Well, it sounds like there's more to it than what I was originally thinking. Very interesting. I didn't know about the connection between mindfulness and CBT. I'm more inclined to look into it now. Thanks everyone for your input.
Michael Michael Britt www.thepsychfiles.com On Jun 24, 2009, at 4:26 PM, David T Wasieleski wrote: > 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]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
