Positive Therapy

Question 1

What is the therapy used within the positive approach?

Answer 1

Mindfullness

Question 2

What is the first component of mindfulness?

Answer 2

Gaining over control of thoughts

Question 3

What are the three components of mindfulness?

Answer 3

Control over thoughts
Mindful breathing
Informal practices

Question 4

Describe the component ‘gaining control of thoughts’.

Answer 4

Focus on the present thoughts, emotions and feelings instead of the past and future and become comfortable with them and respond positively

Question 5

What religious origins does mindfulness have?

Answer 5

Buddhist - religious and spiritual traditions

Question 6

What is the second component of mindfulness?

Answer 6

Meditation and mindful breathing

Question 7

Describe the component ‘meditation and mindful breathing’.

Answer 7

Focuses on physical breathing

Question 8

What are examples of mindful breathing?

Answer 8

Belly breathing
Breath count
Mindful breathing
Breathing visualisation

Question 9

What is the National institute for health Care Excellence (NICE)?

Answer 9

Recommends mindfulness as a preventative treatment for recurring depressions

Question 10

Describe how to practice guided meditation.

Answer 10

1 - Comfortable position
2 - Close eyes
3 - Bring awareness to bodily sensations
4 - Maintain awareness and breathe
5 - Allow breath to flow without change
6 - If mind wanders, bring attention back to breathing

Question 11

What is the third component of mindfulness?

Answer 11

Informal practices of mindfulness

Question 12

Describe the component ‘informal practices of mindfulness’.

Answer 12

Mindfulness can be practiced in everyday life such as driving, walking, eating etc. whilst focusing on a singular task

Question 13

What is available to use online informal mindfulness?

Answer 13

Online meditation - headspace which includes guided meditations with differing aims to do in everyday life

Question 14

Apply the assumption ‘focus on the good life’ to mindfulness.

Answer 14

Involves acknowledging thoughts and choosing to let them pass and control their feelings

Question 15

Apply the assumption ‘authenticity of goodness and excellence’ to mindfulness.

Answer 15

Patients encouraged to focus on the positive thoughts and feelings and not dwell on the negatives

Question 16

Describe the strengths of the effectiveness of mindfulness.

Answer 16

Research support - Kuyken et al (2014) found children who took part in mindfulness within the school curriculum reported greater well-being and less stress

Question 17

Describe the weakness of effectiveness of mindfulness.

Answer 17

Methodological issues - Professor Patricia Casey of University College Dublin - majority of positive studies are small, pilot studies or carried out on those with very mild psychological issues

Question 18

Describe the strengths of the ethics of mindfulness.

Answer 18

Highly ethical - few side effects and has a highly positive attitude towards individual well-being

Question 19

Describe the weaknesses of the ethics of mindfulness.

Answer 19

Negative effects - easy to misunderstand and many grow frustrated when not immediately meeting expectations within mindfulness