Mindfulness - Positive Therapy

Question 1

What are the aims of mindfulness ?

Answer 1

• to allow people to be in control of their own mind by paying attention to their present thoughts
• to enhance a persons positive characteristics

Question 2

Learned helplessness

Answer 2

• by seligman
• develops when individuals feel unable to control events in their lives

Question 3

What are the three components of mindfulness?

Answer 3

• control over thoughts
• meditation/mindful breathing
• informal practices

Question 4

Gaining control of thoughts

Answer 4

• involves focusing on present thoughts, emotions and feelings
• mindfulness trains us to focus on what is going on in the moment
• the goal of focusing on the present is to gain greater awareness of unhelpful or negative thoughts that often dominate us in order to can gain control over them
• negative automatic thinking can lead to mental health disorders like anxiety and depression - mindfulness helps the individual identify these thoughts and alter their reaction to it

Question 5

Meditation and mindful breathing

Answer 5

• involves the physical practice of mindfulness