Sitting together : essential skills for mindfulness-based psychotherapy / Susan M. Pollak, Thomas Pedulla, Ronald D. Siegel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pollak, Susan.

Contributor:

Pedulla, Thomas.

Siegel, Ronald D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy.

Meditation--Therapeutic use.

Meditation.

Psychotherapy.

Mindfulness--methods.

Meditation--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Mindfulness--methods.

Meditation--methods.

Physical Description:

xv, 240 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : The Guilford Press, [2014]

Summary:

This practical guide helps therapists from virtually any specialty or theoretical orientation choose and adapt mindfulness practices most likely to be effective with particular patients, while avoiding those that are contraindicated. The authors provide a wide range of meditations that build the core skills of focused attention, mindfulness, and compassionate acceptance. Vivid clinical examples show how to weave the practices into therapy, tailor them to each patient's needs, and overcome obstacles. Therapists also learn how developing their own mindfulness practice can enhance therapeutic relationships and personal well-being. The Appendix offers recommendations for working with specific clinical problems. Free audio downloads (narrated by the authors) and accompanying patient handouts for selected meditations from the book are available at www.sittingtogether.com.

Contents:

Bringing mindfulness into psychotherapy

Becoming a mindful therapist

Cultivating mindfulness in the therapeutic relationship

Concentration practice : focusing the mind

Open monitoring : expanding the mind

Loving-kindness and compassion practice: engaging the heart

Equanimity practice : finding balance

Making mindfulness accessible

The art of sequencing

Beyond symptom relief : deepening mindfulness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781462513987

1462513980

1462513999

9781462513994

9781462527731

1462527736

OCLC:

855580741

Publisher Number:

99968016564