Improve the Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Functioning of Autistic Children and Their Parents with Mindfulness

Improve the Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Functioning of Autistic Children and Their Parents with Mindfulness   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “A weekly mindfulness session for children with autism and a separate program for their parents showed promising results. After nine weekly sessions of mindfulness training, 21 adolescents with autism reported better quality […]

Mindfulness Training has Long-Lasting Positive Effects

  By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “These findings suggest that mindfulness training has both short-term and long-term effects on coping. These effects (six years on) were found despite poor to moderate adherence to formal mindfulness practice.” – de Vibe et al.   Mindfulness training has been shown to improve health and well-being. It has also been found […]

Mindful Fatherhood

Mindful Fatherhood   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “Mindful Fathering is the act of consciously checking into your life as a father. It’s about staying present in your life as a father, observing the dreary, ugly, and painful parts of fathering with acceptance and non-judgement, and honoring those parts with our full attention, […]