Shuchu naikan consists of a week of confinement in a training center or hospital to restrict communication with the outside in order to make a client reflect on his or her attitude against a person who had a deep relationship with him or her (specifically focusing on mother) from the following three perspectives:
集中内観は研修所や病院などの静かな部屋に一週間こもり、外界とのやり取りを制限し、自分とかかわりの深い他者（特に母親が重視される）に対して自分がどうであったかを、次の三つの観点から調べるものである。