This chapter opens with teaching therapists how to lead a brief mindfulness exercise at the start of therapy sessions to increase clients’ present-moment awareness. The chapter describes the NOTE acronym as a means to help clients remember the skills they have learned up to this point: to notice what is happening, observe thoughts and feelings for what they are, turn toward their values, and...
Oxford Medicine OnlineOctober 1, 2017Kate L. Morrison, Brooke M. Smith, Michael P. Twohig
This chapter summarizes mindfulness-based therapies for observe-compulsive disorder (OCD). Mindfulness and acceptance interventions focus on the way in which individuals with OCD address or experience their obsessions, anxiety, uncertainty, and bodily sensations, and how this impacts their behavior. Mindfulness and acceptance interventions include a variety of procedures and treatment packages...