Mindfulness and the Transformation of Despair

Mindfulness and the Transformation of Despair Working With People at Risk of Suicide

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Publisher's Synopsis

Grounded in extensive research and clinical experience, this book describes how to adapt mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) for participants who struggle with recurrent suicidal thoughts and impulses. Clinicians and mindfulness teachers are presented with a comprehensive framework for understanding suicidality and its underlying vulnerabilities. The preliminary intake interview and each of the eight group mindfulness sessions of MBCT are discussed in detail, highlighting issues that need to be taken into account with highly vulnerable people. Assessment guidelines are provided and strategies for safely teaching core mindfulness practices are illustrated with extensive case examples. The book also discusses how to develop the required mindfulness teacher skills and competencies. Purchasers get access to a companion website featuring downloadable audio recordings of the guided mindfulness practices, narrated by Zindel Segal, Mark Williams, and John Teasdale.

See also Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression, Second Edition, by Zindel Segal, Mark Williams, and John Teasdale, the authoritative presentation of MBCT.

Book information

ISBN: 9781462521821
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Imprint: The Guilford Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 616.8584450651
DEWEY edition: 23
Number of pages: x, 334
Weight: 596g
Height: 163mm
Width: 240mm
Spine width: 32mm