2011 September/October
September/October 2011 The Mindfulness Movement
Do We Even Need Psychotherapy Anymore?

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PNSO11-1Creating a new wisdom tradition

By Ronald Siegel

As mindfulness practices work their way into the therapy mainstream, we’re asking more clinically sophisticated questions: Who needs what practice when? What are the downsides?

PNSO11-2Awakening the hypnotist within

By Michael Yapko

As a clinical intervention, mindfulness is best understood by stripping away its aura of mystical spirituality and understanding the crucial role suggestion plays in the change process.

PNSO11-3Going Beyond Acceptance to Healing

By Richard Schwartz

A psychotherapist discusses how to help clients transform the disruptive feelings and thoughts that they’ve learned to simply observe during meditation.

Getting stuck in the present moment

By Flint Sparks

A Zen teacher describes the benefits and limitations of traditional meditation practice.

PNSO11-5Moving from conflict to attunement

By Bruce Crapuchettes and Francine Crapuchettes Beauvoir

While meditation is usually considered a solitary activity, two therapists discover that the couples intervention they’ve been using for more than 20 years is actually a form of reciprocal relational practice.

Therapists and Climate Change

By Garry Cooper

The New Face of Racism

By Shari Kirkland

In Search of a Lost Self

By Shai Lavie

Kids For Sale

By Diane Cole

The Alphabet Soup

By Ryan Howes

The White Tuxedo

By Katherine Ellison

Meditation and Mindfulness

By Rich Simon