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Counselor / Addiction

Mindfulness in Psychotherapy

1.00 - CE credit hours training

$6.25 - Cost of course

This page contains important information about the course, including training details, a comprehensive course description, learning objectives, and source references. We encourage you to review each section to gain a clear understanding of the course content, educational goals, and supporting materials before beginning your training and taking the POST TEST below.

Target audience and instructional level of this course: foundational
There is no known conflict of interest or commercial support related to this CE program.

Mindfulness in Psychotherapy

Follow the link below, read the material and then take the 6 question post test

Read the Course Material:
Mindfulness in Psychotherapy

6 Questions

1. From "Introduction": The author suggests that there are two primary components to mindfulness.
2. From "Techniques for developing mindfulness": From the author's perspective ________________ mindfulness practices are those that require withdrawal from other activities to practice expended exercises and _________________ mindfulness practices are that can be undertaken throughout the day, amid other activities.
3. From "Mindfulness and Psychotherapy": Which psychoanalytic theorist made attention the cornerstone of his/her psychoanalytic procedure?
4. From "Mindfulness and Psychotherapy": Of the mindfulness approaches in the cognitive-behavioral tradition, which are less focused on formal meditation practices.
5. From "Mindfulness and Psychological Distress": From the author's perspective the effect of mindfulness based cognitive therapy on depression happens primarily through:
6. From "Building an Evidence Base": The primary challenges the author cites regarding building an evidence base involves:
Mindfulness has become a popular topic among psychological therapists. This introductory article explains what mindfulness is and how it can be developed, before exploring how it has been incorporated within psychoanalytic and cognitive-behavioral psychotherapies. These reflect general as well as specific presumed therapeutic actions. At present, variations in the way mindfulness is understood, taught and applied mean that it is too early to fully assess its potential. They demonstrate how the use of attention and awareness in therapy cuts across traditional divisions and where mindfulness in therapy is most in need of further investigation.
  • Describe what mindfulness is and how it can be developed.
  • Describe how mindfulness has been incorporated into psychoanalytic and cognitive-behavioral psychotherapies.
  • Identify ways in which mindfulness approaches may relieve psychological distress.
Chris Mace, M.D.
University of Warwick