Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Cancer (eBook)

Trish Bartley has taught MBCT to people with cancer in a regional oncology unit in Wales since 2000. She is an Honorary Lecturer in the School of Psychology, Bangor University. She was one of the founding teachers at the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice, Bangor University, where she co-leads programmes for health professionals, and students on the Masters programme, to train as mindfulness-based teachers. She delivers mindfulness-based training retreats internationally.

Contributors ix

Foreword xi

Preface xiii

Acknowledgements xix

Introduction 1

Personal Story - Trish 4

Part One Mindfulness and The Cancer Journey 11

1. Mindfulness and Cancer 13

2. Cancer - The Psychological Implications 23

Stirling Moorey and Ursula Bates

3. Cancer - The Medical Implications 33

Nicholas S. A. Stuart

4. The First Circle - Cancer and the Circle of Suffering
43

Personal Story - Beryl 48

Part Two The Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Cancer
Programme 53

5. Starting Out 55

Personal Story - Sally 67

6. The Eight Week Course 72

* Week One 73

* Week Two 91

* Week Three 111

* Week Four 130

* Week Five 150

* Week Six 170

* All Day 186

* Week Seven 194

* Week Eight 215

* The Follow Up Class 230

7. The Second Circle: Mindful Awareness and the Circle of
Practice 243

Personal Story - Derek 250

8. The Practices 254

The Core Practices 255

The Short Practices 269

Personal Story - Bridget 284

9. Mindfulness In Palliative Care 289

Ursula Bates

10. After The Eight Week Course 303

11. The Third Circle - Being and the Circle of Presence
310

Part Three The Practitioner Teacher 319

12. Introducing The Teacher 321

13. Embodying The Practice 328

14. Facilitating The Learning 340

15. The Three Circle Model: A Formulation of MBCT for Cancer
(MBCT-Ca) 354

Trish Bartley and Ursula Bates

Personal Story - Geraint 364

Epilogue 370

Resources and Links 376

Bibliography 378

Sources and Permissions 388

Index 390

"The author's wish to share her expertise is commendable.
Written from a wealth of experience and conviction, the book is a
valuable tool for anyone involved in dealing with the psychological
aspects of cancer care." (Doody's, 4
January 2013)

Trish Bartley has succeeded in writing a book that speaks to the
deepest fears of cancer sufferers with such compassion that no-one
can fail to draw hope and healing from her words. Drawing on her
own experience of cancer, and on her skill as a mindfulness
teacher, she has pioneered a combination of mindfulness and
cognitive therapy that is enormously empowering for sufferers and
their families. The implications of what she says go far wider than
any clinic - to the heart of what it means to be fully
human and fully alive in the presence of our own death.
--Mark Williams, Director, Oxford Mindfulness
Centre, and Co-author of 'Mindfulness: a practical guide to
finding peace in a frantic world'

"A profoundly compassionate offering of affirmation and
possibility in the face of the difficult and the unwanted. Trish
Bartley and her colleagues are to be congratulated on a magnificent
contribution to the field of mindfulness and cancer care. May it
touch the millions who could benefit from it." --Jon
Kabat-Zinn, Professor of Medicine Emeritus, Author of Coming to
Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through
Mindfulness

"What a gift of a book. Alongside her own experience of living
with cancer, Trish Bartley also has many years experience of
teaching and developing the MBCT-Ca programme this combination of
the personal and professional makes for a beautiful combination of
personal story; a clear and practical manual for the eight-week
programme; and poems and insights from the many people Trish has
taught. This book will be invaluable to patients and health
professionals alike. Read this book carefully. It is a precious
jewel." --Vidyamala Burch, Author of Living Well
with Pain and Illness: The Mindful Way to Free Yourself From
Suffering

"As mindfulness becomes more main stream, what we need are
mindfulness developments guided by clear intentions, adapted to new
populations with creativity while maintaining the essence and
integrity of MBCT and MBSR. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for
Cancer offers such an adaptation. It has a clear rationale,
pragmatic and clinically tested innovations, clear guidance for
MBCT teachers and poignant clinical illustrations. This book is
imbued with compassion, courage and a sense of common humanity. It
will be highly valued both by people with life threatening diseases
and health care professionals offering mindfulness classes to
people with cancer. Trish Bartley is an MBCT therapist who teaches
mindfulness with enormous heart, drawing from a well of experience
and knowledge. She writes with a clear, authoritative, compelling
and inspiring voice." --Willem Kuyken, Professor of
Clinical Psychology and Co-Founder of Mood Disorders Centre,
University of Exeter, UK