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Resources

Whilst it's virtually impossible to keep up-to-date with the rapid profusion of published material across the globe, the selected books and research articles below provide a good place to start. In order to keep up-to-date with the research you might want to go straight to http://www.mindfulexperience.org.

Books

Baer, R.E. ed. Mindfulness-based treatment approaches: clinician's guide to evidence base and applications, Elsevier, Academic Press, 2005.

Bennett-Goleman, T., Emotional Alchemy: How the mind can heal the heart, Random House, 2001.

Burch, V., Living Well with Pain and Illness, Piatkus, 2008.

Christopher K. Germer, Ronald D. Siegel, & Paul R. Fulton (ed.s) , Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, Guilford, 2005.

Germer, C.K., The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion. Guilford Press, 2009. Germer, C.K., Siegel, R.D. & Fulton, P.R. Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, Guilford Press, 2005.

Gilbert, P. ed. Compassion: conceptualisations, research and use in psychotherapy. Brunner-Routledge, 2005.

Goldstein, J. and Kornfield, J., Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The path of insight meditation, Shambhala, 1987.

Gunaratana, B.H., Mindfulness in Plain English, Wisdom Books, 1990.

Hayes, S.C., & Strosahl, K.C. eds. A Practical Guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Guilford Press, 2005.

Kabat-Zinn, J. & Kabat-Zinn, M., Everyday Blessings: The inner work of mindful parenting, Hyperion, 1997.

Kabat-Zinn, J., 1994, Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness meditation in everyday life, Hyperion, New York.

Kabat-Zinn, J., Coming to Our Senses: healing ourselves and the world through mindfulness, 2005, Hyperion.

Kabat-Zinn, J.,1990, Full Catastrophe Living: Using the wisdom of your body and mind to face stress, pain and illness, Delta, New York.

Kornfield, J., 1994, A Path with Heart: The classic guide through the perils and promises of spiritual life, Rider, New York.

Linehan, M.M. & Heard, H. L. Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder. New York: Guilford Press, 1992.

Rechtschaffen, S., Time Shifting: A revolutionary new approach to creating more time for your life. Rider, 1996.

Santorelli, S., 1999, Heal Thy Self: Lessons on mindfulness in medicine, Bell Tower, New York.

Segal, Z.V., Williams, J.M.G., Teasdale, J.D., 2002, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: A new approach to preventing relapse, Guilford Press, New York, London.

Research

Brown, K.W. and Ryan, R.M., The Benefits of Being Present: Mindfulness and Its Role in Psychological Well-Being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2003, Vol. 84, No. 4, 822-848.

Deatherage, G., The Clinical Use of "Mindfulness" Meditation Techniques in Short-term Psychotherapy. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 1975, Vol. 7, No. 2.

Goleman, D., Finding Happiness: Cajole Your Brain to Lean to the Left. The New York Times, February 4, 2003.

Grossman, P., Niemann, L., Schmidt, S., & Walach, H., Mindfulness-based stress reduction and health benefits: A meta-analysis, Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2004, Vol. 57, No. 1, 35-43.

Kabat-Zinn, J., Wheeler, E., Light, T., Skillings, A., Scharf, M., Cropley, T.G., et al.,Influence of a Mindfulness Meditation-based stress reduction program in the treatment of anxiety disorders, American Journal of Psychiatry, 1998Vol. 149, No. 7, 936-943.

Reibel, D., Greeson, J., Brainard, G., & Rosenzweig, S. Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction and health-related quality of life in a heterogenous patient population, General Hospital Psychiatry, 2001, Vol. 23, No. 4, 183-192.

Shapiro, S.L., Schwartz, G.E. & Bonner, G., Effects of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction on Medical and Premedical Students. Journal of Behavioural Medicine, 1998, Vol. 21, No. 6., 581-599.

Speca, M., Carlson, L., Goodey, E., & Angen, M., A Randomized, Wait-list Controlled Clinical Trial: The effect of a mindfulness meditation-based stress reduction program on mood and symptoms of stress in cancer outpatients, Psychosomatic Medicine, 2000, Vol. 62, No. 5, 613-622.

Teasdale, J.D., Segal, Z.V., Williams, J.M.G., Ridgeway, V.A., Soulsby, J.M., Lau, M.A., Prevention of Relapse/Recurrence in Major Depression by Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2000, Vol. 68, No. 4, 615-623.