Relieve Generalized Anxiety Disorder with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “a way to reduce the symptoms of anxiety is to be fully, mindfully, anxious. As anxiety reveals itself to be a misperception, symptoms will dissipate.” – George Hofmann Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States, affecting 40 […]
Mindfulness Training Improves Anxiety and Depression in Japanese Patients By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “meditation was never conceived of as a treatment for any health problem. Rather, it is a path one travels on to increase our awareness and gain insight into our lives.” – Madhav Goyal Many of the symptoms […]
Improve Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Symptoms and Lower Rumination with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “mindfulness-based practices have proved to be helpful in promoting mental well-being, especially by reducing the symptoms of depression and anxiety in various populations.” – Han Ding Over the last several decades, research and anecdotal experiences […]
Reduce Anxiety with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Self-compassionate people tend to have lower levels of social anxiety—perhaps because self-compassion includes mindfulness, which soothes the stress associated with anxiety.” – Jill Suttie It is a common human phenomenon that being in a social situation can be stressful and anxiety producing. Most people can […]
Mindfulness Training and Cognitive Therapy Improves Social Anxiety Disorder By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Using mindfulness, we can begin to notice what happens in the body when anxiety is present and develop strategies to empower clients to “signal safety” to their nervous system. Over time, clients feel empowered to slow down their […]
Reduce Anxiety and Depression with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Being unwilling to experience negative thoughts, feelings, or sensations is often the first link in a mental chain that can lead to automatic, habitual, and critical patterns of mind becoming re-established. By accepting unpleasant experiences, we can shift our attention to […]
Improve Social Anxiety Disorder with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Using mindfulness, we can begin to notice what happens in the body when anxiety is present and develop strategies to empower clients to “signal safety” to their nervous system. Over time, clients feel empowered to slow down their response to triggers, […]
Reduce Stress with Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “We’ve seen this in the clinical domain for many years. People, in concert with their physicians… actually going off their medications for pain, for anxiety, for depression, as they begin to learn the self-regulatory elements of mindfulness. They discover that […]
Relieve Depression with Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Training By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Still, there are a handful of key areas — including depression, chronic pain, and anxiety — in which well-designed, well-run studies have shown benefits for patients engaging in a mindfulness meditation program, with effects similar to other existing treatments.” […]
Reduce Menopausal Symptoms, Anxiety, and Depression during Menopause with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness cannot entirely remove the symptoms of menopause, but it can help you deal with them in a calmer and more compassionate way – and self compassion boosts mental health.” – Karita Cullen Menopause occurs in […]