One of the reasons the concept is taking off in Western CBT approaches is that it was used by Marsha Linehan in her approach with Borderline Personality Disorder patients called Dialectical Behavior Therapy. DBT is based on a series of dialectics, or seeming contradictions, the primary one being emphasis on both acceptance and need for change. The approach also involves skills training to enable patients to better manage stressful events and their own difficulties with emotional dysregulation. Mindfulness, being in the moment rather than projecting ahead to look at anxiety-provoking implications, is one of the major skills taught in DBT. My clinical 2 cents. David W.
Michael Smith wrote: >I would disagree that mindfulness is a meditation technique. Rather, my >understanding of it is that it is a state of mind required of and acquired >through 'standard' zen or more traditional branches of Buddhist meditation. >It could be described as a kind of meta-awareness of where one's >concentration is focused and is a necessary step toward and condition of the >enlightenment experience. > >--Mike > >On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Paul Okami <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Mindfulness is not "new agey" although some people who are promoting it for >> one reason or another (often financial in nature) may be. >> >> Mindfulness is a meditation technique first described by the Buddha (Gotama >> Siddhartha) in a Pali sutta highly likely to be an accurate record of his >> actual teaching (see scholarship on Indian Buddhism). Although the original >> teaching included the component of "insight" (seeing the world as it >> actually is), modern Western mindfulness meditation techniques generally >> focus on a more basic component of Buddhist meditation that fosters relaxed >> attention to the moment and reduces judgmntalism. The same sort of clinical >> trials which test psychotherapy techniques have been applied to >> Mindfulness-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (MBCBT) with good results--if >> you believe those sorts of studies. >> >> Paul Okami >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Michael Britt <[email protected]> >> *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)<[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:56 PM >> *Subject:* [tips] Mindfulness - anything to it? >> >> >> As it turns out, I don't live very far from a well-known, new-agey place >> called The Omega Institute. I've thought about interviewing some of the >> speakers who come there, but the kinds of workshops they have are often "out >> in left field" (you know, energy medicine type of thing) so I haven't. I'm >> just curious about this mindfulness thing that seems to be getting popular. >> Has anyone heard about it? I hadn't heard that it was "being introduced >> into school curriculums" as they say. Here is the description from Omega: >> ---------- >> Mindfulness<http://links.mkt1808.com/ctt?kn=13&m=33461185&r=Mjc2NjA3NTA0 NQS2&b=0&j=NTIwMzYxNTAS1&mt=1&rt=0>, >> a meditative technique that fosters inner calm and a sense of well-being, is >> being introduced into school curriculums by an innovative group of leaders >> in mindfulness practice and education. The results are promising for both >> the children and those who work with them. >> >> During this weekend mindfulness retreat<http://links.mkt1808.com/ctt?kn=44&m=33461185&r=Mjc2NjA3NTA0NQS2 &b=0&j=NTIwMzYxNTAS1&mt=1&rt=0>—for >> teachers, administrators, child care providers, family therapists, and >> parents—you will experience relief from stress and find emotional balance >> for yourself while learning practical ways to teach children mindfulness >> techniques that can help them manage the challenges of growing up. >> >> ------- >> >> Thoughts on this? >> >> Michael >> >> >> Michael Britt >> [email protected] >> www.thepsychfiles.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --- >> To make changes to your subscription contact: >> >> Bill Southerly ([email protected]) >> >> >> --- >> To make changes to your subscription contact: >> >> Bill Southerly ([email protected]) >> >> > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --------------------------------------- David T. Wasieleski, Ph.D. Professor Department of Psychology and Counseling Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA 31698 229-333-5620 http://chiron.valdosta.edu/dtwasieleski --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
