Holly Rogers, Margaret Maytan

Mindfulness for the Next Generation

Helping Emerging Adults Manage Stress and Lead Healthier Lives

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

College students and other young adults today experience high levels of stress as they pursue personal, educational, and career goals. These struggles can have serious consequences, and may increase the risk of psychological distress and mental illness among this age group. This fully updated second edition of Mindfulness for the Next Generation describes an evidence-based, approach for teaching the useful and important skill of mindfulness to college-ageadults.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 175mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780190905156
• ISBN-10: 0190905158
• Artikelnr.: 57009307

Autorenporträt

Holly Rogers, MD, is a psychiatrist who worked for 23 years at Duke University's Counseling and Psychological Services, the clinic that serves the Duke student population. She is a co-developer of Koru Mindfulness and a co-founder of The Center for Koru Mindfulness. Margaret Maytan, MD, MA, is a psychiatrist recently retired from Duke University Medical Center. She is currently working part-time in community mental health. Dr. Maytan is a longtime practitioner of mindfulness meditation and has extensive training in mind-body skills.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Teaching Mindfulness to College Students and Other Emerging Adults
Chapter 1. Koru: A New Model
Chapter 2. More about Emerging Adults and Mindfulness
Chapter 3. Strategies for Bringing Mindfulness to Emerging Adults
Chapter 4. The Research Behind Our Teaching
Part II: Creating a Mindfulness Course
Chapter 5. Structure and Logistics
Chapter 6. The First Class
Chapter 7. The Second Class
Chapter 8. The Third Class
Chapter 9. The Fourth Class
Part III: Conclusion
Chapter 10. Koru: New Developments
Chapter 11. Transformation