Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, Second Edition

471 Pages·2016·3.532 MB·English

by  Christopher Germer (editor), Ronald D. Siegel (editor), Paul R. Fulton (editor)

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Mindfulness
and Psychotherapy
SECOND EDITION
Edited by
CHRISTOPHER K. GERMER
RONALD D. SIEGEL
PAUL R. FULTON

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Mindfulness and psychotherapy, second edition / [edited by] Christopher K. Germer,
Ronald D. Siegel, Paul R. Fulton. — Second edition.
pages cm
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  ISBN 978-1-4625-1137-2 (hardback : acid-free paper)
 1.   Meditation—erapeutic use.    2.   Meditation—Buddhism.    3.   Psychotherapy.
  I.   Germer, Christopher K., editor of compilation.    II.   Siegel, Ronald D., editor of
compilation.   III.   Fulton, Paul R., editor of compilation.
  RC489.M43M56 2013
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Clinical case illustrations either have been disguised or are composites of different individuals.
About the Editors
Christopher K. Germer, PhD, a clinical psychologist in private practice
specializing in mindfulness- and compassion-oriented psychotherapy, is
Clinical Instructor in Psychology at the Harvard Medical School/Cambridge
Health Alliance, and a founding faculty member of the Institute for
Meditation and Psychotherapy (IMP). He has been integrating the principles
and practices of meditation into psychotherapy since 1978. Dr. Germer is a
co-developer of the Mindful Self-Compassion training program, author of
e Mindful Path to Self-Compassion, and coeditor of Wisdom and
Compassion in Psychotherapy. He conducts workshops and lectures
internationally on mindfulness and self-compassion.
Ronald D. Siegel, PsyD, is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology at
Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance, where he has taught
for over 30 years. He is a long-time student of mindfulness meditation and
serves on the board of directors and faculty of IMP. Dr. Siegel teaches
internationally about mindfulness and psychotherapy and mind–body
treatment, while maintaining a private clinical practice in Lincoln,
Massachusetts. His books include e Mindfulness Solution, Wisdom and
Compassion in Psychotherapy, Back Sense, and Sitting Together: Essential
Skills for Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy.
Paul R. Fulton, EdD, has a private practice in psychotherapy in Newton,
Massachusetts, and is Clinical Instructor in Psychology at the Harvard
Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance. He was formerly the president
of IMP and is currently director of the Certificate Program in Mindfulness
and Psychotherapy. Dr. Fulton received lay ordination as a Zen Buddhist in
1972, has been a student of psychology and meditation for over 44 years,
and is on the board of directors of the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. He
teaches mindfulness to clinicians internationally and has authored a number
of book chapters and articles.
Contributors
Judson A. Brewer, MD, PhD, is an addiction psychiatrist at the Yale University School of
Medicine and West Haven Veterans Hospital. He has been practicing insight meditation
since 1996, studying with Ginny Morgan and Joseph Goldstein, among other teachers. Dr.
Brewer has been studying and delivering mindfulness training to clinical populations since
2006, with an emphasis on individuals with addictions. His research focuses on testing the
efficacy of mindfulness training for clinical populations with addictions and determining
the underlying neurobiological mechanisms of mindfulness, using modalities such as
neuroimaging. Dr. Brewer is currently Assistant Professor at Yale and Medical Director of
the Yale erapeutic Neuroscience Clinic.
John Briere, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, Director of the
Psychological Trauma Program, and Center Director of the Adolescent Trauma Training
Center (National Child Traumatic Stress Network) at the University of Southern California.
A past president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), he is a
recipient of the Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Science of Trauma Psychology
from the American Psychological Association and the Robert S. Laufer Memorial Award for
Scientific Achievement from ISTSS. Dr. Briere is author or coauthor of over 100 articles and
chapters, 10 books, and 8 trauma-related psychological tests. He teaches on the topics of
trauma, therapy, and mindfulness practices internationally.
Paul R. Fulton, EdD (see “About the Editors”).
Christopher K. Germer, PhD (see “About the Editors”).
Trudy A. Goodman, PhD, is executive director, founder, and guiding teacher of InsightLA,
a nonprofit organization for mindfulness education and meditation training since 2002. She
is one of the first mindfulness-based stress reduction trainers, with its creator, Dr. Jon
Kabat-Zinn. Dr. Goodman is also guiding teacher and cofounder of the Institute for
Meditation and Psychotherapy (IMP) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She created family
mindfulness programs with Susan Kaiser Greenland and has worked with children all her
life. Dr. Goodman teaches at retreats and workshops nationwide. She is a contributing
author to Clinical Handbook of Mindfulness and Wisdom and Compassion in Psychotherapy.
Gregory Kramer, PhD, is a meditation teacher, author, and cofounder and guiding teacher
of the Metta Foundation. Since 1974, he has studied with esteemed monastics, including
Anagarika Dhammadina, Ven. Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Mahanayaka era, Achan
Sobin Namto, and Ven. Punnaji Mahathera. Dr. Kramer is author of Insight Dialogue: e
Interpersonal Path to Freedom; Meditating Together, Speaking from Silence: e Practice of
Insight Dialogue; Seeding the Heart: Practicing Lovingkindness with Children; and Dharma
Contemplation: Meditating Together with Wisdom Texts. He pioneered online meditation
