MINDFULNESS

"How Effective Is Mindfulness Practice In Terms Of Self-Care: Does It Have an Impact on Your Psychotherapy Practice?"

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

My thanks go out to all who have helped me complete this study and with whom this project may have not been possible. In particular, my gratitude goes out to friends, facilitator and family for extensive and helpful comments on early drafts. I am also deeply indebted to the authors who have shared my interest and preceded me. Their works provided me with a host of information to learn from and build upon, also served as examples to emulate.

DECLARATION

I, [names and surname here], declare that the contents of this dissertation/thesis represent my own unaided work, and that the dissertation/thesis has not previously been submitted for academic examination towards any qualification. Furthermore, it represents my own opinions and not necessarily those of the University.

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Abstract

This study explains how effective mindfulness practice is in terms of self-care and explains whether it has an impact on psychotherapy practice or not. Therapists become a patient of “Compassion Fatigue” due to their nature of work as they have to indulge in emotional labour which is a part of their therapeutic work. Stress related problems occur specially to those professionals who have to deal with patients that need high demand setting. The negative emotional affects that psychotherapeutic professional can experience include; high level depression, emotional fatigue, anxiety, social separation, and decrease in job satisfaction. As a result of these effects, psychotherapists fail to provide high quality service to patients as they possess lack of decision making skill and weaker relationship. The main aim of this study is to determine how effective mindfulness practice is in terms of self-care and whether it has an impact on psychotherapy practice or not. In addition to this, it aims to find the ability of mindfulness practice in promoting self care in an individual and to explore the impacts of mindfulness in the clinical work of an individual in addition to this dissertation aims to figure out the affect of mindful instruction and meditation in an individual's state of mindfulness. Similarly, it also reviews the provision of self care through the courses of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). According to the results it has been found that" Mindfulness Is Effective Practice In Terms Of Self-Care And Have an Impact on Your Psychotherapy Practice."

Table of contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

Outline of the Study1

Background of the Study1

Rationale of the Study3

Statement of Problem3

Aims and Objectives4

Research Questions5

Time Scale5

Ethical Considerations6

Limitation of the Research7

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW8

Defining and understanding mindfulness9

Mindfulness, Self Care and Meditation Programs and Techniques10

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy12

Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy13

The Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills14

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction15

Experiential Avoidance and the Emotional Disorders19

Understanding Buddhist Psychology and Mindfulness Meditation21

The Western Clinical View of Meditation23

Integrating East and West23

The Benefits of Mindfulness25

Clinical populations25

Professionals26

Self-Awareness27

Ties to mindfulness practice.28

Self care and self compassion28

Self-Care30

Self-care in the medical arena31

Lack of Training in Self-Care32

CHAPTER3: METHODOLOGY34

Research Design34

Sampling Procedures34

Data Collection Method35

Instrumentation for Data Collection35

Limitations of the study36

Research Design36

Research Method37

Sampling and Data Collection38

Design39

Validity ...