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Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing

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“[A] rare combination of solid scholarship, clinically useful methods, and passionate advocacy for individuals who have suffered trauma.” ―Rick Hanson, PhD, writer of Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom

From elementary schools to psychotherapy offices, mindfulness meditation is an increasingly mainstream practice. At the same time, trauma remains a fact of life: the majority of us will experience a traumatic event in our lifetime, and up to 20% of us will develop posttraumatic stress. Because of this anywhere mindfulness is being practiced, someone in the room is likely to be struggling with trauma.

At first glance, this seems to be a good thing: trauma creates stress, and mindfulness is a proven tool for reducing it. But the reality is not so simple.

Drawing on a decade of research and clinical experience, psychotherapist and educator David Treleaven shows that mindfulness meditation―practiced without an awareness of trauma―can exacerbate symptoms of traumatic stress. Instructed to pay close, sustained attention to their inner world, survivors can experience flashbacks, dissociation, and even retraumatization.

This raises a an important question for mindfulness teachers, trauma professionals, and survivors in all places: How are we able to minimize the potential dangers of mindfulness for survivors whilst leveraging its powerful benefits?

Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness offers answers to this question. Part I provides an insightful and concise review of the histories of mindfulness and trauma, including the way modern neuroscience is shaping our understanding of both. Through grounded scholarship and wide-ranging case examples, Treleaven illustrates the ways mindfulness can help―or hinder―trauma recovery.

Part II distills these insights into five key principles for trauma-sensitive mindfulness. Covering the role of attention, arousal, relationship, dissociation, and social context within trauma-informed practice, Treleaven offers 36 specific modifications designed to strengthen survivors’ safety and stability. The result is a groundbreaking and practical approach that empowers those looking to practice mindfulness in a secure, transformative way.

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