SENSING THINKING
THINKING SENSING Driven - Doing & Mindful - Being Modes - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
THINKING SENSING Driven - Doing & Mindful - Being Modes - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
THINKING SENSING Driven - Doing & Mindful - Being Modes Conceptual v Embodied Past & Future v Present Autopilot / Habitual v Intentional / Creative Reacting v Responding Thoughts as facts v Thoughts as mental events
‘Driven-Doing’ & ‘Mindful-Being’ Modes
Conceptual v Embodied Past & Future v Present Autopilot / Habitual v Intentional / Creative Reacting v Responding Thoughts as facts v Thoughts as mental events
Distinct neural modes…
Thinking / Doing mode
This is useful…
- To formulate meanings
- To get things done
But when it’s over-used…
- Preoccupation with commentary
- Planning (even when not wanted)
In anxiety disorders & depression…
The key maintaining factor = PERSISTENT OVER-USE OF THINKING MODE Rumination & attempts to stop it
What is Mindfulness?
“present moment awareness / recollection”
What is Mindfulness?
Mindfulness involves paying attention…
- n purpose
in the present moment and non-judgementally …to things as they are
Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mindfulness training increases ‘viscero-somatic’ processing and
uncouples ‘narrative-based’ processing (Farb et al, 2007)
Farb, N., Segal, Z.V., Mayberg, H., Bean, J., McKeon, D., Fatima, Z., & Anderson, A. (2007). Attending to the present: Mindfulness meditation reveals distinct neural modes of self-reference. Soc Cog Aff Neurosci., 2, 313-322.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn
Stress Reduction Clinic University of Massachusetts
Mindfulness for Depression
Oxford, Bangor & Exeter Universities
Teasdale, Williams & Segal et al.,2000
(for patients with 3 or more previous episodes - 60 weeks)
MBCT: 37% TAU: 66% 10 20 30 40 50 60 1.00 0.5
MBCT available on the NHS
Age of Onset of Major Depression
(N=4041; Zisook, 2007, American Journal of Psychiatry)
The Oxygen Mask Principle
Mental Health Foundation
www.bemindful.co.uk
Non-Clinical Mindfulness Courses for Oxford University Students
Professor Mark Williams
Oxford University Mindfulness Centre
Non-Clinical Mindfulness Courses for Oxford University Students
- ‘Frantic World’ book as course textbook
- 8 x 90 min sessions
- Introductory presentation [20 min] in first session
- Group size: 30
- Students pay £60 for course
- Courses hosted by Colleges
- Pitched to general population
- Follow-on with Oxford Student Mindfulness Society
Thinking
‘Modes of Mind’ - an inclusive paradigm
Sensing
The ‘Frantic World’ Mindfulness Courses
- 1. ‘Waking up to the Autopilot’
- 2. ‘Keeping the Body in Mind’
- 3. ‘The Mouse in the Maze’ – mindfulness in daily life
- 4. ‘Moving Beyond the Rumour Mill’ –relating differently to
thoughts
- 5. ‘Turning towards Difficulties’
- 6. ‘Trapped in the Past..?’ – from self-criticism to self-
compassion
- 7. ‘When did you stop dancing?’ – activity scheduling
- 8. ‘Your Wild and Precious Life’
Eight week MBCT course
Induction 2 hrs Week 1 2 hrs Week 2 2 hrs Week 3 2 hrs Week 4 2 hrs Week 5 2 hrs Week 6 2 hrs Practice Day 6 hrs Week 7 2 hrs Week 8 2 hrs
Home practice
About 1 hr a day 6 days a week
24 hrs 40 hrs > 60 hrs
Eight week FW course
Week 1 90 min Week 2 90 min Week 3 90 min Week 4 90 min Week 5 90 min Week 6 90 min No Practice Day? Week 7 90 min Week 8 90 min
Home practice
About 20 min a day 6 days a week
12 hrs 16 hrs > 28 hrs
No Induction?
What are the crux points in the lives
- f the students that
you’re teaching?
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