Mindfulness-based Therapy Utah
About Mindfulness-based Therapy Utah
Mindfulness practice is not new, it is not a religious or spiritual practice (unless the person practicing chooses to make it that way). Finding information on Mindfulness without any form of spiritual component can be difficult because connecting mind/body/spirit can be a spiritual process for many and may open that for you. This said, with Burnett Counseling, the focus is on being able to be present with oneself and what comes for you personally is up to you and your process. Mindfulness practice is about learning and practicing to be present in one’s life, accepting what is, without judgment. Jon Kabat Zinn, one of the leaders in modern day mindfulness said, “The core invitation of mindfulness is for you to befriend yourself. That means recognizing and inhabiting your own intrinsic wholeness and beauty in the only moment any of us ever has, namely this one.”
Our Approach
Burnett Counseling’s approach to Mindfulness-based therapy Utah is guided by a client-centered therapeutic approach with methods from MBCT (Mindfulness Based Cognitive therapy) and MBSR (Mind Body Stress Reduction). The process begins with assessment and treatment planning, and includes education on the practice of mindfulness, and may include—depending on the client needs/wants—learning and practicing various forms of meditation and body movement (sit down and/or lying down yoga-inspired and/or MBSR informed movements etc.)
Although it can be difficult for many to connect to their body, whether they don’t know how to or they are avoiding allowing themselves to connect to their body because of the desire to be disconnected from pain (emotional or physical). It can be scary to think about allowing oneself to connect to the body for these and various other reasons. Because of this, at Burnett Counseling, Clients are taught calming and grounding skills to help when away from therapy, learn ways of opening their window of tolerance (the window one has ability to tolerate difficult emotions/sensation/memories, etc. without becoming distressed or shutting down from life) in order to handle difficult things in healthy ways.
Benefits of Mindfulness-based Therapy
The American Psychological Association has published research on Mindfulness that indicates Mindfulness is associated with reduced symptoms of stress, depression, anxiety, increased ability to respond to emotional situations less reactively, Mindfulness can help memory and increase relationship satisfaction, reduce rumination amongst other benefits.
See APA publication, What are the Benefits of Mindfulness, July/August 2012, Davis & Hayes or follow this link: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/07-08/ce-corner
Mindfulness Practice is known to help the following issues:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Relationship satisfaction
- Job related stress
- Pain management
- Memory enhancement
- Overall health and wellness
- Is not limited to the above
Resources To Help Learn More About Mindfulness-based Therapy:
Books:
- You are not your pain, Danny Penman and Vidyamala Burch
- Wherever you go, there you are, Jon Kabat Zinn
- Radical Compassion, Tara Brach
- Atlas of the Heart, Brene Brown
- Think Like a Monk, Jay Shetty
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Youtube
- Animated Educational:
- Thich Nhat Hanh