Ronald D. Siegel

The Science of Mindfulness

Mindfulness offers a path to well-being and tools for coping with life's inevitable hurdles. And though mindfulness may sound exotic, you can cultivate it--and reap its proven benefits--without special training or lots of spare time. Trusted therapist and mindfulness expert Dr. Ronald Siegel shows exactly how in this inviting guide. You'll get effective strategies to use while driving to work, walking the dog, or washing the dishes, plus tips on creating a formal practice routine in as little as 20 minutes a day. Flexible, step-by-step action plans will help you become more focused and efficient in daily life; cope with difficult feelings, such as anger and sadness; deepen your connection to your spouse or partner; feel more rested and less stressed; curb unhealthy habits; find relief from anxiety and depression; and resolve stress-related pain, insomnia, and other physical problems. Free audio downloads of the meditation exercises are available at the author's website: www.mindfulness-solution.com. Start living a more balanced life--today.

Everyday Practices for Everyday Problems

The Mindfulness Solution

Christopher K. Germer

Paul R. Fulton

Provides a comprehensive introduction to mindfulness and its contemporary clinical applications. Within a coherent conceptual framwork, chapters present a wide range of clear-cut proceedures for practicing mindfulness techniques and teaching them to patients. The authors blend clinical wisdom, research findings attention and more.

Mindfulness and Psychotherapy

Finding Happiness Right Where You Are

Extraordinary Gift of Being Ordinary

Susan M. Pollak

Susan Pollak

Thomas Pedulla

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.

Essential Skills for Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy

Sitting Together

Douglas R. Johnson

Michael H. Urdang

A new guide to overcoming back pain emphasizes the latest in scientific and medical research into the psychological and physiological factors underlying most back discomfort as it presents a safe, effective, and easy-to-follow self-treatment program to end the back-pain cycle. 15,000 first printing.

A Revolutionary Approach to Halting the Cycle of Chronic Back Pain

Back Sense

Christopher Germer

Obwohl Achtsamkeit, Weisheit und Mitgefühl in der psychotherapeutischen und psychiatrischen Literatur selten behandelt werden, wird man kaum widersprechen können, dass diese Qualitäten wichtige Elemente einer jeden guten Behandlung sind. Dieses Buch erläutert das Wesen von Weisheit und Mitgefühl, sowohl für Therapeuten, die noch nicht mit achtsamkeits- und akzeptanzbasierten Ansätzen gearbeitet haben, als auch für jene, die damit schon vertraut sind. Untersucht wird, ob und wie diese Qualitäten objektiv gemessen und wie sie in die therapeutische Behandlung integriert werden können. Die Autoren beschreiben wirksame Strategien, mit denen bei bestimmten Symptomen und Störungen (zum Beispiel bei Angst, Depression, Trauma, Substanzmissbrauch, suizidalem Verhalten, Paarkonflikten und Elternstress) mit Achtsamkeit und Mitgefühl gearbeitet werden kann. Innovative therapeutische Techniken werden vorgestellt sowie die Theorie und die Forschung, die sie stützen, zusammengefasst. Das Buch beschreibt auch neurobiologische Grundlagen von Weisheit und Mitgefühl, etwa die bedeutenden Entdeckungen über die Wirkung von Achtsamkeitsmeditation auf das Gehirn. Inspirierend und spannend geschrieben, ist Weisheit und Mitgefühl in der Psychotherapie eine wahre Fundgrube für Therapeuten und ein Meilenstein in der Weiterentwicklung therapeutischer Kompetenz.

Achtsame Wege zur Vertiefung der therapeutischen Praxis

Weisheit und Mitgefühl in der Psychotherapie

"Did I sound stupid?" "Should I have sent that email?" "How do I look?" Many of us spend a lot of time feeling self-conscious and comparing ourselves to others. Why do we judge ourselves so relentlessly? Why do we strive so hard to be special or successful, or to avoid feeling rejected? When psychologist and mindfulness expert Dr. Ronald Siegel realized that he, as well as most of his clients, was caught in a cycle of endless self-evaluation, he decided to do something about it. This engaging, empowering guide sheds light on this very human habit--and explains how to break it. Through illuminating stories and exercises, practical tools (which you can download and print for repeated use), and guided meditations with accompanying audio downloads, Dr. Siegel invites you to stop obsessing so much about how you measure up. Instead, by accepting the extraordinary gift of being ordinary, you can build stronger connections with others and get more joy out of life.

