Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy: Accelerating Personal and Social Transformation

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