Description
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.
See also Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, Second Edition, edited by Christopher K. Germer, Ronald D. Siegel, and Paul R. Fulton, which reviews the research on therapeutic applications of mindfulness and delves into treatment of specific clinical problems.
Chapter
Chapter 1. Bringing Mindfulness into Psychotherapy
What Exactly Is Mindfulness?
Meditation Practices as Counterproductive Defenses
It’s Complicated, but Worth It
Chapter 2. Becoming a Mindful Therapist
Do Therapists Benefit from Mindfulness Training?
Getting Started: The Basics
Bringing Mindfulness into the Consulting Room
What to Do When You’re Feeling Discouraged
Chapter 3. Cultivating Mindfulness in the Therapeutic Relationship
Deepening Therapeutic Presence
Transitioning to Mindfulness-Based Treatment
Chapter 4. Concentration Practice: Focusing the Mind
Paying Attention to Posture
Making Concentration Practice Accessible to Patients
What Does Concentration Look and Feel Like?
Chapter 5. Open Monitoring: Expanding the Mind
Developing Awareness of the Body
Chapter 6. Loving-Kindness and Compassion Practice: Engaging the Heart
Bringing Compassion to the Body
Bringing Compassion to Eating
Taking Compassion from the Meditation Cushion into the World
Working with Extreme Suffering
When Life Feels Unbearable
Chapter 7. Equanimity Practice: Finding Balance
When Only Industrial Strength Will Do
Chapter 8. Making Mindfulness Accessible
“There’s a Tornado in Me”
Chapter 9. The Art of Sequencing
Working with Things as They Are
Chapter 10. Beyond Symptom Relief: Deepening Mindfulness
Are We Therapists or Meditation Teachers?
Deepening Our Own Meditation Practice
Deepening Our Patients’ Meditation Practice
Appendix. Selecting Practices
Practices for Particular Disorders
Practices for Particular Populations
Practices for the Clinician
Books about Mindfulness Meditation
Mindfulness Training in Clinical Settings
Sitting Together
：Essential Skills for Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy
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