Mindfulness: A Kindly Approach to Being with Cancer offers people with cancer a means to bring mindfulness and kindliness into their lives, to help them cope with the challenge of a life-threatening illness.
- Adapts Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), an approach with a strong evidence base for people with recurrent depression, for the needs and challenges of people with cancer
- Presents the standard 8-week course of MBCT for cancer in a flexible format that is designed to suit each reader's own particular timescale, context and situation
- Based on more than 15 years of program development and clinical application by the author, and the work and experience of mindfulness teachers in other cancer centres around the world
- Provides specific practices and approaches tailored to support the different phases of a cancer experience - from diagnosis and treatment to living with uncertainty and managing life with cancer
- Features five extended stories from people personally affected by cancer who have used mindfulness-based practices to support them in their own experience of illness, life and treatment
Trish Bartley is a senior teacher at the Centre for Mindfulness, Research and Practice, and honorary lecturer at Bangor University, UK. She also teaches Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Cancer at a regional hospital oncology centre, and has trained and supervised mindfulness teachers from all over the world. She is the author of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Cancer (Wiley-Blackwell 2012), which was designed as a handbook for mindfulness-based teachers working with people with cancer.
Mindfulness: A Kindly Approach to Being with Cancer offers people with cancer a means to bring mindfulness and kindliness into their lives, to help them cope with the challenge of a life-threatening illness. Adapts Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), an approach with a strong evidence base for people with recurrent depression, for the needs and challenges of people with cancer Presents the standard 8-week course of MBCT for cancer in a flexible format that is designed to suit each reader s own particular timescale, context and situation Based on more than 15 years of program development and clinical application by the author, and the work and experience of mindfulness teachers in other cancer centres around the world Provides specific practices and approaches tailored to support the different phases of a cancer experience from diagnosis and treatment to living with uncertainty and managing life with cancer Features five extended stories from people personally affected by cancer who have used mindfulness-based practices to support them in their own experience of illness, life and treatment
Trish Bartley is a senior teacher at the Centre for Mindfulness, Research and Practice, and honorary lecturer at Bangor University, UK. She also teaches Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Cancer at a regional hospital oncology centre, and has trained and supervised mindfulness teachers from all over the world. She is the author of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Cancer (Wiley-Blackwell 2012), which was designed as a handbook for mindfulness-based teachers working with people with cancer.
Title Page 5
Copyright Page 6
Contents 9
Acknowledgments 11
About the Companion Website 13
Some Opening Words 17
Starting Out 19
Chapter 1 Intention 35
Intention 36
Preparing the ground 36
Clarifying Your Intention 38
The first step 38
Specific hopes 39
Mindfulness and cancer 39
The second step 39
Personal vision, values and aspirations 39
The third step 41
Intentions letter 42
Intentions Letter 42
Specific intentions 44
Three skilful intentions 44
Concluding 45
The Practice of Mindfulness 47
Overview 47
The Raisin Exercise 48
Reflective inquiry 49
A definition of mindfulness 49
Eating mindfully at home 50
Short Practices 51
The Pause 51
Practicing the Pause 52
Feet on the Floor 53
Core Practice 55
The Body Scan 55
Reflective inquiry 58
Practicing the Body Scan 58
Intention 58
The Experience of Cancer 59
Diagnosis 59
Why me? Why now? 60
The psychological impact 60
Waiting 61
Some likely reactions 61
Reflecting on your own diagnosis 62
A ‘First Aid’ Practice 65
Intention for the ‘Month’ 67
Practices – for each 2 week period 67
Notes 67
Personal Story 69
Sarah 69
Diagnosis 70
Surgery 70
After surgery and during treatment 71
Mindfulness 71
Post treatment 72
What matters to me? 72
A message to someone like me 73
Chapter 2 Coming Back 74
Coming Back – the theme 75
Understanding the patterns of suffering 75
Patterns of mind 75
The added extra of cancer 77
Five basic tendencies 79
