I’m pleased to introduce our newest blog, Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, by clinical psychologist Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. Dr. Goldstein is a mindfulness expert and an engaging writer and we’re happy to have him join Psych Central’s growing family.
What is mindfulness? I’ll let Dr. Goldstein explain from his introductory entry:
Mindfulness is intentionally paying attention to the present moment while putting aside our preconceived ideas, expectations, and judgments. It is being in connection with the here and now. Over the past 30 years there has been a buildup of evidence-based research using mindfulness practice to work with difficult medical and mental health issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationships, addiction, insomnia, chronic pain, immune function, cancer, trauma, and more.
Over the coming months I will be posting news, studies, and advice to help you integrate mental health and mindfulness strategies into your daily life. While mindfulness practice is thousands of years old, with rising statistics in stress and distressing disorders there isn’t a more important time than today to learn about how it intersects with mental health.
I encourage you to check out the new blog, welcome Dr. Goldstein in the comments area, and add it to your RSS feeds today!
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“New Blog: Mindfulness and Psychotherapy”
sweet! My whole life is turning into one big giant mindfulness excercise… I’m sure I will greatly enjoy the blog!
great topic, and one I explore a lot on my blog (Beyond Blue at Beliefnet.com). I look forward to it. t
My whole life is being one big mindfullness arena as well!! It is difficult sometimes, but once you become engaged in being mindful, the benefits outweigh the difficulty in training your mind.
Anyway, Welcome Dr. Goldstein! I’m sure you’ll add someone more life to PsychCentral. It is a great site and I’m also sure you’ll enjoy being a contributor here.
In fact, Dr. Goldstein is from http://www.mentalhelp.net; he wrote a few articles I found rather interesting, especially the article on OCD.
I would encourage people unfamiliar with mentalhelp.net to check out his previous posts.
Hello, Dr. Goldstein and welcome!
Mindfulness is so complementary to psychotherapy for both the client and the therapist. At the risk of giving away a therapist secret, it doesn’t matter how compelling the session is, occasionally when I’m supposed to be listening intently my mind might wonder off to ‘what’s for dinner?’ or ‘did I pay that bill yet?’ Then it’s my job to catch it and gently bring it back to the moment. Which is exactly what happens during my meditation practice as well!
Thank you all for such a gracious welcome. I look forward to bringing more engaging topics of mindfulness and psychotherapy. It is my true belief that interacting with each other in this space for comments provides a living wisdom for us all to benefit from.
Welcome Dr Elisha Goldstein. Thank you for your contribution. I have been using mindfulness exercises as part of my work, with some success. I feel that these are useful no matter what kind of issues are being addressed. I will be following your blog. My very best wishes. Coinneach
I just began to read up on “Mindfulness”. Not sure if I buy into it just yet. It seems to be somewhat in line with ancient eastern philosophies, which I have much respect for. I do have to say this, though, up until now, from what I see all around me, the articles I read, the professionals I hear being interviewed, that most of today’s psychotherapy techniques are doing more harm than good. Anger levels are up, depression is way up, anxiety is very common, suicide is up. Of course, there are other factors that are part of the emotional distress equation, but the part that is supposed to be helping - what I call “Pop Paychology”, again, is doing more harm than good.
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