Clinical Handbook of Mindfulness (eBook)

Fabrizio Didonna is a Clinical Psychologist and Cognitive Behaviour Psychotherapist. He is founder and President of the Italian Institute for Mindfulness (IS.I.MIND). He is Coordinator of the Unit for Mood and Anxiety Disorders, and he also works at the Unit for Borderline Personality Disorders in the Department of Psychiatry at the Casa di Cura Villa Margherita in Vicenza, Italy. He is a teacher and trainer at the School of Cognitive Therapy in Bologna, at the School of Cognitive and Forensic Psychotherapy in Reggio Emilia and at the Institute for Cognitive Science in Grosseto, Italy. He is an experienced instructor of mindfulness groups both in inpatient and outpatient settings and was one of the first therapists who planned and used mindfulness training with patients with severe disorders in inpatient treatment programs. He has given workshops worldwide in the field of CBT for obsessive compulsive disorder, depression, anxiety disorders and mindfulness-based training, has presented scientific papers at conferences in Italy and Europe, and published many articles, several chapters and two books. He is Vice-President of the Italian Association for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and also the Representative of the Regional Section of SITCC, the Italian Society for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy. He has been practicing and teaching meditation for many years and gives training retreats in MBCT and mindfulness-based interventions in Italy and in many countries in Europe.

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Contents 6
Acknowledgments 9
About the Editor 11
Contributors 12
Foreword 22
Introduction: Where New and Old Paths to Dealing with Suffering Meet 31
Part 1 Theory, Conceptualization,and Phenomenology 45
Mindfulness: What Is It? Where Did It Come From? 46
Ronald D. Siegel, Christopher K. Germer, and Andrew Olendzki 46
Mindfulness and Meditation 65
Andrew Olendzki 65
The Neurobiology of Mindfulness 73
Michael T. Treadway and Sara W. Lazar 73
Toward a Phenomenology of Mindfulness: Subjective Experience and Emotional Correlates 86
Kirk Warren Brown and Shari Cordon 86
Part 2 Clinical Applications: General Issues, Rationale, and Phenomenology 109
Mindfulness and Psychopathology: Problem Formulation 110
Nancy L. Kocovski, Zindel V. Segal, and Susan R. Battista 110
Emotional Memory, Mindfulness and Compassion 124
Paul Gilbert and Dennis Tirch 124
The Use of Metaphor to Establish Acceptance and Mindfulness 136
Alethea A. Varra, Claudia Drossel, and Steven C. Hayes 136
Mindfulness and Feelingsof Emptiness 149
Fabrizio Didonna and Yolanda Rosillo Gonzalez 149
Assessment of Mindfulness 176
Ruth A. Baer, Erin Walsh, and Emily L. B. Lykins 176
Part 3 Mindfulness-Based Interventionsfor Specific Disorders 192
Mindfulness and Anxiety Disorders: Developing a Wise Relationship with the Inner Experience of Fear 193
Jeffrey Greeson, Jeffrey Brantley 193
Mindfulnessand Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Developing a Wayto Trust and Validate One'sInternal Experience 211
Fabrizio Didonna 211
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depressionand Suicidality 242
Thorsten Barnhofer and Catherine Crane 242
Mindfulness and Borderline Personality Disorder 265
Shireen L. Rizvi, Stacy Shaw Welch, and Sona Dimidjian 265
Mindfulness-Based Approaches to Eating Disorders 278
Ruth Q. Wolever and Jennifer L. Best 278
Paradise Lost: Mindfulness and Addictive Behavior 307
Thomas Bien 307
Mindfulness for Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 316
Victoria M. Follette and Aditi Vijay 316
Mindful Awareness and ADHD 335
L. Zylowska, S.L. Smalley, and J.M. Schwartz 335
Mindfulness and Psychosis 355
Antonio Pinto 355
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Chronic Pain Management 385
Jacqueline Gardner-Nix 385
Mindfulness-Based Interventions in Oncology 398
Linda E. Carlson, Laura E. Labelle, Sheila N. Garland, Marion L. Hutchins, and Kathryn Birnie 398
Part 4 Mindfulness-Based Interventionsfor Specific Settings and Populations 420
Mindfulness-Based Interventionin an Individual Clinical Setting: What Difference Mindfulness Makes Behind Closed Doors 421
Paul R. Fulton 421
Mindfulness with Children: Working with Difficult Emotions 431
Trudy A. Goodman and Susan Kaiser Greenland 431
Mindfulness-Based Elder Care: Communicating Mindfulnessto Frail Elders and Their Caregivers 444
Lucia Mc Bee 444
Mindfulness-Based Interventions in an Inpatient Setting 459
Fabrizio Didonna 459
Training Professionals in Mindfulness: The Heart of Teaching 475
Susan Lesley Woods 475
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Appendix A: Mindfulness Practice 488
Appendix B: Resources 500
Index 509