The Approach Of Mindfulness 79
Coming Back to The Body 79
Remembering our connection with the physical world 81
Coming back to our senses 81
Coming to the Breath 82
As if for the first time – bringing curiosity to the ordinary 83
Alternative Anchors 83
Cultivating kindly awareness 83
Mindfulness as practice 84
Summary 85
Practices And Approaches 86
Overview 86
Core Practice 87
Mindful movement 87
Mindful Walking 87
‘Slow’ mindful walking – the way to begin 87
Reflective inquiry of the walking practice 90
Additional Practice Ideas 92
Further ideas for walking practices 92
Additional or optional practice 92
Mindful stretching 92
Choosing 93
Your own movement practice 93
Reflective inquiry 94
Short Practices 95
Standing In Mountain 95
Coming to the Breath 97
Everyday routine activities 98
Home Practice Review 99
Body Scan – the Core Practice 99
Reflective inquiry 99
Some common issues in the body scan 100
Short practices review 102
Reflective inquiry of the short practices 102
Approaching And Understanding Experience 103
Thoughts And Feelings 103
Thoughts Are Not Facts 105
The influence of mood 105
Summary – thoughts are not facts 106
Mapping The Experience 107
The Blob 107
Pleasant Experiences 109
Paying attention to the lovely 109
The Experience Of Cancer 111
Treatment 111
Waiting 113
Waiting mindfully 113
Additonal Practice Ideas 114
Treatment 116
Additional Practices Ideas 118
Treatment and visualization 119
Practice with specific tests and scans 120
Clothing 121
Surgery 121
Practicing with the side effects of treatment 121
Summary 122
Intention For The ‘Month’ Of Coming Back 123
Intention 123
Notes 124
Personal Story Caroline 126
Caroline 126
Diagnosis 127
Treatment 127
Psychological impact 128
Mindfulness 128
Mindfulness practice now 129
What has getting cancer offered you? 129
Chapter 3 Turning Towards 131
Turning Away???A Natural Reaction 132
Recognizing aversion 132
The tendency to add extra 133
Birth, old age, sickness and death 133
Tigers above, tigers below 133
Relating Kindly To The Difficult 135
Choosing how to respond 135
A Turning Towards The Difficulty – mild to moderate challenge 136
Some things to remember 136
Sitting on a park bench 137
Going towards the neutral 137
B Finding Another Place To Stand – strong to intense challenge 138
Managing the flood 138
What can we learn about flooding? 138
After the flood 140
Planning ahead for difficult times 141
Turning Towards The Lovely 142
A radical way of responding 142
Gladdening the mind 142
Others like me 143
In conclusion 143
The Practices, A Model, And Some Exercises 145
Overview 145
Review thus far 145
Core Practice 147
Reflective inquiry 150
Sitting Practice 147
Reflective inquiry 150
Unpleasant Experience 151
Home Practice Review 152
Mindful walking practice 152
Reflective inquiry 152
Short Practices 152
Short reflective inquiry 152
Pleasant Experience Exercise 153
Recognizing Our Personal Patterns 155
The Sea Of Reactions (Part One) 155
An Exercise 155
1 One word reactions 155
2 Exploring the felt sense in the body 155
A Vicious Circle Of Anxious Preoccupation9 156
Common Adjustment Styles To Cancer 158
Opening The Fist Of Aversion 159
Mapping Emotions In The Body 160
Some things to remember 161
Short Practices 162
The Body Barometer 162
The body barometer 162
A Breathing Space 164
Additional Practices 165
Time in nature 165
Writing or drawing in nature 165
The Experience Of Cancer 166
Living With Uncertainty 166
The end of treatment 166
Picking up the psychological reins 167
Acknowledging what is here 167
Drawing on existing resources 167
Remission 169
A Mindful Practice For Uncertainty 170
A Breathing Space 170
Intention For The ‘Month’ of Turning Towards 172
Intention 172
Notes 173
Personal Story 174
Peter 174
Diagnosis 175
Treatment 175
Mindfulness 176
Parkinson’s disease 177
The future 177
Note 178
Chapter 4 Kindness 179
Connecting In Kindness 181
Obstacles and invitations to kindness 182
Patterns of mind 183
Sitting with difficulty 183
Cultivating The Seeds Of Kindness 185
Reaching out 186
Meeting ourselves with compassion 187
Practices And Understandings 190
Review thus far 190
Core Practice 192
Reflective inquiry 193
Customizing your Core Practice 194
Short Practices 196
Coming to the Breath with Kindness 196
A three step responding space (3SRS) 197
Additional Practice 200
Everyday kindness 200
Home Practice Review 202
Sitting Practice Review 202
Reflective inquiry 202
The Breath 202
Cultivating detailed awareness of the breath 202
Difficulties with the breath 203
Short Practice Review 206
Developing inquiry 206
Recognizing personal patterns 207
Unpleasant Experience Exercise 207
Working With Thoughts And Thinking 210
The Sea Of Reactions (Part Two) 210
A seed of reality 211
