Mindfulness-integrated CBT for Well-being and Personal Growth : Four Steps to Enhance Inner Calm, Self-Confidence and Relationships.
Title:
Mindfulness-integrated CBT for Well-being and Personal Growth : Four Steps to Enhance Inner Calm, Self-Confidence and Relationships.
Author:
Cayoun, Bruno A.
ISBN:
9781118509746
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (305 pages)
Contents:
Mindfulness-integrated CBT for Well-being and Personal Growth: Four Steps to Enhance Inner Calm, Self-Confidence and Relationships -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Author -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- How to use this book -- References -- Step 1 Personal Stage -- Chapter 1 Committing to Learn and Change -- Beliefs and Faith -- Intellectual Evaluation -- Direct Experience -- Writing a "Change Contract" -- The Four Stages of the MiCBT Program -- Accessing the Tools -- References -- Chapter 2 Week 1: Establishing Self-Care and Feeling Grounded -- Mindfulness of the Body -- Progressive Muscle Relaxation -- Frequently Asked Questions -- Proceeding with the Next Chapter -- Alternative Application -- References -- Chapter 3 Inheritance and Maintenance of Unhappiness -- The Nature and Origin of Suffering -- Law of Impermanence: Trigger for Suffering -- Craving and Aversion: Reinforcing Factors for Suffering -- Unawareness: Maintaining Factor for Suffering -- The Sense of Self in Neuroscience Research -- Concluding Comments -- References -- Chapter 4 Integrating Western Science and Eastern Wisdom -- Mental Functions and their Relationship with Who We Are -- System in Disequilibrium -- The Role of Mindfulness -- Concluding Comments -- References -- Chapter 5 Week 2: Regulating Attention and Gaining Mastery Over Your Mind -- Definition and Purpose of Mindfulness -- Practice Set-Up -- Mindfulness of Breath -- This Week's Practice -- Frequently Asked Questions -- Proceeding With the Next Chapter -- References -- Chapter 6 Learning About Your Mind -- Wired to Think -- Three Internal Causes of Intrusive Thoughts -- Co-emergence in Dreams -- Applied Practice: The "Right" Effort -- Concluding Comments -- Proceeding with the Next Chapter -- References -- Chapter 7 Week 3: Understanding and Regulating Emotions -- Checking Your Readiness.
Mindfulness of Body Sensations -- Equanimity: The Power Within -- This Week's Practice -- Frequently Asked Questions -- Proceeding with the Next Chapter -- References -- Chapter 8 The Deeper Nature of Your Emotions -- The Basis of Emotional Experiences -- Integrating Impermanence through Body Scanning -- Preventing Craving and Aversion -- Body Sensations and Trauma -- Neuroplasticity -- Concluding Comments -- Proceeding with the Next Chapter -- References -- Chapter 9 Week 4: Applying Mindfulness Skills in Daily Life -- Checking Your Readiness -- Increasing Productivity -- Integrating Egolessness through Body Scanning -- Applied Practice -- Recording Your Emotions in Daily Life -- Measuring Progress with Equanimity -- This Week's Practice -- Frequently Asked Questions -- Proceeding with the Next Chapter -- References -- Step 2 Exposure Stage -- Chapter 10 Week 5: Regulating Behavior to Overcome Avoidance -- Checking Your Readiness -- The Main Purpose of Advanced Scanning -- Symmetrical Scanning -- Externalizing Your Skills -- Stage 2 of MiCBT: Decreasing Avoidance and Freeing Yourself to Act -- Mindful Exposure -- This Week's Practice -- Frequently Asked Questions -- Proceeding with the Next Chapter -- References -- Chapter 11 Week 6: Improving Self-Confidence -- Checking Your Readiness -- The Generalizing Effects of Avoidance -- The Generalizing Effects of Exposure -- Measuring Progress with Desensitization -- Partial Sweeping -- Age-old Traps of Craving -- Noticing Causes and Conditions -- This Week's Practice -- Frequently Asked Questions -- Proceeding with the Next Chapter -- References -- Step 3 Interpersonal Stage -- Chapter 12 Week 7: Improving Relationships with Interpersonal Mindfulness -- Checking Your Readiness -- Sweeping En Masse -- Blissful Experiences -- Stage 3 of MiCBT: Developing Interpersonal Mindfulness -- Experiential Ownership.
