Mentalization based therapy was found to be more effective on psychiatric disorders rather than treating counseling patients who were suffering from physical/medical conditions. Mindfulness based therapies showed the most success when dealing with depression and anxiety. Clients who showed higher levels of mindfulness also had the most positive clinical results (Khoury,2013).
Mindfulness was a major focal point at Mindful Soul Center for Wellbeing. There were many times where counselors would use techniques from Dialectic Behavior Therapy as well as Mentalization based therapy. Both of these therapies include a major focus on mindfulness, which is also why it was important at Mindful Soul. Mindfulness was taught and talked about in both of the group settings I was in, as well as many of the private session. From what I observed, mindfulness really helped clients assess how they felt as well as deal with anxiety and depression. Although it new clients had difficulty at first with practicing mindfulness, counselors used each session to improve their techniques.
Brené Brown (2006) is a research professor known for her studies on shame, resilience, and vulnerability. Brown defines shame as an intensely painful feeling or experience …show more content…
These images are constantly reinforced in the media, marketing, music, and film (Brown, 2006). In group, the mothers often brought up how social media is something they never expected when they were younger. The images of perfect mothers whose bodies snap right back after birth had impacted how the women in group viewed themselves at first. They preferred to follow mothers on social media who showed their stretch marks, children’s tantrums, and shared their frustrations about motherhood. The media and social platforms only reinforce most of the shame expressed by women in the mothers
Mindfulness was a major focal point at Mindful Soul Center for Wellbeing. There were many times where counselors would use techniques from Dialectic Behavior Therapy as well as Mentalization based therapy. Both of these therapies include a major focus on mindfulness, which is also why it was important at Mindful Soul. Mindfulness was taught and talked about in both of the group settings I was in, as well as many of the private session. From what I observed, mindfulness really helped clients assess how they felt as well as deal with anxiety and depression. Although it new clients had difficulty at first with practicing mindfulness, counselors used each session to improve their techniques.
Brené Brown (2006) is a research professor known for her studies on shame, resilience, and vulnerability. Brown defines shame as an intensely painful feeling or experience …show more content…
These images are constantly reinforced in the media, marketing, music, and film (Brown, 2006). In group, the mothers often brought up how social media is something they never expected when they were younger. The images of perfect mothers whose bodies snap right back after birth had impacted how the women in group viewed themselves at first. They preferred to follow mothers on social media who showed their stretch marks, children’s tantrums, and shared their frustrations about motherhood. The media and social platforms only reinforce most of the shame expressed by women in the mothers