and contemplation practices and cofounded Harvest with Heart, a hunger project in the
Northeast United States, and Spiritual City Forum, an interfaith dialogue program in
Portland, Oregon.
Sara W. Lazar, PhD, is a scientist in the Psychiatry Department at Massachusetts General
Hospital and Instructor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School. e focus of her research
is the neurobiology of meditation. Dr. Lazar uses magnetic resonance imaging to investigate
the neural correlates of beneficial changes associated with meditation practice, both in
healthy individuals and clinical populations. She has been practicing yoga and mindfulness
meditation since 1994 and serves as Science Advisor to IMP.
Stephanie P. Morgan, PsyD, MSW, is a clinical psychologist and social worker. She has
been a student of meditation in the vipassana and Zen traditions for the past 35 years. Dr.
Morgan was Instructor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School from 1990 to 1994, where
she trained psychology interns in mindfulness and self-care skills. She is currently on the
faculty of IMP and in private practice in Manchester, Massachusetts.
Susan T. Morgan, MSN, RN, CS, is a clinical nurse specialist in private practice in
Cambridge, Massachusetts. She was Coordinator of the Yale Adult Pervasive Developmental
Disorders Research Clinic for 5 years. Following this position, she was a clinician at the
Harvard University Health Services and introduced mindfulness meditation to college
students in the context of psychotherapy. Ms. Morgan has been practicing Buddhist
meditation for 20 years and is currently completing a 4-year silent meditation retreat. Since
2000, she has co-led retreats for psychotherapists with an emphasis on loving-kindness and
body awareness.
William D. Morgan, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Cambridge and
Quincy, Massachusetts. He is a board member of IMP and has participated in many years of
intensive retreats in the eravadin, Zen, and Tibetan schools of Buddhism during his 40
years of meditation practice. Dr. Morgan has led mindfulness retreats for mental health
professionals for the past 15 years.
Andrew Olendzki, PhD, is Senior Scholar at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, an
institution dedicated to the integration of academic understanding and meditative insight.
He has taught at several New England colleges (including Harvard, Brandeis, Smith,
Amherst, and Lesley) and was the executive director of the Insight Meditation Society. Dr.
Olendzki is author of Unlimiting Mind: e Radically Experiential Psychology of Buddhism
and a frequent contributor to Tricycle magazine.
Susan M. Orsillo, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Suffolk University in Boston. Her
current research focuses on the role of emotional response styles, most notably experiential
avoidance, in potentially maintaining psychological difficulties. In collaboration with her
doctoral students in clinical psychology, Dr. Orsillo has developed and tested a number of
prevention and treatment programs that integrate acceptance and mindfulness with
evidence-based behavioral approaches. With Dr. Lizabeth Roemer, she has been studying
the efficacy of an acceptance-based behavioral therapy for generalized anxiety disorder and
comorbid conditions, mechanisms and processes of change, and applicability to clients from
diverse backgrounds, with support from grants from the National Institute of Mental
Health.
omas Pedulla, LICSW, is a clinical social worker and psychotherapist in private practice
in Arlington, Massachusetts, where he works with individuals and leads mindfulness-based
cognitive therapy groups. Before a deepening interest in mindfulness meditation led him to
change careers, he worked for over two decades as an advertising copywriter and creative
director. A faculty and board member at IMP, Mr. Pedulla has also served on the board at
the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center. He has been a practitioner of meditation in the
vipassana tradition for over 25 years. He is coauthor of Sitting Together: Essential Skills for
Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy.
Susan M. Pollak, MTS, EdD, is President of IMP and a psychologist in private practice in
Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is Clinical Instructor in Psychology at the Cambridge
Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School, where she has been teaching a course on
meditation and psychotherapy since 1994. Dr. Pollak is coauthor of Sitting Together:
Essential Skills for Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy, coeditor of e Cultural Transition, and
a contributing author to Mapping the Moral Domain and Evocative Objects.
Lizabeth Roemer, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts–
Boston. Along with her clinical psychology doctoral students, her research examines the
role of mindfulness, acceptance, and valued action in a range of clinical presentations,
including anxiety disorders, posttraumatic functioning, and responses to racist experiences.
With Dr. Susan Orsillo, she has been studying the efficacy of an acceptance-based
behavioral therapy for generalized anxiety disorder and comorbid conditions, mechanisms
and processes of change, and applicability to clients from diverse backgrounds, with
support from grants from the National Institute of Mental Health.
Ronald D. Siegel, PsyD (see “About the Editors”).
Charles W. Styron, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Watertown and
Walpole, Massachusetts, as well as a consulting psychologist for Caritas Norwood Hospital
in Norwood, Massachusetts. He specializes in individual adult psychotherapy and
neuropsychological testing. Dr. Styron has been a practitioner and teacher in the Shambhala
and Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhist traditions for 34 years, and a faculty and board member of
IMP since its inception. He was formerly an architect.