Rachel Goldsmith Turow – Transform Trauma and PTSD with Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Skills

Outline

• Relevance for Trauma
  • The role of mindfulness and self-compassion in evidence-based therapies for PTSD
    • Cognitive Processing Therapy
    • Prolonged Exposure
  • Non-judgment, metacognition and re-perceiving in the context of trauma-related:
    • Shame
    • Guilt
    • Self-criticism
    • Self-blame
  • Direct attention to help with trauma related symptoms such as:
    • Intrusions
    • Anxiety
    • Depression
    • Dissociation
  • Skills to build bodily and emotional awareness after:
    • Avoidance
    • Numbing
    • Dissociation
  • Common misconceptions and stumbling blocks
• Mindfulness Practices for Trauma and PTSD
  • The scientific evidence for trauma:
    • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
    • Loving Kindness Meditation (LKM)
    • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
    • Mindfulness-Based Exposure Therapy (MBET)
  • How mindfulness and self-compassion decrease psychological symptoms
  • Evidence-based specific mindfulness practices for survivors of:
    • Interpersonal violence
    • Childhood emotional, physical, and sexual abuse
    • Combat trauma
    • Military sexual trauma
    • Disasters
• Match Mindfulness & Self-Compassion Skills to Trauma-Related Symptoms
  • Mindfulness skills for specific challenges:
    • DSM-5® PTSD symptoms
    • Depression
    • Anxiety
    • Substance abuse
    • Relationships
  • Mindfulness practices for complex trauma and post-trauma worldviews
  • Build compassion and self-compassion after trauma
• Experiential Training in Mindfulness & Self-Compassion Skills for Trauma and PTSD
  • There’s more in this moment: Broaden attention to reduce suffering
  • Practice the small stuff to train for the big stuff— from a single breath to feared actions
  • Respect and re-appraise intrusions, core beliefs, and self-judgment about having PTSD
  • Bodily awareness and relaxation to manage hypervigilance/hyperarousal
  • Self-compassion and loving-kindness for trauma,
  • PTSD and self-criticism
• Special Considerations when Practicing Mindfulness for Trauma
  • Client safety, choice and empowerment with respect to bodily practices
  • Non-pathologizing stance to trauma symptoms and treatment obstacles
  • Balance neutral mindfulness practices to build skills with practices related to trauma symptoms
  • Calibrate exposure to distressing material both within therapy and between sessions
• Mindfulness & Self-Compassion Practices for the Clinician to Prevent Burnout
  • Balancing attention to self and other
  • Therapist mindfulness and self-compassion practice improves client outcomes
  • Modeling mindfulness and discerning self-disclosure
  • Prevent burnout; differentiate between empathy, compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction