ABSTRACT

Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy offers mental health professionals of all disciplines and orientations the most comprehensive and rigorous introduction to the state of the art and science in integrating mindfulness, compassion, and embodiment techniques. It brings together clinicians and thinkers of unprecedented caliber, featuring some of the most eminent pioneers in a rapidly growing field. The array of contributors represents the full spectrum of disciplines whose converging advances are driving today’s promising confluence of psychotherapy with contemplative science. This historic volume expands the dialogue and integration among neuroscience, contemplative psychology, and psychotherapy to include the first full treatment of second- and third-generation contemplative therapies, based on advanced meditation techniques of compassion training and role-modeled embodiment. Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy offers the most profound and synoptic overview to date of one of the most intriguing and promising fields in psychotherapy today.

chapter Introduction|13 pages

Contemplative Psychotherapy

The Art and Science of Sustainable Happiness

part One|72 pages

Mindfulness and Personal Healing

chapter 2|13 pages

The Four Foundations of Mindfulness

Practicing Presence and Resilience

chapter 3|13 pages

Positive Neuroplasticity

The Neuroscience of Mindfulness

chapter 4|13 pages

Meditative Psychoanalysis

part Two|68 pages

Compassion and Social Healing

chapter 8|13 pages

Interpersonal Connection, Compassion, and Well-Being

The Science and Art of Healing Relationships

chapter 10|9 pages

The RAIN of Self-Compassion

A Simple Practice for Clients and Clinicians

part Three|76 pages

Embodiment and Natural Healing

chapter 12|11 pages

Imagery and Trauma

The Psyche’s Push for Healing

chapter 14|16 pages

How to Be a Transformational Therapist

AEDP Harnesses Innate Healing Affects to Re-Wire Experience and Accelerate Transformation

chapter 15|11 pages

Tantric Yoga, Depth Psychology, and the Feminine Perspective

Towards an Integrated Approach to Working with the Psyche