Relating to thoughts summary 214
The Experience Of Cancer 215
Living With Cancer 215
Wellness And Illness 215
Making the most of the time that is left 215
This ageing, changing body 217
Responding to difficulty 217
Recurrence 218
Diagnosis tools – what helps? 219
Noticing the stories, spinning in the mind 219
Resilience 219
Intention 220
The Thread Exercises 221
Intention For The ‘Month’ Of Kindness 223
Intention 223
Notes 224
Personal Story 225
JANE 225
Getting help 226
Mindfulness 227
Second mindfulness course 228
Mindfulness and Michael 229
Chapter 5 Completing And Continuing 231
Completing Thus Far 232
Freedom from fear 232
Integrating practice into the everyday 232
Reviewing the four movements 233
A Practice Review 236
Gathering it together 237
The Circle of Practice 238
Continuing 239
Daily living 239
Daily activities diary 239
Balancing different aspects of daily life 240
Practice Plans 241
1 Everyday life practice 242
2 Practice for vulnerable times 242
3 Practice for tough times 243
Practice Support 244
Renewing your intention 246
Notes 246
Personal Story 248
Helen 248
Diagnosis 249
Treatment 249
Mindfulness 249
Second cancer 250
Recurrence and terminal diagnosis 251
Getting help 251
Mindfulness In My Life Now 252
Advice for others in the same boat 252
Chapter 6 Connecting To Our Common Humanity 254
Learning To Live With Uncertainty 255
Reflecting on change 255
Facing Mortality, Finding Life 256
Some areas you might want to reflect on 258
Living Mindfully 261
Notes 262
Some Parting Words 264
Appendix 1 Cancer And Mindfulness-Based Approaches 268
Appendix 2 Resources 270
Appendix 3 The Three Circle Model of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Cancer (MBCT-Ca) 273
Appendix 4 Squash and Sesame Soup 275
Bibliography 279
Index 283
About the Author 297
EULA 298
"A diagnosis of cancer can produce waves of shock, confusion and despair affecting not only the sufferer, but also family and close friends. Where can you turn? What resources can you find right now that will ease the pain? From start to finish, trish bartley provides the best sort of support for anyone suffering such anguish. Here is not only something to read, but something to practice."
--Mark Williams, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology, Oxford Mindfulness Centre, University of Oxford, UK
"How do we skillfully meet suffering with kindness? Trish has distilled her years of experience into this wonderfully clear and accessible guide to mindfulness. An embodiment of compassion and wisdom, and an inspiring read."
--Rebecca Crane, Director, Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice, Bangor University, ULK
"This is a lovely book - wise, compassionate, and very practical. Here is a wonderful friendly guide to tried and tested ways to live more fully and kindly with cancer."
--John Teasdale, Research Scientist, Medical Research Council, Cambridge, UK
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 12.12.2016 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege | |
| Schlagworte | Cancer • cancer diagnosis • cancer support • Cancer Treatment • Chemotherapy • Clinical psychology • compassion</p> • Health and Well-Being • Klinische Psychologie • Life threatening illness • <p>Mindfulness • MBCT • Meditation • mindfulness-based cognitive therapy • mindfulness practice • Oncology • Psychologie • Psychology • quality of life • Self-Help |
| ISBN-13 | 9781118961087 / 9781118961087 |
| Informationen gemäß Produktsicherheitsverordnung (GPSR) | |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
PDF (Adobe DRM)Kopierschutz: Adobe-DRM
Adobe-DRM ist ein Kopierschutz, der das eBook vor Mißbrauch schützen soll. Dabei wird das eBook bereits beim Download auf Ihre persönliche Adobe-ID autorisiert. Lesen können Sie das eBook dann nur auf den Geräten, welche ebenfalls auf Ihre Adobe-ID registriert sind.
Details zum Adobe-DRM
Dateiformat: PDF (Portable Document Format)
Mit einem festen Seitenlayout eignet sich die PDF besonders für Fachbücher mit Spalten, Tabellen und Abbildungen. Eine PDF kann auf fast allen Geräten angezeigt werden, ist aber für kleine Displays (Smartphone, eReader) nur eingeschränkt geeignet.
Systemvoraussetzungen:
PC/Mac: Mit einem PC oder Mac können Sie dieses eBook lesen. Sie benötigen eine
eReader: Dieses eBook kann mit (fast) allen eBook-Readern gelesen werden. Mit dem amazon-Kindle ist es aber nicht kompatibel.
Smartphone/Tablet: Egal ob Apple oder Android, dieses eBook können Sie lesen. Sie benötigen eine
Geräteliste und zusätzliche Hinweise
Buying eBooks from abroad
For tax law reasons we can sell eBooks just within Germany and Switzerland. Regrettably we cannot fulfill eBook-orders from other countries.
aus dem Bereich
