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Becoming Mindful : Integrating Mindfulness Into Your Psychiatric Practice by Erin Zerbo; Alan Schlechter; Seema Desai; Petros Levounis; American Psychiatric Association Publishing is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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According to a 2012 National Institutes of Health survey, 18 million adults in the United States -- 8% of the adult population -- practice some type of meditation. What are the possible applications of meditation -- and mindfulness in particular -- in psychotherapy and psychiatry? Becoming Mindful: Integrating Mindfulness Into Your Psychiatric Practice tackles this issue in a down-to-earth manner designed for immediate applicability. Whereas most other books on the topic focus on the benefits of mindfulness either for the clinician or for the patient, Becoming Mindful offers chapters on both, providing advice on how clinicians can establish a personal mindfulness practice and encourage their patients to do the same, both during sessions and at home. For clinician and patient alike, the handbook discusses the practical aspects of mindfulness, from the most effective postures to specific practices, and offers solutions for overcoming common obstacles, including restlessness and boredom, sleepiness, and sensory craving. Several chapters feature embedded exercises and guided meditations, and an appendix with audio guided meditations and a resource list provides psychiatrists, psycholog

Who reads Becoming Mindful : Integrating Mindfulness Into Your Psychiatric Practice?

Author

Erin Zerbo; Alan Schlechter; Seema Desai; Petros Levounis; American Psychiatric Association Publishing

Publisher

Amer Psychiatric Pub; American Psychiatric Association Publishing

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781615370757

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Psychology, Psychiatry