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1、AbstractMindfulnesshasbeenreceivinggrowingattentionintheclinicalliterature.Thisarticledescribesthebackground,applications,andmechanismofmindfulness,anddescribeshowmindfulnesscanbeusedbytheclinician.MindfulnessinClinicalPractice:ABasicOverviewMuchattentionhasbeengiveninrecentliterature
2、totheconceptofmindfulnessandmindfulness-basedinterventions(Denton&Sears,2009).Thisarticlewillpresentanoverviewofthedefinition,mechanisms,andapplicationsofmindfulness,andwilldiscusstheutilityofthemethodforclinicians.BackgroundandApplicationsMindfulnessinvolveslearningtopayattentiontoan
3、dwiselyworkingwithourthoughts,bodilysensations,andemotions.Thepracticeislearnedthroughsimplemeditationexercises,throughwhichoneeventuallycomestobringaricherawarenessandpresenceintodailylife.Thisreducesruminatingthoughts,helpingtopreventstress,anxiety,andrelapsesofdepression.Interestin
4、theuseofmindfulnessisboominginthescientificliteratureandintheclinicalcommunity.Theapplicationsofmindfulnessinclinicalworkarereceivinggrowingempiricalsupport,particularlyinthepreventionandtreatmentofstress,anxiety,anddepression.Theuseofmindfulnessforclientsdealingwithstressandchronicpa
5、inwaspioneeredbyJonKabat-Zinn,inaprogramknownasMindfulness-BasedStressReduction(MBSR)(Kabat-Zinn,1990).Subsequently,mindfulnesshasbeenincorporatedintoavarietyoftreatments,suchasMindfulness-BasedCognitiveTherapy(MBCT)forpreventionofdepressiverelapse(Segal,Williams,&Teasdale,2002),Diale
6、cticalBehaviorTherapy(DBT)forborderlinepersonalitydisorder(Linehan,1993),AcceptanceandCommitmentTherapy(ACT)(Hayes,Strosahl,&Wilson,1999),andMindfulness-BasedRelapsePrevention(MBRP)foraddictions(Witkiewitz&Marlatt,2007).Theseprogramsarenowconsideredevidence-basedpractices(Didonna,2009
7、;Germer,2005).Mindfulness-basedgroups(suchasMBSRandMBCT)typicallymeetweeklyforeightsessions.Themeetingsconsistofeducation,discussion,practiceofmindfulness,lightstretchingexercises,andhomeworkassignments(Kabat-Zinn,1990;Segal,Williams,&Teasdale,2002).Mindfulnesshasbeencalledthe“thirdwa
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