Innovations in practice: group mindfulness for adolescent anxiety - results of an open trial.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health May 1, 2018 Michael J Crowley, Sarah S Nicholls, Deborah McCarthy et al.
Group Mindfulness Therapy (GMT) is a program tailored for adolescents that targets anxiety with mindfulness skills including present moment awareness, mindfulness in everyday life (breathing, eating, walking), body scan, loving-kindness, and self-acceptance. Youth with anxiety may benefit from mindfulness exercises precisely because they learn to redirect their mind, and presumably their...