In order to help clients use mindfulness practices in their own lives, therapists need to have more than just an intellectual understanding of the field. Mindfulness for Therapists helps therapists develop their own mindfulness practice and teaches techniques that will help them deal with the stress and weariness that can result from the emotionally difficult work of therapy. It is the first book to address the ways in which a mindfulness practice can help therapists treat clients who have focused concerns, and help therapists deal with their own stress and burnout as well.
In order to help clients use mindfulness practices in their own lives, therapists need to have more than just an intellectual understanding of the fie...
Mindfulness for Therapists: Practice for the Heart encourages therapists to embrace mindfulness practice to create presence and depth in their work with clients. Mindfulness helps therapists cultivate compassion, relieve stress, and weather the often emotionally difficult work of providing therapy. In addition, the therapist's own meditation practice is a necessary foundation for teaching mindfulness to clients. Through a variety of exercises and stories from his own clinical experience, McCollum helps therapists understand the usefulness of mindfulness, and develop their own...
Mindfulness for Therapists: Practice for the Heart encourages therapists to embrace mindfulness practice to create presence and depth in t...
