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Mindfulness for therapists : practice for the heart / Eric E. McCollum.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Routledge, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: x, 105 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415898269
  • 9780415898263
  • 1138805874
  • 9781138805873
  • 1317616642
  • 9781317616641
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.8914 23
LOC classification:
  • RC480.5 .M33 2015
Contents:
1. The challenge of presence in a multi-tasking world -- 2. What is mindfulness? -- 3. What do we know about mindfulness: The research record -- 4. How does mindfulness benefit therapists? -- 5. Cultivating mindfulness -- 6. The complexities of compassion -- 7. Things get in the way: Obstacles to being present -- 8. Practicing to be present -- 9. A final thought.
Summary: "Mindfulness for Therapists: Practice for the Heart encourages therapists to embrace mindfulness practice to create presence and depth in their work with clients. Mindfulness helps therapists cultivate compassion, relieve stress, and weather the often emotionally difficult work of providing therapy. In addition, the therapist's own meditation practice is a necessary foundation for teaching mindfulness to clients. Through a variety of exercises and stories from his own clinical experience, McCollum helps therapists understand the usefulness of mindfulness, and develop their own practice"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The challenge of presence in a multi-tasking world -- 2. What is mindfulness? -- 3. What do we know about mindfulness: The research record -- 4. How does mindfulness benefit therapists? -- 5. Cultivating mindfulness -- 6. The complexities of compassion -- 7. Things get in the way: Obstacles to being present -- 8. Practicing to be present -- 9. A final thought.

"Mindfulness for Therapists: Practice for the Heart encourages therapists to embrace mindfulness practice to create presence and depth in their work with clients. Mindfulness helps therapists cultivate compassion, relieve stress, and weather the often emotionally difficult work of providing therapy. In addition, the therapist's own meditation practice is a necessary foundation for teaching mindfulness to clients. Through a variety of exercises and stories from his own clinical experience, McCollum helps therapists understand the usefulness of mindfulness, and develop their own practice"--Provided by publisher.

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