<p>"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."<br />—<b>Mark Williams, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology, Oxford Mindfulness Centre, University of Oxford, UK</b></p> <p>"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."<br />—<b>Rebecca Crane, Director, Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice, Bangor University, ULK</b></p> <p>"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."<br />—<b>John Teasdale, Research Scientist, Medical Research Council, Cambridge, UK</b></p>

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 cancerPresents 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 situationBased 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 worldProvides 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 cancerFeatures 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
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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.
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Acknowledgments ix About the Companion Website xi Some Opening Words 3 Starting Out 5 1 Intention 21 Intention Theme 22 The Practices 33 Experience of Cancer – Diagnosis 45 Personal Story – Sarah 55 2 Coming Back 60 Coming Back Theme 61 The Practices 72 Experience of Cancer – Treatment 97 Personal Story – Caroline 112 3 Turning Towards 117 Turning Towards Theme 118 The Practices 131 Experience of Cancer – Remission / Living with Uncertainty 152 Personal Story – Peter 160 4 Kindness 165 Kindness Theme 167 The Practices 176 Experience of Cancer – Recurrence 201 Personal Story – Jane 211 5 Completing And Continuing 217 Personal Story – Helen 234 6 Connecting To Our Common Humanity 240 Some Parting Words 250 Appendices 254 1 Cancer And Mindfulness]Based Approaches 254 2 Resources 256 3 The ‘Map’ of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Cancer 259 4 Lee’s Soups 261 Bibliography 265 Index 269 About the Author
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"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
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781118926277
Publisert
2016-11-11
Utgiver
Vendor
Wiley-Blackwell
Vekt
494 gr
Høyde
236 mm
Bredde
158 mm
Dybde
18 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
304

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Om bidragsyterne

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.