Main description:

1) this is the most complete, multi-disciplinary introduction for mental health providers seeking to integrate mindfulness, compassion and embodied completive practice into their life and work

2) people will want to buy it because it includes the most complete group of pioneers in the development of this promising new field, including leaders from related disciplines of neuroscience, Buddhist psychology, social justice, and contemplative psychotherapy

3) unlike other related titles, this book will be the first to deeply explore the implications of contemplative ethics in understanding and healing the stress and trauma caused by systemic oppression based on race, gender, or sexual orientation, and it will also be the first to address in one volume all three "waves" of contemplative practice in relation to psychotherapy-not just mindfulness-based approaches but compassion-based approaches and especially the first to comprehensively address how to integrate embodied contemplative practices like imagery, recitation, breath-and-body work.

Contents:

Part 1: Mindfulness and Personal Healing 1. Contemplative Practices for Assessing and Eliminating Racism in Psychotherapy: Towards Dynamic Inclusive Excellence 2. Buddhist Origins of Mindfulness Meditation 3. The Buddha, MLK, and the Ethics of Healing Community 4. The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: Practicing Presence and Resilience 5. Positive Neuroplasticity: The Neuroscience of Mindfulness 6. Mindfulness Practice as Advanced Training for the Clinician 7. Meditation, Wisdom, and Compassion in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy 8. Toward an LGBTQ+ Affirmative Approach to Contemplative Psychotherapy Part 2: Compassion and Social Healing 9.Traditional Buddhist Perspectives on Modern Compassion Trainings and A Proposal for An Integrated Relational Emotional-Analytical Framework 10. Compassion Practice, Social Justice, and Collective Liberation 11. The Supreme Medicine of Exchanging Self-Enclosure for Altruism 12. Interpersonal Connection, Compassion, and Well-Being: The Science and Art of Healing Relationships 13. Compassion in Psychotherapy 14. The RAIN of Self-Compassion: A Simple Practice for Clients and Clinicians 15. Compassion-Based Resilience Training (CBRT) -A Contemplative Intervention For Self-Regulation and Cultivating Loving Intimate Relationships Part 3: Embodiment and Natural Healing 16. Tantra, Imagery, and Integral Dynamic Therapy 17. Skill, Stamina, (Noticing Avoidance) & Embodied Connectedness: Realizing Our Vows to Be of Service 18. The Essence of Tantric Medicine: Embodied Healing in the Yuthog Nying-Thig Tradition 19. Imagery and Trauma: The Psyche's Push for Healing 20. Embodied Practice, the Smart Vagus, and Mind-Brain-Body-World Integration 21. How to Be a Transformational Therapist: AEDP Harnesses Innate Healing Affects to Rewire Experience and Accelerate Transformation 22. From Trauma to Transformation: Accelerating Resilience, Recovery, and Integration Through Embodied Transformational Therapy