The mindfulness breakthrough : the revolutionary approach to dealing with stress, anxiety, and depression

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Autor:

Silverton, Sarah.

ISBN:

9781780281070

Información de publicación:

London : Watkins Publishing; New York : Distributed in the USA by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2012.

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This book explains how to practise mindfulness, using illustrated step-by-step exercises to help the reader understand key techniques such as breathing, relaxation, body scanning and concentration building. It also includes chapters on using mindfulness to self-treat such specific problems as depression, stress and anxiety, and relationship issues.

Written by a team of practising therapists led by Sarah Silverton, The Mindfulness Breakthroughexplains how to open our awareness so that we can relate to our experiences with a compassionate, non-judgmental attitude. As we progress through each chapter, we learn how to become aware of unhelpful automatic reactions to our emotions, feelings and experiences. Rather than 'reacting' to life as we always have, mindfulness shows us how to observe our experience and as a result behave in a way that is gentler, wiser and more positive.

Practical, accessible and featuring illustrated exercises to help the reader fully understand and adopt the mindfulness approach, this book truly is a breakthrough: the most friendly and engaging title available on the subject.

Notas del autor

Sarah Silverton is a meditation teachers working for the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice at Bangor University, North Wales. A trained occupational therapist and counselor, she has 25 years experience of working with people with mental health issues and physical disabilities, including chronic illness.

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Library Journal Review

These two books on meditation take totally different approaches to the same basic subject. Clinical meditation consultant Puddicombe, a former Buddhist monk, primarily uses his own experience to help readers clear their minds by employing mindfulness principles. He offers a variety of ten-minute exercises to direct the practitioner's awareness to breathing and focusing-skills that can improve self-control, performance under stress, and alertness. Meditation teacher and occupational therapist Silverton employs the principles of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and offers a textbook-style approach to the subject. She covers the same territory as Puddicombe but adds helpful diagrams and photographs. She also spends more time discussing the ramifications of mindfulness training in terms of relationships with others and oneself. In addition to the usual problems of stress and anxiety, she covers the benefits of mindfulness practice in rearing children, dealing with illness, and caring for others. VERDICT Silverton's is the clear favorite in terms of breadth and presentation. (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Tabla de contenido

John Kabat Zinn

Foreword	p. 6
AuthorsÆ Preface	p. 7
Part I Understanding Mindfulness
Chapter 1 Introducing MindfulnessSarah Silverton
The Development Mindfulness	p. 12
The Mindfulness Experience	p. 18
Mindfulness Brain	p. 22
Mindfulness Everyday Life	p. 23
The Benefits of Mindfulness	p. 28
Chapter 2 Paying Attention Mindfully
Forming Our Attention Toward Our Experience	p. 32
Doing and Being Modes of the Mind	p. 36
Chapter 3 Practising Mindfulness
Developing Awareness of Everyday Life	p. 48
The Wandering Mind	p. 52
Investigating Bodily Sensations	p. 53
Mindfulness of the Body	p. 58
Mindful Movement	p. 66
Part II Mindfulness with LifeÆs Challenges
Working with Difficulty	p. 74
Chapter 4 Mindfulness and DepressionSarah Silverton
Symptoms of Depression	p. 82
Causes of Depression	p. 83
How We View Experiences	p. 86
Dealing with Depression	p. 88
The Mindful Response	p. 90
Chapter 5 Mindfulness for Stress and AnxietyVanessa Hope
How to Deal with Stress and Anxiety	p. 100
Physical Reactions	p. 102
Responding to Stress	p. 106
Chapter 6 mindfulness in RelationshipsEluned Gold
Connecting through Mindfulness	p. 116
Bringing Mindfulness to Our Relationships	p. 120
Chapter 7 Mindfulness with ChildrenEluned Gold
Getting Started	p. 132
Tuning In	p. 134
Helping with Difficulty	p. 140
Chapter 8 Mindfulness for CarersVanessa Hope
How Mindfulness Can Help	p. 146
Chapter 9 Mindfulness and IllnessSarah Silverton
How We Experience Illness	p. 162
Dealing with Diagnosis	p. 172
Further Exercises	p. 176
Further Resources	p. 178
Index	p. 180
Acknowledgments	p. 184