The Extraordinary Gift of Being Ordinary

Daniel Gabarró

Javier García Campayo

Luisa Conejos Ara

María Nabal Vicuña

Carlos Alsinet

Lourdes Assens Tauste

Alberto Barceló Soler

Ana Blasco Belled

Gonzalo Brito Pons

Lama Yeshe Chödrön

Josefa Fombuena Valero

María Julia Girol Merino

Miguel Ibáñez Ramos

Agustín Moñivas Lázaro

Mayte Navarro Gil

Silvia Solé Cases

El libro que tiene entre sus manos nace de la formación desarrollada en la Universidad de Lleida en los cursos de Postgrado sobre mindfulness. El lector podrá encontrar las aportaciones teóricas que sustentan y demuestran el valor del mindfulness y la compasión desde diferentes perspectivas. Podrá además encontrar los fundamentos de las diferentes prácticas. Unas prácticas que son sencillas pero exigen constancia, apertura y una mirada renovada, capaz de redescubrir la verdadera dimensión de lo cotidiano, de uno mismo, de las personas que nos rodean, de la naturaleza, etc. Además, ofrecemos un recorrido por las posibles aplicaciones del mindfulness y la compasión en algunos ámbitos de la relación de ayuda: educación, trabajo social, psicología y ámbito sanitario. Este no es un libro de autoayuda ni un tratado sobre mindfulness, quiere ser una tarjeta de presentación del mindfulness para aquellas personas que no lo conocen en profundidad y que se preguntan por su utilidad personal o profesional.

Mindfulness y compasión en la relación de ayuda

Responding to growing interest among psychotherapists of all theoretical orientations, this practical book provides a comprehensive introduction to mindfulness and its clinical applications. The authors, who have been practicing both mindfulness and psychotherapy for decades, present a range of clear-cut procedures for implementing mindfulness techniques and teaching them to patients experiencing depression, anxiety, chronic pain, and other problems. Also addressed are ways that mindfulness practices can increase acceptance and empathy in the therapeutic relationship. The book reviews the philosophical underpinnings of mindfulness and presents compelling empirical findings. User-friendly features include illustrative case examples, practice exercises, and resource listings.

This practical book has given tens of thousands of clinicians and students a comprehensive introduction to mindfulness and its clinical applications. The book describes the philosophical underpinnings of mindfulness and reviews the growing body of treatment studies and neuroscientific research. Leading practitioners and researchers present clear-cut procedures for implementing mindfulness techniques and teaching them to patients experiencing depression, anxiety, chronic pain, and other problems. Also addressed are ways that mindfulness practices can increase acceptance and empathy in the therapeutic relationship. User-friendly features include illustrative case examples and practice exercises. New to This Edition *Incorporates significant empirical advances--mindfulness has become one of the most-researched areas in psychotherapy.ÿ *Most chapters extensively revised or rewritten. *Chapters on practical ethics, trauma, and addictions. *Greater emphasis on the role of acceptance and compassion in mindfulness. See also Sitting Together: Essential Skills for Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy, by Susan M. Pollak, Thomas Pedulla, and Ronald D. Siegel, a hands-on guide to incorporating mindfulness practices into psychotherapy.

Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, Second Edition

Douglas R. Johnson, M.D.

A new guide to overcoming back pain emphasizes the latest in scientific and medical research into the psychological and physiological factors underlying most back discomfort as it presents a safe, effective, and easy-to-follow self-treatment program to end the back-pain cycle. Reprint.

"Did I sound stupid?" "Should I have sent that email?" "How do I look?" Many of us spend a lot of time feeling self-conscious and comparing ourselves to others. Why do we judge ourselves so relentlessly? Why do we strive so hard to be special or successful, or to avoid feeling rejected? When psychologist and mindfulness expert Dr. Ronald Siegel realized that he, as well as most of his clients, was caught in a cycle of endless self-evaluation, he decided to do something about it. This engaging, empowering guide sheds light on this very human habit/m-/and explains how to break it. Through illuminating stories and exercises, practical tools (which you can download and print for repeated use), and guided meditations with accompanying audio downloads, Dr. Siegel invites you to stop obsessing so much about how you measure up. Instead, by accepting the extraordinary gift of being ordinary, you can build stronger connections with others and get more joy out of life.

“Did I sound stupid?” “Should I have sent that email?” “How do I look?” Many of us spend a lot of time feeling self-conscious and comparing ourselves to others. Why do we judge ourselves so relentlessly? Why do we strive so hard to be special or successful, or to avoid feeling rejected? When psychologist and mindfulness expert Dr. Ronald Siegel realized that he, as well as most of his clients, was caught in a cycle of endless self-evaluation, he decided to do something about it. In this engaging, empowering guide, he sheds light on this very human habit--and explains how to break it. Through illuminating exercises drawn from both contemporary science and ancient traditions, along with moving, often funny stories, Dr. Siegel invites readers to stop obsessing so much about how they measure up. Instead, by accepting the extraordinary gift of being ordinary, we can build stronger connections with others, get more joy out of life, and taste the wonderful freedom of everything no longer being all about us.

Bringing together leading scholars, scientists, and clinicians, this compelling volume explores how therapists can cultivate wisdom and compassion in themselves and their clients. Chapters describe how combining insights from ancient contemplative practices and modern research can enhance the treatment of anxiety, depression, trauma, substance abuse, suicidal behavior, couple conflict, and parenting stress. Seamlessly edited, the book features numerous practical exercises and rich clinical examples. It examines whether wisdom and compassion can be measured objectively, what they look like in the therapy relationship, their role in therapeutic change, and how to integrate them into treatment planning and goal setting. The book includes a foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

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