Therapeutic Alliance is Important for Mindfulness Training to Improve the Psychological Health of Cancer Patients By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Both face-to-face and internet-based mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) reduced psychological distress compared with usual care in patients with cancer.” – Matthew Stenger Receiving a diagnosis of cancer has a huge impact […]
Therapeutic Alliance is Important for Success in Treating Cancer Patients with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Compared with [treatment as usual], MBCT and eMBCT were similarly effective in reducing psychological distress in a sample of distressed heterogeneous patients with cancer.” – Felix Compen Receiving a diagnosis of cancer has […]
Improve Psychological Well-Being in Cancer Survivors with Online Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “both MBCT and eMBCT interventions reduced fear of cancer recurrence and rumination, and increased mental health–related quality of life, mindfulness skills, and positive mental health.” – Félix Compen Receiving a diagnosis of cancer has […]
Mindfulness-Based Therapies Benefits are Greatly Affected by Social Factors in Therapy By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Designed to deliberately focus a person’s attention on the present experience in a way that is non-judgmental, mindfulness-based interventions, whether offered individually or in a group setting, may offer benefit to people seeking therapy for any number of concerns.” […]
Mindfulness is Associated with Medication Adherence in Older Adults By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Keep a watch…on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about the taking of things prescribed. For through not taking disagreeable drinks, purgative or other, they sometimes die.” – Hippocrates, Decorum “Integrating mindfulness into our […]
Mindfulness’ Reduction of Depression is not Related to Patient Engagement, Therapist Adherence or Interpersonal Skills By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness training helps improve a patient’s engagement with their health, particularly in patients with chronic pain. It fosters a sense of bodily engagement and improves an individual’s ability to promote their health and well-being […]
Mindful and Resilient Therapists have Better Patient Outcomes By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Current studies suggest that in successful treatment alliances, therapists are perceived as warm, understanding, and accepting, approaching their patients with an open, collaborative attitude. Mindfulness can help us develop these qualities.” – Susal Pollak Psychotherapy is an interpersonal […]
“The relationship between patient and clinician is central to the provision of mental health care. Where psychological therapies are concerned, decades of research indicate that the provision of therapy is an interpersonal process in which a main curative component is actually the nature of the therapeutic alliance.” – Russell Razzaque , Emmanuel Okoro, Lisa Wood Psychotherapy is an interpersonal transaction. […]
“Never be ashamed of what you feel. You have the right to feel any emotion that you want, and to do what makes you happy. That’s my life motto.” – Demi Lovato A large proportion of psychological problems involve difficulties with emotions. These include depression, anxiety disorders, phobias, bipolar disorder, etc. Much of psychotherapy […]