- Introduction
- Personal Story – Trish
Part One Mindfulness and The Cancer Journey
- 1. Mindfulness and Cancer
- 2. Cancer – The Psychological Implications
- 3. Cancer – The Medical Implications
- 4. The First Circle – Cancer and the Circle of Suffering
- Personal Story – Beryl
Part Two The Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Cancer Programme
- 5. Starting Out
- Personal Story – Sally
- 6. The Eight Week Course
- Week One
- Week Two
- Week Three
- Week Four
- Week Five
- Week Six
- All Day
- Week Seven
- Week Eight
- The Follow Up Class
- 7. The Second Circle: Mindful Awareness and the Circle of Practice
- Personal Story – Derek
- 8. The Practices
- The Core Practices
- The Short Practices
- Personal Story – Bridget
- 9. Mindfulness In Palliative Care
- 10. After The Eight Week Course
- 11. The Third Circle – Being and the Circle of Presence
Part Three The Practitioner Teacher
- 12. Introducing The Teacher
- 13. Embodying The Practice
- 14. Facilitating The Learning
- 15. The Three Circle Model: A Formulation of MBCT for Cancer (MBCT-Ca)
Personal Story – Geraint
Epilogue
Resources and Links
Bibliography
Sources and Permissions
Index
Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Cancer presents an eight-week course for MBCT which has been tried and tested over ten years of clinical use, and is targeted specifically for people with cancer.
Key Features
- There is growing evidence of mindfulness as a successful and cost-effective intervention for reducing the negative psychological impact of cancer and treatment .
- Draws upon the author’s experience of working with people with cancer, and her own recent experience of using mindfulness with cancer diagnosis and treatment.
- Stories from cancer patients illustrate the learning and key themes of the course.
- Includes new short practices and group processes developed by the author.
About the Author
- Trish Bartley has taught MBCT to people with cancer in a regional oncology unit in Wales since 2000. She is an Honorary Lecturer in the School of Psychology, Bangor University. She was one of the founding teachers at the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice, Bangor University, where she co-leads programmes for health professionals, and students on the Masters programme, to train as mindfulness-based teachers. She delivers mindfulness-based training retreats internationally.
Product Details
- Paperback: 424 pages
- Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (February 7, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 047068383X
- ISBN-13: 978-0470683835
List Price: $54.95