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In Mindful Therapy, Lorne Ladner discusses his approach to incorporating mindfulness techniques into psychotherapy. The benefits of using mindfulness practices in therapy have been well documented: These techniques have been shown to be clinically effective in treating stress and anxiety and as part of treatment for personality disorders and depression. Side benefits include improvements in self-awareness and emotional regulation as well as enhanced empathy. In this session, Dr. Ladner demonstrates the process of mindful therapy with an anxious teacher, ultimately helping her to feel hopeful about changing her life. Dr Ladner teaches mindfulness meditation to the client and also discusses and demonstrates how therapists can use mindfulness themselves.
The benefits of integrating mindfulness practices with psychotherapy have been well documented in extensive scientific research. Mindfulness practices have been shown to be clinically effective in treating problems associated with stress and anxiety, in playing a role in the treatment of personality disorders, in improving immune functions, and in helping with relapse prevention for depression. More generally, such practices also help people to become more self-aware, to improve emotional regulation, to enhance empathy, and to help people to be aware of their feelings without acting out on them.
Lorne Ladner, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Northern Virginia. Dr. Ladner also frequently provides workshops and trainings on integrating meditation and psychotherapy as well as on methods for cultivating empathy and positive emotions. Dr. Ladner has written numerous articles on these subjects and also wrote The Lost Art of Compassion: Discovering the Practice of Happiness in the Meeting of Buddhism and Psychology (HarperSanFrancisco, 2004). Dr. Ladner also edited The Wheel of Great Compassion (Wisdom, 2000) and co-authored Bridges of Compassion (with A. Campbell; Jason Aronson, 1999). Dr. Ladner has been an adjunct faculty member at Argosy University in Washington, DC, and served as director of Guhyasmaja Buddhist Center in Northern Virginia from 1999 thru 2005.
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