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mindfulness, meditation, MBSR
June 30, 2015

Editor’s note: There are numerous factors to consider when leading a meditation practice. In this four-part series, physician turned mindfulness teacher Christiane Wolf, MD, PhD, and clinical psychologist Greg Serpa, PhD, answer some of the most noteworthy logistical questions about teaching mindfulness. Keep your particular population in mind as you go through their tips; it’s possible that you may have valid reasons to adapt or change the guidelines to suit the needs and experiences of your participants. 

Guiding with eyes open or closed?

mindfulness, meditation, psychotherapy
June 17, 2015

While it’s certainly not a requirement, many who are drawn to become mindfulness facilitators are trained psychotherapists. And many of the skills of psychotherapy, such as managing the group dynamic and building rapport, are assuredly useful in facilitating a mindfulness group.

psychosis, schizophrenia, mindfulness, therapeutic relationship, compassion
May 14, 2015

The therapeutic relationship has repeatedly shown to be a determining factor in positive outcomes in psychosis treatment. But how specifically do clinicians ensure that this alliance is the best it can be?

psychosis, compassion, mindfulness, ACT, CFT, CBT
May 12, 2015

When working with people with psychosis, a compassionate approach is critical, given the high rates of trauma history and the trauma that can be experienced as a result of psychosis symptoms. In some cases, the treatment of psychosis itself can even be traumatizing (for example, being brought into treatment involuntarily by the police).

social work, mindfulness
April 16, 2015

Editor's note: This is a guest post by Diana Coholic, PhD, adapted from her chapter in Mindfulness and Acceptance in Social Work: Evidence-Based Interventions and Emerging Applications.

drop in water
mindfulness, Defusion, ACT, CBT, MBCT, DBT
March 19, 2015

It’s not exactly news that mindfulness-based therapies are effective. A recent meta-analysis including 209 published empirical outcome studies indicated that mindfulness-based treatments in general were effective in treating a variety of psychological disorders, and as effective as cognitive behavior therapy and pharmacological treatments in the nine studies in which they were compared (Khoury et al., 2013).

flower
ACT, compassion, mindfulness, CFT
February 17, 2015

Editor's note: The following was adapted from The ACT Practitioner's Guide to the Science of Compassion, by Dennis Tirch, PhD, Benjamin Schoendorff, MA, MSc, and Laura Silberstein, PsyD. Dennis Tirch will be presenting a two-day Introduction to Compassion-Focused Therapy in San Rafael, California on September 5 - 6, 2015.

meditation in grass
mindfulness, education, teens, Research
February 05, 2015

Editor’s Note: The following is a Q&A with Karen Bluth, PhD, a mindfulness teacher, researcher, and one of the lead authors of a paper published this January in the journal Mindfulness, which examined the efficacy of Learning to BREATHE or L2B, a mindfulness curriculum for adolescents in an alternative school for ethnically diverse, at-risk teens.

Christopher Willard
teens, anxiety, mindfulness
January 29, 2015

Christopher Willard, PhD, is a psychologist and learning specialist in the Boston area who specializes in work with adolescents and young adults in his private practice and at Tufts University. He regularly consults to schools, clinics, and other institutions, and teaches workshops around the US and around the world. He is the author of Mindfulness for Teen Anxiety: A Workbook for Overcoming Anxiety at Home, at School, and Everywhere Else.

ACT, mindfulness
January 27, 2015

By Daniel J. Moran, PhD, BCBA

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