This Week's Practice -- Frequently Asked Questions -- Proceeding with the Next Chapter -- References -- Chapter 13 Week 8: Improving Relationships with Mindful Communication -- Checking Your Readiness -- Transversal Scanning -- Assertive Communication -- Gaining Others' Cooperation -- Seven Assertive Statements -- Assertive Communication in Relation to Your Mental Functions -- This Week's Practice -- Frequently Asked Questions -- Proceeding with the Next Chapter -- References -- Step 4 Empathic Stage -- Chapter 14 Week 9: Feeling Compassionate and Connected with Others -- Checking Your Readiness -- Sweeping in Depth -- Stage 4 of MiCBT: Connecting and Feeling Connected to Others -- Loving-kindness Meditation -- Common Difficulties with Loving-kindness Meditation -- Grounding Compassion with Five Ethical Challenges -- This Week's Practice -- Frequently Asked Questions -- Proceeding with the Next Chapter -- References -- Shaping Your Future -- Chapter 15 Maintaining Well-Being and Personal Growth -- Summary of the Skills you have Learned -- Measuring Progress -- Facing Change Productively -- The Ten Essential Maturing Factors -- Maintaining Your Practice -- Shaping a Bright Future -- Concluding Comments -- References -- Index -- End User License Agreement.
Abstract:
This is a beautiful book. Bruno Cayoun has distilled the deepest wisdom of an ancient Buddhist meditation tradition and combined it with the best modern clinical science to offer this program. As he says, with mindfulness training, you can tune your attention so that you can perceive your experiences, understand them and respond to them without needing to react in order to change them. He explains clearly, guides gently, and answers questions skilfully. Using problems as tools through which to learn, he shows you a way to respond wisely to difficulties that can destroy the quality of your personal, family and working life. With this book as a trusted guide, he invites you to discover how you can let go of suffering, restore equilibrium, and rediscover peace. Teachers, students and practitioners everywhere, whether new to or experienced in the practice of mindfulness, will greatly value this book.-Mark Williams, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Oxford, and Co-author of The Mindful Way Workbook Bruno Cayoun is a master of mindful living. Here he skillfully blends age-old wisdom, recent research, and practical methods into four essentially helpful steps for all who wish to live a fulfilling life. I have learnt heaps from it - and am sure you will, too.-George W Burns, Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Cairnmillar Institute, Melbourne, Australia, Author of 101 Healing Stories and Happiness, Healing, Enhancement This book marries powerful tools from Buddhist meditative practice with contemporary behavioral science for a comprehensive look at transforming suffering. The result is an important contribution to a growing interdisciplinary field.-Sharon Salzberg, Co-Founder of the Insight Meditation Society and author of Real Happiness at Work What an amazing book! I could feel the years of wisdom and practice flowing out
of each chapter. Mindfulness-integrated Cognitive Behavior Therapy is a jewel that honours both the Buddhist and Western psychological traditions of turning suffering into well-being. You will treasure what Bruno Cayoun offers whether you are looking for a way through personal distress or wish to learn how to bring the elements of Buddhist Psychology into your professional work. Each chapter clearly describes how to cultivate the ancient practice of meditation and supports the practice with solid science. The "question and answer" sections are informative, gentle and direct their guidance making them indispensable to novice and ongoing practitioners alike. You will find this book opens the gate to a sustainable way of living with challenges and a quiet, composed approach to life as it presents itself to you, moment by moment. All you have to do is walk in.-Lynette Monteiro, PhD, Co-Director of Ottawa Mindfulness Clinic, Clinical Professor, University of Ottawa, Co-Author of Mindfulness Starts Here: An eight-week guide to skillful living At last! A self-help book incorporating mindfulness that does not treat the reader as a simpleton. Dr Cayoun carefully explains the science behind practicing mindfulness combined with right thinking to live a happier and more satisfying life. It is highly practical with easy exercises and lots of guidance from a perspective informed by Buddhist spirituality and Clinical Psychology.-Dr Bruce A Stevens, Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology, University of Canberra, Co-author of Happy Ever After? A Practical Guide to Relationship Counselling for Clinical Psychologists.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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