Teaching Mindfulness-Based Groups

TRISH BARTLEY has been involved in MBCT since its early development in the UK, and has been taught by Jon Kabat-Zinn, John Teasdale and Mark Williams. She is a founding member of the Centre for Mindfulness, Research and Practice (CMRP), Bangor University, where she teaches the masters program. She also trains teachers and leads retreats in the UK and abroad. She is the co-founder of Mayfly, a consultancy offering brief mindfulness training to the NHS and health and social care teams. GEMMA GRIFFITH is Senior Lecturer and Director of Postgraduate Programmes at the CMRP, Bangor University. She also trains teachers in the Netherlands and South Africa and runs courses for the general public via The Mindfulness Network. Her research interests include mindful parenting, qualitative research, and how mindfulness-based interventions can be adapted for people with learning disabilities.

Foreword by Willem Kuyken INTRODUCTION 1: The value of the mindfulness-based group 2: The dimensions of mindfulness-based teaching 3: The evolution of pedagogical theory 4: The research PART 1: INSIDE OUT EMBODYING 5: Inside out embodying 6: Launching the mindfulness-based group PART 2: READING THE GROUP 7: Reading the mindfulness-based group 8: Impact of personal histories and social constructs 9: Body language PART 3: HOLDING THE GROUP 10: Holding the mindfulness-based group 11: Inside out practice guiding 12: Inside out inquiry and facilitation 13: Online considerations PART 4: BEFRIENDING THE GROUP 14: Befriending the mindfulness-based group 15: Four friends for life 16: Ending the mindfulness-based group Conclusion Personal postscript