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Mindfulness-Based Treatment Approaches: Clinician's Guide to Evidence Base and Applications (Practical Resources for the Mental Health Professional)

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Mindfulness-Based Treatment Approaches: Clinician's Guide to Evidence Base and Applications (Practical Resources for the Mental Health Professional)
Provides a clear description of a variety of Mindfulness-based treatments. Central concepts and procedural steps are clarified and contrasted enabling the reader to discriminate easily between approaches and to select the most appropriate for their client group. Clear case examples demonstrate how to apply different methods. Highly recommended for post-grad psychology students.

I am a wellness coach at a cancer center and stress is one of our biggest challenges. Last year I bought this book in hopes that it would serve as a resource for me and staff around "mindfullness training" and stress reduction techniques.

It has been helpful for it has not only helped build my knowledge and understanding around mindfullness training, but it also has given me a understanding of the empirical evidence. Even though I am not a therapists the case studies have been very helpful in building my understanding of how mindfullness training works in real world situations.

This book has accompanied me on several plane trips when I usually take a good mystery, but instead have been deep inside mindfullness concepts I did not what to give up. It's packed full of information - but even for a wellness coach a must if you are working on stress in the worksite.

William B. Baun, EPD, FAWHP

Since I work in the field of mindfulness and meditation research, this book proved to be(pardon the expression) enlightening. Anyone who wants to teach a class or a workshop that uses any form of self-reflective strategy will find something useful here, and I highly recommend it to psychotherapists since mindfulness-based therapies are proving to be one of the most effective ways to treat serious emotional problems. I was particularly impressed by the ways that mindfulness has been successfully integrated into weight loss and eating disorder programs. Another fascinating chapter describes how meditation and mindfulness can be used to enhance relationships between partners. A real gem: expensive but well worth the price.

this book edited by a leader in developing measures of mindfulness, brings together various leaders in applied mindfulness. the chapters are well written and present the empirical evidence for a particular intervention. even better, rich case material shows the actual clinical application. a very helpful book for both clinicians and researchers.

The first thing that struck me about this book was the amount of info that it had. I got confused with the layout and how to go about pulling pertinent info from this huge book. She includes theories( developmental etc), dsm, interventions, handouts, goals, assessment, interview etc. It is very confusing and the way it is divided and does not make sense. However, if you are patient and read through the introduction you should be able to make good use of this book. Do not let the organisation and piles of info deter you, her interventions are very CBT and useful, I have found success using them. But do read the introduction where she describes how the book is organised. Another series to look into- treatment planning by Jongsma( much better organised and def. simpler!)