The Mindfulness–Based Stress Reduction Program is designed to teach mind and body awareness techniques to help live with physical or psychological symptoms due to stress, pain, or illness. It is based on the methods of Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and was also featured on the Bill Moyers' special, “Healing and the Mind.” Mindfulness is the practice of cultivating non-judgmental awareness in day-to-day life. Mindfulness develops the potential to experience each moment, no matter how difficult or intense, with greater serenity and clarity. Meditation can help one feel better, sleep better, reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression, increase ability to cope with stressful situations, improve self-esteem and renew enthusiasm for life and work. One can feel more alive, joyful and gain immediate access to powerful inner resources for healing. Participants will learn life-long tools to help maximize life, even in the midst of stress, pain and illness.
This program can help if you have:
• Signs of Stress
• Anxiety
• Apathy
• Bereavement
• Burn out
• Depression
• Eating disturbances
• Divorce
• Fatigue
• Feeling overwhelmed
• Frustration
• Gastrointestinal upset
• Job & family stress
• Irritability
• Low productivity
• Muscle tension
• Poor Concentration
• Post Traumatic Stress
• Smoking
• Substance Abuse
• Type A behavior
• Workaholism
• Worry
• And many other signs of stress
Graduates report these lasting benefits:
• Decreased physical and psychological symptoms
• Increased ability to cope with stressful situations
• Coping better with illness and chronic pain
• Improved self-esteem and enthusiasm for life
If you are not eligible for our mindfulness study, other mindfulness
programs in the community can be found at:
http://www.mindfulnessprograms .com/mbsr-programs.html
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Our goal is to determine if mindfulness meditation-based stress reduction
(MBSR) is a beneficial intervention for people who are suffering from
social anxiety disorder (also known as social phobia). Additionally, we
examine whether MBSR induces changes in the areas of emotion, thinking,
behavior and neural functioning.
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To be eligible for the cognitive-behavioral therapy for social anxiety
treatment study, you have to:
- be an adult (ages 18-60 years)
- be a US citizen or have a green card and be a permanent resident
- undergo assessments, including diagnostic interviews, questionnaires, and
computer tasks before mindfulness training and again 1, 6, 12 months after the mindfulness training is completed
Benefits:
- You will receive a 8-sessions of mindfulness based stress reduction
modified for people with social anxiety disorder at no cost
- If eligible, you will be paid for each brain imaging assessment
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