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Author Pollak, Susan, author.

Title Sitting together : essential skills for mindfulness-based psychotherapy / by Susan M. Pollak, Thomas Pedulla, and Ronald D. Siegel.

Publication Info. New York : The Guilford Press, [2014]
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 240 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Bringing mindfulness into psychotherapy -- Becoming a mindful therapist -- Cultivating mindfulness in the therapeutic relationship -- Concentration practice : focusing the mind -- Open monitoring : expanding the mind -- Loving-kindness and compassion practice: engaging the heart -- Equanimity practice : finding balance -- Making mindfulness accessible -- The art of sequencing -- Beyond symptom relief : deepening mindfulness.
Summary 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 r.
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Subject Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy.
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy.
Meditation -- Therapeutic use.
Meditation -- Therapeutic use.
Psychotherapy.
Psychotherapy.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Pedulla, Thomas, author.
Siegel, Ronald D., author.
Other Form: Print version: Pollak, Susan. Sitting together 9781462513987 (DLC) 2013042212 (OCoLC)855580741
ISBN 9781461958390 (electronic book)
1461958393 (electronic book)
9781462513994 (electronic book)
1462513999 (electronic book)
9781462513987 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9781462527731 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
1462513980 (print)