Today is Thanksgiving Day in Canada. It is a time to reflect on the wonderful people we have in our lives and the good things that have blessed this life. In the language of practice, we "incline our hearts" towards the practice of gratitude. This is a wonderful practice on the path of well-being. And [...]
Category: Treatments
MBCT at 10 Years Old – onwards and upwards
Zindel Segal, co-founder of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), reflects on the future directions of MBCT as it approaches its tenth anniversary. With the establishment of reliable outcome data for the efficacy of MBCT treatment, we now need to look at the actual way in which MBCT effects these positive changes. Clarifying mechanisms of action is [...]
The Power of Our Suffering
Marsha Linehan, founder of one of the most powerful therapeutic interventions, Dialectal Behavior Therapy, shared the history of her suffering last week. The story is too powerful to simply recap here or to offer any interpretations. We can only say that Dr. Linehan has brought a new level of integrity and beauty to the meaning [...]
Self-Compassion: three doors to changing your relationship with yourself
Kristin Neff’s work on self-compassion has been a major touchstone for many of us in the mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) field. For years, her website has been a rich resource for information on self-compassion, updates on her research, and the on-going development of her self-compassion scale. Now, in her new book, Neff presents the details of [...]
Mindfulness in Psychotherapy – bringing mindfulness practice into the therapeutic relationship
Our colleagues at the University of California San Diego Center of Mindfulness have got their eye on the ball! Well, perhaps it's not just their eye but their entire being given they are now offering a retreat in Mindfulness in Psychotherapy for clinicians. Set in the beautiful Joshua Tree Center - and I say that as [...]
Ottawa Mindfulness Clinic 