MindfulnessBased Cognitive Therapy for Cancer: Gently Turning Towards,Used

Product Description Mindfulnessbased Cognitive Therapy for Cancer presents an eightweek course for MBCT which has been tried and tested over ten years of clinical use, and is targeted specifically for people with cancer. There is growing evidence of mindfulness as a successful and costeffective intervention for reducing the negative psychological impact of cancer and treatment Draws upon the authors experience of working with people with cancer, and her own recent experience of using mindfulness with cancer diagnosis and treatment Stories from cancer patients illustrate the learning and key themes of the course Includes new short practices and group processes developed by the author Review The author's wish to share her expertise is commendable. Written from a wealth of experience and conviction, the book is a valuable tool for anyone involved in dealing with the psychological aspects of cancer care. (Doodys, 4 January 2013) Review Trish Bartley has succeeded in writing a book that speaks to the deepest fears of cancer sufferers with such compassion that noone can fail to draw hope and healing from her words. Drawing on her own experience of cancer, and on her skill as a mindfulness teacher, she has pioneered a combination of mindfulness and cognitive therapy that is enormously empowering for sufferers and their families. The implications of what she says go far wider than any clinic to the heart of what it means to be fully human and fully alive in the presence of our own death. Mark Williams, Director, Oxford Mindfulness Centre, and Coauthor of Mindfulness: a practical guide to finding peace in a frantic worldA profoundly compassionate offering of affirmation and possibility in the face of the difficult and the unwanted. Trish Bartley and her colleagues are to be congratulated on a magnificent contribution to the field of mindfulness and cancer care. May it touch the millions who could benefit from it. Jon KabatZinn, Professor of Medicine Emeritus, Author of Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through MindfulnessWhat a gift of a book. Alongside her own experience of living with cancer, Trish Bartley also has many years experience of teaching and developing the MBCTCa programme this combination of the personal and professional makes for a beautiful combination of personal story; a clear and practical manual for the eightweek programme; and poems and insights from the many people Trish has taught. This book will be invaluable to patients and health professionals alike. Read this book carefully. It is a precious jewel. Vidyamala Burch, Author of Living Well with Pain and Illness: The Mindful Way to Free Yourself From SufferingAs mindfulness becomes more main stream, what we need are mindfulness developments guided by clear intentions, adapted to new populations with creativity while maintaining the essence and integrity of MBCT and MBSR. MindfulnessBased Cognitive Therapy for Cancer offers such an adaptation. It has a clear rationale, pragmatic and clinically tested innovations, clear guidance for MBCT teachers and poignant clinical illustrations. This book is imbued with compassion, courage and a sense of common humanity. It will be highly valued both by people with life threatening diseases and health care professionals offering mindfulness classes to people with cancer. Trish Bartley is an MBCT therapist who teaches mindfulness with enormous heart, drawing from a well of experience and knowledge. She writes with a clear, authoritative, compelling and inspiring voice. Willem Kuyken, Professor of Clinical Psychology and CoFounder of Mood Disorders Centre, University of Exeter, UK From the Inside Flap MindfulnessBased Cognitive Therapy for Cancer is a practitioner handbook which presents an eightweek MBCT for cancer course, tried and tested over ten years of clinical use, and adapted and targeted specifically for people with cancer. The