Therapies - Mindfulness Flashcards
What is the positive approach’s therapy?
Mindfulness
What are the aims of Mindfulness?
To allow people to be in control of their own mind
List the main components of Mindfulness
Gaining control of thoughts
Meditation and mindful breathing
Informal practices of Mindfulness
Ways of practicing Mindfulness
A Mindfulness based programme
Describe this main component of Mindfulness: “Gaining control of thoughts”
- Focusing on present thoughts
- Having a greater awareness of negative thoughts
- Helping alter responses to negative thoughts to be more positive
Describe this main component of Mindfulness: “Meditation and mindful breathing”
- Formal training and how it’s the most effective way of learning it
- Learned through guided instruction and personal practice
- Paying attention to breathint/body sensations/emotions
- Time taken out of day
- Grounding yourself/breathing
Describe this main component of Mindfulness: “Informal practices of mindfulness”
- Can be practiced in everyday life e.g while walking
- Opposite of multi tasking
- If mind wanders, attention goes back to breathing
Describe this main component of mindfulness: “Ways of practicing mindfulness”
- Basic mindfulness meditation [using a mantra or breathing to focus]
- Body sensations [using sensations to help focus]
- Sensory [notice your senses then let them go]
Name a mindfulness based programme
- .b : means stop and be
- Learning mindfulness in schools and building skills for life
- Helps prevent future problems
Name the first effectiveness point for mindfulness
- Crane et al [2014]: those who have experienced 3+ severe depression episodes had a reduced recurrent rate of 40-50%
Name the third effectiveness point for Mindfulness
Teasdale et al [2000] : pit of 145 patients, Mindfulness provided the greatest help to those who had suffered the most number of previous episodes of depression.
- No effect on people who had only suffered 2 episodes in the past.
Name the fourth effectiveness point for Mindfuless
- Does not get to the root cause of the illness
- People with severe trauma won’t benefit from simply acknowledging their feelings then letting them go
- Also not appropriate for anxiety or schizophrenia.
Name the first ethics point of mindfulness
- More ethical than dream analysis and cbt
- Doesn’t recover traumatic memories or cause patient blame
Name the second ethics point for mindfulness
- Widely available
- Lots of courses online, around £25/hr
- Great for those too nervous to seek out therapy
Name the third ethics point for Mindfulness
- Can be taught by untrained practitioners
- Dr Florian Ruth:Those who seek it may have a pre existing illness e.g anxiety: those who teach mindfulness must have knowledge of these illnesses
Name the fourth ethics point for Mindfulness
- Mindfulness can cause further issues to the client.
- Marie Johnson: It is very challenging and those who fail may have worse self esteem issues or feel like a failure.
Which assumptions apply to Mindfulness?
Focus on the good life
Acknowledgement of free will
Authenticity of goodness and excellence
How does ‘Acknowledgement of free will’ apply to Mindfulness?
- Free will to seek out the therapy
- Mindfulness gives free will to exercise control of your feelings.
- Develops a more productive attitude towards your feelings
How does ‘Authenticity of goodness and excellence’ apply to Mindfulness?
- Mindfulness helps people develop their signature strengths [perspective/perserverance/self regulation]
- Mindfulness helps individuals to drive towards fulfilment by developing their core strengths
How does “Focus on the good life” apply to Mindfulness?
- Mindfulness helps us develop “the good life” by developing our positive individual traits and life regulation qualities.
- Helps us when we face difficult times
- Life regulation qualities especially helps us accomplish our goals and promote well-being [e.g self control, independence, confidence in wisdom]
Name the second effectiveness point for Mindfulness
- Kuyken [2015] : Mindfulness did not prove to be superior to anti-depressants.
- Relapse rate over 2 years was identical, 44% for Mindfulness and 47% for anti-depressants
