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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pollak, Susan M., author.

Pedulla, Thomas, author.

Siegel, Ronald D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy.

Meditation--Therapeutic use.

Meditation.

Psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Guilford Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

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 the

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4619-5839-3

1-4625-1399-9

OCLC:

871257272