Mindfulness and Cancer

Trish Bartley is a mindfulness teacher, trainer, supervisor and retreat leader who has been involved with MBCT since its earliest days. She is a founding member of the Centre for Mindfulness, Research and Practice (CMRP), Bangor University, where she taught on the mindfulness master's program for many years, leading the advanced teacher training module. Trish taught mindfulness to cancer patients in a local oncology unit in North Wales from 2001-2020, adapting and refining the 8-week MBCT programme specifically for the needs of cancer patients. She has also worked with local people in low and middle income urban and rural contexts in the UK and South Africa. In 2024, she co-founded an online mindfulness and cancer project that is designed to be international, accessible and affordable to all www.mindfulnessandcancer.com

Foreword by John Teasdale Introduction Part 1: Setting the Scene The Three Circles Model The Four Movements Part 2: The 8-week MBCT for Cancer Course Session 1: Automatic Pilot Session 2: Mind Wandering Session 3: Limits and Edges Session 4: Patterns of Reactivity Session 5: Gently Being with the Difficult Session 6: Thoughts Are Not Facts Session 7: Planning Ahead Session 8: Completing and Continuing Part 3: Mindfulness and Cancer Issues Brief practices and everyday mindfulness The mindfulness and cancer group Cancer, mindfulness and the body Balancing up the pleasant Cancer and trauma Inquiry and the MBCT for Cancer group Part 4: Considerations for Teachers Recruiting our Participants Orientation and When to Offer the Programme Taster Sessions and Adapting the Programme Self-Care and Support Some Parting Words