Bookedited by Victor G. Carrión, and John Rettger.
Summary: Applied Mindfulness: Approaches in Mental Health for Children and Adolescents starts from the premise that mental health clinicians must have their own mindfulness practice before teaching the tenets and techniques of mindfulness to others, including young people. To that end, the book offers readers clear instructions on how to first practice mindfulness in their own lives and then extend their personal practice outward to others. Once this knowledge is internalized, the clinician can focus on mindfulness in terms of its application to specific clinical diagnoses, such as anxiety and depression, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and substance abuse. Because many mental health professionals work in multiple settings, such as in schools, in clinics, and online, the contributors, representing a wide range of creative and authoritative voices, explain how to skillfully tailor mindfulness interventions for effective application across diverse contexts. Drs. Carrion and Rettger, as Director of the Stanford Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program (SELSPAP) and Director of SELSPAP's Mindfulness Program, respectively, have been engaged in ongoing community-based work delivering mindfulness and yoga programming to underserved youth and their helpers.
Contents:
Developing a personal mindfulness practice / John P. Rettger
Mindful self-compassion / Karen Bluth, Christine Lathren, Lorraine Hobbs
State of the research on youth mindfulness / Sarah Zoogman, Eleni Vousoouram, Mari Janikian
Measuring mindfulness / Matthew S. Goodman, Laila A. Madni, Randye J. Semple
Anxiety and depression / Laila A. Madni, Matthew S. Goodman, Randye J. Semple
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder / Mari Kurahashi
Grief and loss / Susan Delaney
Substance abuse / Sam Himelstein, Alejandro Nunez
Autism spectrum disorders / Allison Morgan, Erik Jacobson
Immigrant youth / Kristina C. Mendez, Celeste H. Poe, Sita G. Patel
Mindfulness with incarcerated youth / Sharon Simpson, Stewart Mercer, Sally Wyke, Michael Bready
Trauma-informed yoga with incarcerated youth / Pamela Lozoff
Mindfulness at home / Amy Saltzman, Celeste H. Poe
Mindfulness in schools / Lisa Flook, Meena Srinivasan
Mindful nature practices / Nicole Ward
Mindful movement in schools / Catherine Cook-Cottone
Mindfulness online / Tara Cousineau, Bridget Key, Zev Schuman-Olivier
Mindfulness and creativity / Sayyed Mohsen Fatemi, Ellen J. Langer.