenment, a teacher-student relationship and so on. Cases will be provided.