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A selection of video clips to keep you informed about Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy including Mark Williams, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Paul Gilbert, Kristen Neff, Aaron Beck and David Clark
Mindfulness featuring Jon Kabat-Zinn
Denise Schrier Cetta produces & Anderson Cooper reports on what it’s like to try to achieve “mindfulness,” a self-awareness scientists say is very healthy, but rarely achieved in today’s world of digital distractions.
Jon Kabat-Zinn, who is Professor of Medicine Emeritus and creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School is interviewed
Introduction to MBSR
A wonderful 10-minute clip from the DVD released by the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Healthcare and Society, which provides an overview of the science behind Mindfulness
The Science of Mindfulness
Professor Mark Williams (Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow at Oxford University) and Dr Danny Penman discuss the recent scientific advances that have radically altered our understanding of depression and related disorders.
Also discussed is the latest treatments and therapies that are offering hope to those suffering from depression
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
You can learn more about the approach Mark Williams teaches and refers to in this video clip via many sources including the books and audio he’s made to teach people, which you can find at http://oxfordmindfulness.org/learn/resources
How Mindfulness Fosters Compassion
Author and therapist Paul Gilbert explores how awareness of how our own minds work can help break negative thought patterns and help us to become more compassionate
Mindfulness and Self-Compassion
Kristin Neff, Ph.D., is an associate professor in human development and culture at the University of Texas, Austin, and the author of the book “Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind” (William Morrow, 2011).
This talk is from the “Practicing Mindfulness & Compassion” conference on March 8, 2013. The Greater Good Science Center co-hosted this conference with Mindful magazine
Dr. Daniel Siegel, Discussing the Science of Mindfulness
Room to Breathe is a surprising story of transformation as struggling kids in a San Francisco public middle school are introduced to the practice of mindfulness meditation.
CBT as a psychological treatment, how it works
Dr. David Clark, a cognitive behaviour therapy expert explains how this psychological treatment works and who could benefit from it.
Dr. Aaron Beck and the Dalai Lama, Meeting of Minds
Meeting of minds (His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and Professor Aaron T. Beck in Conversation)
Google Talks Videos
Talks at Google began in 2005 as the Authors@Google series to bring innovative authors to speak at Google. The program has since grown to include musicians, filmmakers, chefs, intellectuals, and innovators. The program brings speakers of all stripes to Google for talks centering on their recently published books and to discuss topics capturing the intellectual zeitgeist of the day.
Ted Talks Videos
TED is a global set of conferences run by the private non-profit Sapling Foundation, under the slogan “Ideas Worth Spreading”. TED was founded in 1984 as a one-off event; the annual conference series began in 1990
BENEFITS OF MINDFULNESS
Practicing Mindfulness improves mental and physical health
Mindfulness can help:
- reduce stress
- improve mood and quality of life
- lower blood pressure
- improve concentration and attention
- manage pain with less reactivity
- enhance emotional intelligence
- improve sleep
- reduce addictive and self-destructive behaviour
- improve immune functioning
- increase self-awareness and body awareness
Ancient roots, modern applications
Mindfulness helps in the treatment of:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- eating disorders
- substance misuse and recovery
- OCD
