Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This practical book has given tens of thousands of clinicians and students a comprehensive introduction to mindfulness and its clinical applications. The book describes the philosophical underpinnings of mindfulness and reviews the growing body of treatment studies and neuroscientific research. Leading practitioners and researchers present clear-cut procedures for implementing mindfulness techniques and teaching them to patients experiencing depression, anxiety, chronic pain, and other problems. Also addressed are ways that mindfulness practices can increase acceptance and empathy in the therapeutic relationship. User-friendly features include illustrative case examples and practice exercises.



New to This Edition

*Incorporates significant empirical advances--mindfulness has become one of the most-researched areas in psychotherapy.

*Most chapters extensively revised or rewritten.

*Chapters on practical ethics, trauma, and addictions.

*Greater emphasis on the role of acceptance and compassion in mindfulness.



See also Sitting Together: Essential Skills for Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy , by Susan M. Pollak, Thomas Pedulla, and Ronald D. Siegel, a hands-on guide to incorporating mindfulness practices into psychotherapy.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Part I The Meaning of Mindfulness
• 1 Mindfulness: What Is It? What Does It Matter? (p. 3)
• 2 Buddhist and Western Psychology: Seeking Common Ground (p. 36)
• Part II The Therapy Relationship
• 3 Mindfulness as Clinical Training (p. 59)
• 4 Cultivating Attention and Compassion (p. 76)
• 5 Relational Mindfulness (p. 94)
• 6 Practical Ethics (p. 112)
• Part III Clinical Applications
• 7 Teaching Mindfulness in Therapy (p. 133)
• 8 Depression: Finding a Way In, Finding a Way Out (p. 148)
• 9 Anxiety: Accepting What Comes and Doing What Matters (p. 167)
• 10 Psychophysiological Disorders: Embracing Pain (p. 184)
• 11 Mindfulness, Insight, and Trauma Therapy (p. 208)
• 12 Breaking the Addiction Loop (p. 225)
• 13 Working with Children (p. 239)
• Part IV Past, Present, and Promise
• 14 The Roots of Mindfulness (p. 261)
• 15 The Neurobiology of Mindfulness (p. 282)
• 16 Positive Psychology and the Bodhisattva Path (p. 295)
• Appendix: Glossary of Terms in Buddhist Psychology (p. 309)
• References (p. 317)
• Index (p. 367)

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

When the first edition of this collection appeared in 2005, it marked a monumental shift in the approach of psychotherapy toward mindfulness-based interventions and teachings. In the last eight years, there has been an explosion of interest in mindfulness and its healing capacities, an interest attested to by the mountains of new research and the burgeoning opportunities to learn about mindfulness at professional workshops and seminars. In this second edition, Germer, Siegel, and Fulton (all, Harvard Medical School) again offer what is arguably the definitive cluster of essays concerning the field of mindfulness-based psychotherapies. The authors of the essays include US-based academics and practitioners, whose expertise on the uses to which mindfulness can be put guides the reader through the meaning of mindfulness (including the relation of Buddhist and Western psychologies); the therapy relationship (the book includes a new chapter on ethics); clinical applications (new chapters on trauma and addictions); and the past, present, and future of mindfulness (an updated chapter on neurobiological research). This impressive volume is an invaluable resource in psychology, medicine, social work, nursing, and related fields, and for laypersons interested in the development and history of psychotherapy. Summing Up: Essential. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; professionals and general readers. M. Uebel University of Texas

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Christopher Germer, PhD, has a private practice in mindfulness- and compassion-based psychotherapy in Arlington, Massachusetts, and is a part-time Lecturer on Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance. He is a founding faculty member of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy and of the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion. His books include The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook and The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion (for the general public) and Teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion Program , Wisdom and Compassion in Psychotherapy , and Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, Second Edition (for professionals). Dr. Germer lectures and leads workshops internationally. His website is https://chrisgermer.com.



Ronald D. Siegel, PsyD, is Assistant Professor of Psychology, part time, at Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance, where he has taught since the early 1980s. He is a longtime student of mindfulness meditation and is a faculty and board member at the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. Dr. Siegel teaches internationally about the application of mindfulness practices in psychotherapy and other fields, and maintains a private practice in Lincoln, Massachusetts. His books include The Mindfulness Solution , for general readers, as well as several acclaimed works for professionals.



Paul R. Fulton, EdD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice and Clinical Instructor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance. He was formerly the president of IMP and is currently director of the Certificate Program in Mindfulness and Psychotherapy. Dr. Fulton received lay ordination as a Zen Buddhist in 1972, has been a student of psychology and meditation for over 44 years, is on the board of directors of the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, and teaches internationally.