The Mindfulness Key: The Breakthrough Approach to Dealing with Stress, Anxiety and Depression

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Mindfulness Key: The Breakthrough Approach to Dealing with Stress, Anxiety and Depression
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Sarah Silverton
Foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:176
Dimensions(mm): Height 199,Width 138
Category/GenreCoping with illness
Coping with anxiety and phobias
Coping with stress
Mind, body, spirit - meditation and visualisation
ISBN/Barcode 9781780288918
ClassificationsDewey:155.9042
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Watkins Media Limited
Imprint Watkins Publishing
Publication Date 21 January 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This groundbreaking book explains how to practise mindfulness, using step-by-step exercises to help the reader understand key techniques such as breathing, relaxation, body scanning and concentration building. Written by a team of practising therapists led by Sarah Silverton, it includes chapters on using mindfulness to self-treat such specific problems as depression, stress, anxiety, chronic illness, and childcare and relationship issues. As we progress through each chapter, we learn how to become aware of unhelpful automatic reactions to our emotions, feelings and experiences. Rather than 'reacting' to life as we always have, mindfulness shows us how to observe our experience and as a result behave in a way that is gentler, wiser and more positive. Practical, accessible and featuring uncomplicated exercises to help the reader fully understand and adopt the mindfulness approach, this book truly is a breakthrough- the most friendly and engaging title available on the subject; and one which, like a trusted therapist, guides the reader through his or her problems and questions, anticipating their needs with kindness and compassion. "This book has so much potential to help people and contribute to the flowering of greater well-being and sanity on this planet." Jon Kabat-Zinn

Author Biography

Sarah Silverton is a meditation teacher working with the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice at Bangor University in Wales. She was trained by Professor Mark Williams of Oxford University, and by the Center for Mindfulness in Massachusetts, established by Jon Kabat-Zinn. A trained occupational therapist and counsellor, she has 25 years' experience of working with people with mental health issues and physical disabilities, including chronic fatigue.