Posted by floatingbridge on October 14, 2011, at 1:04:32
In reply to Re: Mindfulness meditation - anyone benifited from it, posted by jono_in_adelaide on October 13, 2011, at 21:55:23
Jono, I found/find it helpful. I was in a small class of four with a skilled psychologist. With her insight, it was more than just sitting because she could help us identify difficulties we had in sitting or be with us when issues arose. I would say it helped with anxiety greatly for two of the four participants. The third, I felt, was resistant to the therapy (he took a somewhat argumentative stance). For myself, when I would practice on my own I would often have painful or frightening memories and thoughts. Yet I still pull from the skills I learned. I hope to go back to sitting when my memories are less charged. I practice breathing I learned, and while it may not abolish my anxiety, the incidence and intensity is overall being slowly reduced. It's one of the skills. I often practice the breathing while driving or standing in line somewhere. Often when dealing with an unpleasant of tense interpersonal situation.
Would you work one on one with her? What I did was called MBCT, mindfulness based cognitive therapy. Maybe ask you psychologist what her version of mindfulness therapy looks like. Is it simply meditation on your own? Is it 'just' meditation or is it more meditation and therapy.
Some people do better or prefer CBT. Are you saying you cannot find CBT where you are?
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