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Mindful Way Workbook: an 8-week program to free yourself from depression and emotional distress (with MP3 CD)

Mindful Way Workbook: an 8-week program to free yourself from depression and emotional distress (with MP3 CD)
Mark Williams, John D Teasdale, Zindel Segal
$65.00
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ISBN / SKU
9781462508143
Format
Paperback
Description
From the authors of the bestselling The Mindful Way through Depression, which explores how mindfulness can break the cycle of chronic unhappiness, this carefully constructed workbook shows the reader how to build a mindfulness practice in 8 weeks.

Basic mindfulness principles and facts about depression and other common emotional problems are combined with specific mindfulness exercises to try on a daily and weekly basis, plus a wealth of interactive features that encourage and motivate. Readers will be drawn in immediately by self-assessments, reflection questions and exercises with spaces to jot down notes, worksheets for keeping track of progress, and quotations and questions from others going through the program.

Each week's guided meditations are provided on the accompanying MP3 CD and can also be downloaded by purchasers.

KEY POINTS Foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn Groundbreaking: the authors' 8-week program, honed through years of research and practice, is now presented in an interactive workbook format for the first time. A toolkit for creating and sustaining a personalized mindfulness practice'suitable for total beginners on up. Depression, anxiety, and stress are chronic problems for millions. Complete package: includes a bound-in MP3 CD (also available as free audio downloads for purchasers).

This workbook plus Mindful Way through Depression and the authors' professional manual, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression, Second Edition, form an unbeatable collection of products.

AUDIENCE: Readers struggling with depression, anxiety, and other forms of emotional distress; also of interest to mental health professionals and students.
Contents
Foreword, Jon Kabat-Zinn
I. Foundations
1. Welcome
2. Depression, Unhappiness, and Emotional Distress: Why Do We Get Stuck?
3. Doing, Being, and Mindfulness
4. Getting Ready II. The Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) Program
5. Week 1: Beyond Automatic Pilot
6. Week 2: Another Way of Knowing
7. Week 3: Coming Home to the Present--Gathering the Scattered Mind
8. Week 4: Recognizing Aversion
9. Week 5: Allowing Things to Be as They Already Are
10. Week 6: Seeing Thoughts as Thoughts
11. Week 7: Kindness in Action
12. Week 8: What Now?

Resources
List of Audio Files MP3 CD tracks (including running time and narrator):
1. Welcome (00:31; John Teasdale)
2. Raisin Exercise (09:53; Zindel Segal)
3. Body Scan (39:08; John Teasdale)
4. 10-Minute Sitting Meditation--Mindfulness of the Breath (09:54; Mark Williams)
5. Mindful Movement--Formal Practice (38:30; Zindel Segal)
6. Stretch and Breath Meditation (33:39; Mark Williams)
7. Mindful Walking (13:42; Mark Williams)
8. 3-Minute Breathing Space (05:02; John Teasdale)
9. 3-Minute Breathing Space--Extended Version (05:19; Zindel Segal)
10. 20-Minute Sitting Meditation (20:38; Zindel Segal)
11. Sitting Meditation (37:47; John Teasdale)
12. Working with Difficulty Meditation (25:47; Mark Williams)
13. Bells at 5 Minutes, 10 Minutes, 15 Minutes, 20 Minutes, and 30 Minutes (30:10)
14. Two Ways of Knowing (07:06; John Teasdale)
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