Sitting Together: Essential Skills for Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy Author: Thomas Pedulla LICSW | Language: English | ISBN:
1462513980 | Format: PDF
Sitting Together: Essential Skills for Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy 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, a comprehensive, science-based introduction to mindfulness and its clinical applications.
- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: The Guilford Press; 1 edition (February 26, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1462513980
- ISBN-13: 978-1462513987
- Product Dimensions: 1 x 6 x 9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
I feel like Ive been waiting for this book for my entire career! What a practical, down to earth, easy to use guide that still manages to tackle in straightforward what can often be a somewhat abstract and challenging subject of mindfulness. Plenty has been said on the research end and on the theory end, (and this book includes those) but until now, far too little on the practical side of really bringing mindfulness in the therapeutic encounter. Thank you.
By ctw
This book is a "must read" for clinicians who desire to integrate mindfulness meditation into their clinical practice. The three authors have over 20 years in not only clinical experience but meditation practice as well. Their expertise is evident in the clear, heartfelt, and grounded approach they pursue. The themes they follow form the foundation for any therapist to discover the immense benefits of mindfulness in his/her own life and work. This book will become a standard text in the literature of Mindfulness Meditation and Psychotherapy.
By Thomas C. Putnam
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