After Mindfulness [electronic resource] : New Perspectives on Psychology and Meditation /
Bazzano, M.editor.
This collection of essays by leading exponents of contemporary Buddhism and psychotherapy brings together appreciation and critical evaluation of Mindfulness, a phenomenon that has swept the mental health field over the last two decades. The sheer diversity and depth of expertise assembled here illuminate the current presentation of Mindfulness.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Part I: Mindfulness in Context; 1 Sati or Mindfulness? Bridging the Divide; 2 Beyond Mindfulness: An Other-centred Paradigm; 3 The Everyday Sublime; 4 Mindfulness: A Philosophical Assessment; 5 Mindfulness and the Good Life; Part II: Beyond Personal Liberation: Mindfulness, Society, and Clinical Practice; 6 How Social is Your Mindfulness?; 7 Mindfulness as a Secular Spirituality; 8 Mindfulness and Therapy: A Skeptical Approach; 9 Meditation and Meaning; 10 Clinical Mindfulness, Meta-perspective, and True Nature
11 The Value of Meditative States of Mind in the TherapistConcluding Unmindful Postscript; Index
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
This collection of essays by leading exponents of contemporary Buddhism and psychotherapy brings together appreciation and critical evaluation of Mindfulness, a phenomenon that has swept the mental health field over the last two decades. The sheer diversity and depth of expertise assembled here illuminate the current presentation of Mindfulness.
Psychology, clinical.
Philosophy, Asian.
Applied psychology.
Developmental psychology.
Emotions.
Clinical Psychology.
Non-Western Philosophy.
Health Psychology.
Psychotherapy and Counseling.
Child and School Psychology.
Emotion.