Outline

The Clinician and theMindfulness. Know what you teach and teach what you know.

• Empirical support for improved symptomology and well-being
• The latest research on therapists who practice mindfulness
• Your mindfulness practice and how you can embody mindfulness
• Situations that may contraindicate applying mindfulness in session
• Research limitations

Approaches to Psychoeducation:Mindfulness. Strategies to increase motivation in therapy are easy to use.

• Mindfulness vocabulary
• Visuals and metaphors to explain mindfulness
• Motivate clients with neuroplasticity

The therapeutic relationship needs to be deepened. It is important to build presence, trust and empath connection with clients.

• Overcoming barriers
• Affect regulation techniques for therapist and client
• Strategies to create empathetic connection
• Exercises to build clients trust in themselves

It’s a good idea to teach Mindfulness to clients. The practices are formal and informal.

• Tips for teaching clients about the senses and awareness
• Strategies to shift from “Automatic Pilot”
• Skill building interventions to increase responsiveness & reduce reactivity
• Strategies to cultivate attunement
• Approaches for deepened experience of mindfulness
• Brief and other informal practices
• How to adapt practices to special populations

Group therapy is better than individual therapy.

• Effectiveness of group vs. individual mindfulness
• How to set up and conduct a mindfulness group
  • Screening for individual goodness of fit
  • Encouraging client buy-in and commitment to practice
• Mindfulness interventions specifically designed for groups

Stress and anxiety are related. There are interventions that help the body and mind.

• Breathing practices that break the rumination cycle
• Guided visualizations to lower the stress response
• Movement strategies
• Multi-sensory regulation techniques
• Mindfully reduce the intensity of panic attacks

It is possible to be calm for trauma. Disempowering thoughts.

• Muscle tension releasing – exercises to counter fight or flight
• Guided meditations to disempower intrusive thoughts
• Grounding exercises and sample scripts

UsingMindfulness in Depression Treatment

• Recognize self-criticism and respond with self-love
• Manage negative self-talk with awareness of thoughts
• Meditations to boost well-being

Break the Habit loop is the topic of this book.

• Awareness vs. autopilot — relapse prevention
• Mindfulness for triggers
• Emotional regulation for cravings

Breathing and self-Soothing techniques are used to deal with anger.

• Breathe through anger
• Distraction and grounding techniques
• Self-soothe with calming words and imagery

Diversity,Mindfulness, and Cultural Humility.

• Adapt mindfulness experiences with cultural sensitivity
• Assess appropriateness of mindfulness interventions for individuals
• Negotiate the treatment plan

Compassion fatigue can be mitigated.

• Right here/right now – stay in the moment to reduce anxieties
• Effective and healthy ways to manage your emotions
• Change limiting stories about caring for yourself
• Release the negative – 3 steps to countering negativity bias