A comprehensive, transdiagnostic, and process-based approach to effectively integrate mindfulness into psychotherapy for treating trauma.
As you know, mindfulness is a powerful tool for treating a variety of mental health issues, from anxiety and depression to eating and substance use disorders. However, if you're a clinician treating clients who have suffered from trauma, you are also aware that mindfulness can sometimes cause significant stress or discomfort. So, how can you incorporate mindfulness into your treatment--safely and effectively--for improved outcomes?
Integrating Mindfulness into Psychotherapy for Trauma offers a transdiagnostic, process-based approach to treating trauma with mindfulness, with interventions that are practical, simple, and easy to teach--so you can help your clients gain new personal insights and make lasting positive change. You'll learn how to form individualized, trauma-informed case conceptualization and treatment plans, and integrate mindfulness into psychotherapy with a focus on four interconnected mindfulness mechanisms:
- Attentional focus
- Body awareness
- Emotion regulation
- Changes in perspective on the self
You'll also find a framework for targeting specific trauma symptoms, with an emphasis on when and how to effectively integrate mindfulness into sessions, and a variety of mindfulness practices to help your clients make and sustain treatment gains. Strategies for how to intervene when difficulties such as panic attacks or painful memories arise during a mindfulness practice are also provided, along with discussions of therapist mindfulness and trauma stewardship.
With this flexible, transdiagnostic approach, you'll be well equipped to integrate mindfulness into your practice to help your clients heal and make lasting change.
Brantley, Jeffrey: - Jeffrey Brantley, MD, is professor emeritus in the department of psychiatry and human behavior at Duke University Medical Center. He is founder and former director of the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program at Duke Integrative Medicine. He has represented the Duke MBSR program in numerous radio, television, and print interviews. He is author of Calming Your Anxious Mind, and coauthor of the Five Good Minutes series.
Messman, Terri: - Terri Messman, PhD, is professor of psychology and distinguished scholar at Miami University. She was an O'Toole Family Endowed Professor from 2013-2018, director of clinical training for the American Psychological Association (APA)-accredited clinical psychology PhD program, and interim deputy Title IX (sexual assault) coordinator. Her research program focuses on trauma and interpersonal violence, mindfulness and self-compassion, and emotion dysregulation. She is a licensed psychologist and certified yoga instructor.
Zerubavel, Noga: - Noga Zerubavel, PhD, is a licensed psychologist, cofounder of Arise Psychological Wellness and Consulting, and medical assistant professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University Medical Center. She is former director of the Stress, Trauma, and Recovery Treatment (START) clinic at Duke, where she led a trauma consultation team and supervised psychiatry residents, clinical psychology interns, and fellows in trauma-informed psychotherapy. Zerubavel led mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) groups at Duke from 2014-2020, and supervised psychiatry and psychology learners in providing MBCT. She is an active clinician, trainer, supervisor, and consultant.
