Decrease Anxiety and Improve Test Performance with Virtual Reality Meditation By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “VR based meditation interventions have the potential to play an important role in anxiety management and stress reduction.” – Jeff Tarrant In the modern world education is a key for success. But there is a lot […]
Improve Pain, Sleep, and the Mental Health of Chronic Pain Patients with Internet Mindfulness Training By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “In the context of chronic pain . . . meditation can help you to stop your mind wandering back to your pain when you are trying to focus on something else, therefore […]
Improve Pain, Sleep, and the Mental Health of Chronic Pain Patients with Internet Mindfulness Training By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “In the context of chronic pain . . . meditation can help you to stop your mind wandering back to your pain when you are trying to focus on something else, therefore […]
Improve the Mental Health of Chronic Pain Patients with Mindfulness Training Over the Internet. By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Daily mindfulness practice can be helpful for people living with chronic pain because sometimes there are negative or worrisome thoughts about the pain. These thoughts are normal, and can affect mood and […]
Improve the Psychological Health of Cancer Patients with Mindfulness Taught over the Internet By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “some of the most difficult elements of the cancer experience are very well-suited to a mindfulness practice.” – Linda Carlson Receiving a diagnosis of cancer has a huge impact on most people. Feelings […]
Mindfulness Trained Over the Internet Improves Stress Management in Healthy Adults By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “mindfulness gently builds an inner strength, so that future stressors have less impact on our happiness and physical well-being.” – Shamash Alidina Mindfulness training has been shown to be effective in improving physical and psychological health. One reason […]
Reduce Anxiety and Depression in College Student with an Online Mindfulness Virtual Community By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Student life can be stressful, but that doesn’t mean students have to let stress take over their lives. By incorporating mindfulness and meditation into daily routines, students can not only relieve the pressure, but […]
Reduce Internet Addiction with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “teaching teens to be mindful—through exercises or school programs—might help prevent and treat our modern digital obsession.” – Kira Newman Over the last few decades, the internet has gone from a rare curiosity to the dominant mode of electronic communications. In fact, it has […]
Improve Generalized Anxiety Disorder with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a type of psychotherapy gaining popularity in the treatment of anxiety disorders like generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). It is also used to treat other conditions including depression, eating disorders, chronic pain, and substance use disorders.” […]
Online Mindfulness Training Improves Clinical Anxiety and Depression By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “adding MMB [mindfulness training] to depression care led to greater reductions in depressive and anxious symptoms, higher rates of remission and higher levels of quality of life compared to patients receiving conventional depression care alone.” – Traci Pederson […]