In working with clients over the past several years, I have found the idea of self-compassion to be a thread that runs through many of our conversations. Self-compassion is really just compassion turned inward, yet so many of us have such a difficult time showing compassion for ourselves. I will spend the next several blog posts …Read More
Mindfulness in My Work as a Therapist
Oct 15, 2009
In my previous blog, I list three ways therapists can use mindfulness in their work (from the book, Mindfulness and Psychotherapy.) In my work as a therapist, all three of their examples have informed my work in some way. As a starting point, my formal and informal mindfulness practice helps me to be more present …Read More
Mindfulness and Mental Health Professionals
Oct 12, 2009
I have talked about mindfulness in the past several blog posts. Hopefully, those posts have been a helpful starting point for those who are interested in how the concept of mindfulness can be useful in our lives. In addition, I have mentioned how mindfulness can be a tool for mental health professionals to use in …Read More
Mindfulness Part 2: “How Do We Do Mindfulness or Be Mindful?”
Sep 12, 2009
When I dance, I dance; when I sleep, I sleep; yes, and when I walk alone in a beautiful orchard, if my thoughts drift to far-off matters for some part of the time for some other part I lead them back again to the walk, the orchard, to the sweetness of this solitude, to myself. …Read More
Mindfulness
Aug 30, 2009
I mention in my bio on this website that I am interested in how the concepts of mindfulness and self-compassion can help us live in the present moment. Because these are two ideas that are less common approaches in psychotherapy, I thought I would begin my blog by talking about mindfulness and self-compassion. I will …Read More