Trauma-sensitive mindfulness : practices for safe and transformative healing
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Contributors
Britton, Willoughby, writer of foreword.
Published
New York : W.W Norton & Company, [2018].
ISBN
9780393709780, 0393709787
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"Drawing on a decade of research and clinical experience, psychotherapist and educator David Treleaven shows that mindfulness meditation--practiced without an awareness of trauma--can exacerbate symptoms of traumatic stress. Instructed to pay close, sustained attention to their inner world, survivors can experience flashbacks, dissociation, and even retraumatization. This raises a crucial question for mindfulness teachers, trauma professionals, and survivors everywhere: How can we minimize the potential dangers of mindfulness for survivors while leveraging its powerful benefits? Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness offers answers to this question. Part I provides an insightful and concise review of the histories of mindfulness and trauma, including the way modern neuroscience is shaping our understanding of both. Through grounded scholarship and wide-ranging case examples, Treleaven illustrates the ways mindfulness can help--or hinder--trauma recovery. Part II distills these insights into five key principles for trauma-sensitive mindfulness. Covering the role of attention, arousal, relationship, dissociation, and social context within trauma-informed practice, Treleaven offers 36 specific modifications designed to support survivors' safety and stability. The result is a groundbreaking and practical approach that empowers those looking to practice mindfulness in a safe, transformative way."--Publisher's description.

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Table of Contents

Part I: Foundations of Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness : The Ubiquity of Trauma: Visible and Invisible Forms --
Meeting the Moment: Mindfulness and Traumatic Stress --
Shaped by the Past: A Brief History of Mindfulness and Trauma --
The Brain and Body in Trauma and Mindfulness. Part II: The Five Principles of Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Stay Within the Window of Tolerance: The Role of Arousal --
Shift Attention to Support Stability: Avoiding the Fear/Immobility Cycle --
Keep the Body in Mind: Working with Dissociation --
Practice in Relationship: Supporting Safety and Stability in Survivors --
Understand Social Context: Working Effectively Across Difference.

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Published
New York : W.W Norton & Company, [2018].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xxvi, 238 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780393709780, 0393709787
UPC
99975627344, 40027942718

Notes

General Note
"A Norton professional book."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"Drawing on a decade of research and clinical experience, psychotherapist and educator David Treleaven shows that mindfulness meditation--practiced without an awareness of trauma--can exacerbate symptoms of traumatic stress. Instructed to pay close, sustained attention to their inner world, survivors can experience flashbacks, dissociation, and even retraumatization. This raises a crucial question for mindfulness teachers, trauma professionals, and survivors everywhere: How can we minimize the potential dangers of mindfulness for survivors while leveraging its powerful benefits? Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness offers answers to this question. Part I provides an insightful and concise review of the histories of mindfulness and trauma, including the way modern neuroscience is shaping our understanding of both. Through grounded scholarship and wide-ranging case examples, Treleaven illustrates the ways mindfulness can help--or hinder--trauma recovery. Part II distills these insights into five key principles for trauma-sensitive mindfulness. Covering the role of attention, arousal, relationship, dissociation, and social context within trauma-informed practice, Treleaven offers 36 specific modifications designed to support survivors' safety and stability. The result is a groundbreaking and practical approach that empowers those looking to practice mindfulness in a safe, transformative way."--Publisher's description.

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Choice Review

With mindfulness-based treatments on the rise in popular culture and in evidence-based practice, Treleaven, a specialist in trauma, offers a timely and gentle reminder that mindfulness meditation requires a more thoughtful and structured approach when it comes to traumatized individuals. The first section offers a succinct and approachable tour of the histories of trauma and mindfulness and how the two intersect. The inclusion of a social and cultural lens that addresses more recent events, as well as the neuroscience of trauma, increases the relevance and freshness of this message. The second section provides five core principles for practicing trauma-sensitive mindfulness. These principles offer a solid foundation for practicing meditation instructors and mental health clinicians to improve the experience of trauma patients hoping to continue or begin a meditation practice. The book is interspersed with illuminating case examples, is well-researched and well-organized, and is an informative and enjoyable read. It is easy to imagine a forthcoming wave of research on this niche topic. For now, we have a solid foundation in Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, and practitioners. --Catherine Frederick, independent scholar

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Treleaven, D. A., & Britton, W. (2018). Trauma-sensitive mindfulness: practices for safe and transformative healing (First edition.). W.W Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Treleaven, David A. and Willoughby, Britton. 2018. Trauma-sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing. New York: W.W Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Treleaven, David A. and Willoughby, Britton. Trauma-sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing New York: W.W Norton & Company, 2018.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Treleaven, D. A. and Britton, W. (2018). Trauma-sensitive mindfulness: practices for safe and transformative healing. First edn. New York: W.W Norton & Company.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Treleaven, David A.,, and Willoughby Britton. Trauma-sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing First edition., W.W Norton & Company, 2018.

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