Mindfulness and psychotherapy.1593851391Mindfulness mindfulness, n the capacity to maintain nonjudgmental attentiveness to the present moment. and psychotherapy psychotherapy, treatment of mental and emotional disorders using psychological methods. Psychotherapy, thus, does not include physiological interventions, such as drug therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, although it may be used in combination with such methods. . Ed. by Christopher K. Germer et al. Guilford Guilford (gĭl`fərd), town (1990 pop. 19,848), New Haven co., S Conn., on Long Island Sound; founded 1639. Fishing, agriculture, and tourism are economically important. Guilford lies in an area that includes several summer shore communities. Pr. 2005 333 pages $38.00 Hardcover RC489 A group of Massachusetts-based psychotherapists explain to fellow clinicians what they have learned from their practice of Buddhist or other meditation meditation, religious discipline in which the mind is focused on a single point of reference. It may be a means of invoking divine grace, as in the contemplation by Christian mystics of a spiritual theme, question, or problem; or it may be a means of attaining about people being aware of where their mind is from one moment to the next, and how those insights can be incorporated into clinical practice. They explain the meaning of mindfulness, the therapy relationship, clinical applications, and the past and the promise. ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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